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The Five Types of Triangle Choke You Need to Know
The triangle choke is one of the most powerful BJJ submissions. Thousands upon thousands of matches have been ended w...
The Road from Judo to BJJ, with Robert Drysdale
Multiple time world champion Robert Drysdale came onto The Strenuous Life Podcast to share the discoveries he’s made ...
Crosstraining in BJJ and Classical Martial Arts
In episode 245 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I sit down with Japanese ju-jutsu black belt Alex Kask to discuss the be...
BJJ Wristlocks Everywhere!
For some reasons wristlocks in BJJ just don’t get no respect.
Many grapplers consider it OK to tap out to armlocks, t...
Japanese Jiujitsu vs BJJ
BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) is undeniably the most popular grappling system on the planet right now.
But BJJ came from ...
Podcast EP13: Roy Dean on BJJ, Aikido, Judo, Wrestling, and the Martial Artist’s Path
You can listen to, read, or download this interview in several different ways…
To listen to this conversation you cou...
Submission Grappling vs. Classical Ju-jutsu; when cultures and concepts collide
Introduction
There are many similarities between the sport of Submission Grappling and the classical Japanese Ju-juts...
Judo Books
Long time readers won’t be surprised when I say that you can learn a lot by studying the techniques used by grapplers...
Classical Ju-jutsu Leglock
Classical Japanese Ju-Jutsu included leglocks as well as armlocks and chokes. The details of how the technique were a...
Classical Ju-jutsu Choke
Most of the techniques used in modern grappling were used in some other form in some other grappling art first. Here...
Classical Ju-jutsu Armlock
Here’s one classical approach to applying the armlock that has morphed into the ‘Americana’ or Figure 4 Armlock in mo...
Old Time Grapplin’
I’m a big fan of old Judo, Jiu-Jitsu and Catch Wrestling books. I have lots and lots of martial arts books, but some ...