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Leg Action in Rear Mount – How to Put the Squeeze on Your Opponent
The rear mount is one of the very best positions you can get in BJJ.
In rear mount you’re behind your opponent and ca...
How To Bring Someone To The Ground With A Rear Naked Choke (Even If They’re Taller Than You)
Yesterday, a viral video showed a scary (and graphic) fight that took place at Disneyland. Security was nowhere to be...
BJJ Black Belt & Grocery Store Manager Takes Down & Restrains Aggressive Customer
Many people who train martial arts quickly learn that the last thing they want is to get into a situation in which th...
Detective Lieutenant & BJJ Brown Belt Describes The Day His Jiu-Jitsu Saved A Suspect’s Life
The following is a reader submission from Maurice Scardigno: a Detective Lieutenant who works for a large northern Ne...
Defending and Escaping When Someone is On Your Back!
Having someone on your back in rear mount is an absolutely terrible situation.
It doesn’t matter if you’re doing BJJ,...
Monty Collier, Keanu Reeve’s Judo Instructor for John Wick 3, Parabellum
Today’s guest on The Strenuous Life Podcast is Monty Collier, a black belt Judoka who worked with Keanu Reeves to get...
How to Win Lethwei World Championships,
Today’s we’re talking about training a fighter to become a world champion in an incredibly intense full contact marti...
Colorado Police Officer With One Year Of BJJ Experience Uses Jiu-Jitsu To Control Violent Suspect
Jiu-jitsu is being promoted more and more as a valuable tool for law enforcement officers these days, and for good re...
How To Escape When An Attacker Pins Your Wrists Against The Wall
Domestic violence is a serious fear and reality for many people across the world, and a tactic that many abusers use ...
What Happens When The Guy Trying To Stab You Also Knows Jiu-Jitsu?
The question of what to do if your opponent has a knife comes up a lot in self-defense situations, and in most of tho...
The Man Who Suffocated A Mountain Lion After It Attacked Him Has Spoken Up
Earlier this month, a then-unidentified trail runner in Colorado made headlines when he was attacked by and then kill...
BJJ Blue Belt Detains Shoplifter With Rear Naked Choke
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, was able to detain a would-be shoplifter until police arriv...