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Marcus Soares – Kimura from Mount
Here’s how the Kimura can help you transition from the Closed Guard, to the Mount, and then to your opponent tapping ...
Marcus Soares Kimura from Closed Guard
Marcus Soares demonstrates a basic attack from the guard: Closed Guard to Kimura
Photo 1 – In Brazil this sequence i...
Mastering the Kimura
By Stephan Kesting and Marcus Soares Originally published in Grappling Magazine, May 2002
The Kimura lock is one of...
Marcus Soares, the Encylopedia of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
By Stephan Kesting
Originally published in Grappling Magazine, August 2001
Conditioning for the BJJ Fighter
by Marcus Soares and Stephan Kesting
Originally published in Grappling Magazine
Three Great Bodyweight Conditioning Routines for BJJ
It’s January and all the gyms are packed with newly-inspired fitness junkies. But you can’t always get to a gym, and...
A Glossary of Guard Positions, or Lumping vs. Splitting
When it comes variations of the guard position grapplers tend to fall into one of two categories: ‘lumpers’ and ‘spli...
A “Hard” Bodyweight Workout
Someone asked me recently “if the bodyweight conditioning routine on your website is an easy workout, then what does ...
How to Stand in the Guard
Last week I discussed the differences between standing and kneeling guard passes. One thing I pointed out was that so...
Mobility and Position
There are two basic games in grappling: the ‘mobility game’ and the ‘position game’.
The mobility game is based on sp...