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How to React Without Thinking
What Bruce Lee and Malcolm Gladwell Taught Me About Mushin (or the Art of No-Mind and Executing the Perfect Technique...
Should You Correct Your Weaknesses or Focus on Your Strengths?
This is an article by longtime Grapplearts contributor and BJJ Black Belt Mark Mullen.
A question I always ask when ...
Judo for BJJ
An article by Mark Mullen
Most students of Brazilian jiu-jitsu are aware that the origins of modern day BJJ came from...
How to Transition from Half to Closed Guard
The half guard is a sophisticated tool in the grappler’s toolbox that can be used to defend, sweep your opponents, or...
So You Want to Train in Brazil? Part 2 of 2
An Article by Mark Mullen
Back in 2009, I wrote a brief article about my first trip to train BJJ in Rio de Janeiro. T...
Techniques Straight From Brazil
Recently I published an article on my blog by one of my very first BJJ training partners, Mark Mullen, talking about ...
A Closed Guard Pass Direct From Brazil
I’m in the middle of trying something new at Grapplearts.com…
The lion’s share of the BJJ videos in the article and t...
A Blackbelt’s Private Lesson With a Jiu-jitsu Master, by Mark Mullen
This is a very interesting field report by my first BJJ training partner (and now BJJ black belt) Mark Mullen, who ju...
What Should A Blue Belt Concentrate On In Training?
by Mark Mullen
A few weeks back I penned an article called “What Do Whitebelts Need To Learn In Their 1st Year of BJJ...
What Do White Belts Need to Learn in Their 1st Year of BJJ?
by guest author Mark Mullen
I’m currently in Rio de Janeiro doing a little training in BJJ. While here I have met a ...
5 Ways You Can Best use Open Mat in BJJ
A Guest Article by Mark Mullen
The majority of most BJJ’ers training time is spent attending structured classes at th...
So You Want To Train BJJ in Brazil? Part 1 of 2
An Article by Mark Mullen
Introduction
As I lay gasping on the cold pavement of the Trans Canada Highway, the 18 whee...