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Blue Belt Advice: Find Your Headquarters
I recently taught several seminars in another jiu-jitsu academy. After the instructional portion of the session, I sa...
The Many Guards of Jiu Jitsu: 50/50: Innovation or two idiots on a seesaw?
Perhaps one of the most controversial guards out there, the 50/50 has been described by Xande Ribeiro as looking like...
The Many Guards of Jiu Jitsu: Guarda Pudim/De La Riva Guard
The first two pieces of this series explored the closed and spider guard, two staples of any guardeiro’s arsenal. Le...