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Understanding Spider Guard – the Critical Fundamentals
Today is the release date for the first of the five brand new Spider Guard instructional apps from Grapplearts.com.
T...
9 Rules for BJJ Self Defense
I recently worked with a female friend to teach her a little bit about jiu-jitsu for self defense.
Obviously I believ...
Spider Guard Masterclass is Now Live
After almost 6 months of planning, filming and editing Spider Guard Masterclass is now ready for release!
I’m biased ...
The Complete Spider Guard Gameplan Mindmap
OK, this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen…
I recently did an interview with Elliott Bayev on how to build ...
BJJ Self Defense Part 4: The Technical Standup
Today we’re going to look at and learn about one of the most fundamental movements in all of BJJ. It’s the “technica...
BJJ Self Defense Part 3: The Street Guard
If you’ve been reading my emails and training in grappling then, by this point, you’re going to be quite familiar wit...
San Francisco: Join Adem Redzovic for his open guard translated seminar on Aug. 18
GMA member Adem Redzovic of Team Redzovic in Chicago, IL will be in the Bay for a seminar on Aug. 18. The class from ...
Video: 27 minutes of integral open guard concepts explained by Adem Redzovic
Adem Redzovic of GMA Team Redzovic in Chicago, IL is a black belt who studies the art constantly. In this new video h...
3 Ways to Deal With Injuries in BJJ
I’m not going to pretend that injuries don’t suck. They do.
There have been many great athletic careers cut short by...
A Cool X Guard Drill and Sweep
In recent years the X Guard has become one of the bread and butter positions in the open guard repertoire. It’s an in...
The 3 Steps of Berimbolo
Sometimes the best way to really understand something is to teach it. When it comes to jiu-jitsu, breaking a techniqu...
The Easiest Way to Do the Berimbolo
At the bottom of this post is a Youtube video I just created to show the easiest way to do the Berimbolo.
Now if you’...