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Podcast Episode 80 – When Should Leglock Training Start?
What belt level should you start training leg locks at? It depends a little bit on what your goals are and whether y...
Is It Becoming ‘Taboo’ To Treat Leg Locks As ‘Taboo’?
A new wave of criticism met the IBJJF after this years’ World Championships. While the majority of matches were battl...
My Secret Method To Get An Advantage in BJJ Sparring
In previous articles we’ve discussed what a grappling arms race is, and how in that situation you can use video self ...
Modern Leglock Formula Now Available as an App!
Ever since Rob Biernacki and I released the Modern Leglock Formula as a 12 hour DVD set and online streaming instruc...
Kneel Or Stand to Pass the Guard?
I once drilled technique with a big, strong rock climber who had a grip from hell and tenacious isometric strength. I...
Podcast Episode 125: Reilly Bodycomb on Sambo, Leglocks, MMA, Jiu-Jitsu and No Gi Grappling
I loved doing this interview with Reilly Bodycomb. Reilly is a Russian sambo and leglock expert who has competed in a...
How To Do The ‘Imanari Roll’
The Imanari roll is absolutely one of the coolest submission attacks out there.
It’s unorthodox, it’s fancy, but unli...
Protect Yourself And Your Training Partner At All Times
The other day I almost tore a partner’s ACL off the bone, which would have required him to have surgery and many mont...
How to Safely Practice Dangerous Leglocks
Q: Given that leglocks are dangerous, how do you train them safely and still have confidence that they will work in a...
Training with BJJ World Champions
This episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast started out so well!
After debating the plot holes in The Last Jedi we mov...
Which Leglocks Are Allowed in IBJJF Competition?
I’m old enough to remember a time when almost all leglocks (except heel hooks) and leg locking positions were legal i...
Leglocks: The Great Equalizer, And How To Perform Each One
Leglocks are an extremely powerful tool in the BJJ practitioner’s arsenal of weapons. Leglocks...