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Jiu-jitsu, a Game of Inches

One of my favorite expressions is that “jiu-jitsu is a game of inches”. Sometimes a whole match can be decided by the...

A Half Guard Secret

When fighting from my half guard I often recall something that Chris Brennan told me: “one of the secrets of the half...

How To Get Posture While Pinned

We recently talked about some examples of good defensive posture when you’re on the bottom, achieving good posture wh...

Posture Outside of Guard

Practitioners of submission grappling and BJJ quickly learn about the importance of posture in an opponent’s guard. I...

Side Mount Escape Help

A Reader Asked: Q: I keep getting trapped in side control. Sometimes I can’t even get my hips loose to attempt an esc...

How to Make Side Mount Heavier

Last week we started a conversation about how to make yourself feel heavier while pinning your opponent. One way to d...

Crushing the Bug

Sometimes when you’re grappling you might want to play ‘crush the bug’, totally immobilizing your opponent with your ...

The Larger, Stronger Opponent

If you try contesting a larger, stronger opponent using your strength against his strength you will probably lose.You...

Three Pin Escape Movements

Escaping pins is never easy: if you get pinned in a match, then chances are that your opponent is either pretty good ...

One more thing about Choking

Before we leave this topic I want to point out that not all chokes occur at the neck.Of course squeezing the windpipe...

The Fundamental Rear Mount

In the last tip we talked about how you should (mostly) avoid crossing your ankles while rear mounted on your opponen...

Rear Mount – Crossing your Feet

The rear mount is arguably the most dominant position in grappling. When you have rear mount you can apply some very ...
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