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This Kimura Variation Is Incredibly Painful (From Kesa Gatame)
In Judo the scarf hold/Kesa Gatame is a popular position to pin your opponent, but for some strange reason, BJJ playe...
Never Tap From Kesa Gatame Pressure Again – By Using This Simple Tip
Image Credits: Bloody Elbow If you’ve been training for some time, you’ll probably agree that making your training pa...
You Need To Try Out These 2 Easy Side Control Escape Options
Know that feeling of being crushed in Side Control? Yeah, not a pleasant one. And it gets even less pleasant when you...
How to Crush Your Opponents from the Top Position
You’ve probably rolled against some guys who were roughly your own weight but felt unbelieveably heavy. Like breath-s...
What is Side Control in BJJ and Submission Grappling?
Side control is a pinning position in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when you’re perpendicular to your opponent and are not enta...
Kesa Gatame in BJJ
Kesa Gatame in Judo
There’s a pinning position in Judo known as ‘Kesa Gatame’ (which translates to ‘scarf hold’ in J...
My Favourite Head and Arm Choke Finish
The head and arm choke (aka the ‘arm triangle’ and/or ‘kata gatame’) is one of the staple submissions of BJJ. It work...
Kesa Getame / Scarf Hold: A Series Of Attacks
Most of us use the conventional side control where you have an under hook and a cross face to control the head. This ...
How to Escape Kesa Gatame and the Headlock
Kesa Gatame is one of the most under-utilized positions in BJJ. People in jiu-jitsu tend to ignore this position but ...
A Surprising Kimura Setup from Kesa Gatame
I don’t know what exactly went wrong with the settings on the camera the night we filmed this. The colour in this vi...
BJJ Self Defense Part 5: Defending the Low Tech (and Deadly) Headlock!
One of single biggest errors you can make when you’re practising a martial art is to assume that everybody else pract...
Ambush Armbar from Modified Scarf Hold
I might not be 100% correct with the actual wording, but I’ll always remember this fantastic quote from Karate legend...