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Can’t-miss: 5 guard passes for you to draw wows in training today
Being good at passing guard means stringing together an array of techniques and having the foresight to see through w...
What To Do When Your Guard Attacks Fail
It’s my very favorite quote from the movie ‘The Avengers’ which I saw last night:
Captain America: We need a plan of ...
Leandro Lo and the recipe for becoming a world champion in Jiu-Jitsu
At the 2011 World Championship, young black belt Leandro Lo got tapped out. In 2012, the talent lapidated by Jiu-Jits...
Looking to pass open guard in BJJ? Attention to the chin and wrist
The leader of the Rio de Janeiro chapter of Alliance Jiu-Jitsu academy, Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva paid a recent visit to...
A Confusion of Open Guards
The open guard can be quite confusing. Basically any time your legs are not closed around the back of your opponent y...
Northeast Brazilian lightweight star: “Have a plan A, B and C in BJJ”
Black belt Thiago Barreto has been turning heads at Jiu-Jitsu competitions in the Brazilian Northeast. And at the Abu...
Marcus Soares – Kimura from Open Guard
Marcus Soares demonstrates the Kimura from the Open Guard
Photo 1 – This time your opponent is standing in your open...
The X guard position
The ‘X guard is a position that I’ve been using a lot recently. It is either a form of the open guard or the half gua...
Single Leg Sweep, by Andreh Anderson
Andreh Anderson is a black belt under Rey Diego at (www.reydiogo.com) and loves sweeping his opponents. Andreh has th...
Kimura/Bicep Lock from Open Guard, by Andreh Anderson
This painful submission, demonstrated by Andreh Anderson, combines the Kimura armlock with the bicep crush technique ...
Sneaky Lapel Choke from Guard, by Andreh Anderson
Andreh Anderson demonstrates a technique where your opponent will think he’s passing your guard, but this only sets h...
The Evolution of the ‘Logsplitter’ From Fluke to Trusted BJJ Technique…
Today I want to tell you a story about how I stumbled across a technique by fluke at a tournament, and how it became ...