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A Safe and Effective Open Guard Pull
If you do it wrong then pulling guard can be dangerous for both competitors; I’ve seen people pulling guard knock the...
Top 10 Throws and Takedowns for BJJ
I’ll go ahead and say it: every practitioner should have at least a couple of throws and takedowns for BJJ. Yes, it’...
Podcast Episode 116 – To Pull Guard in BJJ Competition, or Not?
Should you pull guard in BJJ competition or fight doggedly for the takedown. You’ll get some answers to this perenni...
Getting to Guard Against a Standing Opponent
It’s a bad situation when you’re on the bottom, your opponent is standing up in front of you, and you don’t have any ...
Flying Armbar Guard Pull
Some people will tell you never, ever to pull guard. “Fight from the top,” they tell you…
In general that’s good advi...
The Single Leg X Guard – A Surprising Way to Pull Guard…
Should you pull guard in competition? And if you decide to pull guard, then how do you do it correctly?
In a certain...
Podcast EP11: Draculino talks about the Evolution of BJJ
Recently I managed to catch up with Vinicius ‘Draculino’ Magalhães and pick his brain about the ongoing evolution of ...
An Innovative Butterfly Guard Jump
by Vitor “Shaolin” Riberio
Some (but not all) BJJ competitors jump to guard in order to get the fight to the ground q...