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Why I Started Martial Arts
Here’s how the book Ninja, Clan of Death got me started on my martial arts journey. And how a crayon-written black m...
On Keeping the Top Position
This is an excerpt on one of the most important sections from my book ” A Roadmap for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu”
A Survival Story
An anonymous person contacted me recently and shared a story of how a female friend had used a few months of BJJ trai...
Integrating Striking, Wrestling & Grappling
A grapplearts reader writes:
Q: You say that there are 3 main components to MMA: is it important to train these 3 com...
Self Defense
The following question was submitted by a subscriber of the Grapplearts newsletter.
Q: For self defense would it be b...
Multiple Attackers
The following question was submitted by a subscriber of the Grapplearts newsletter.
Q: What is your opinion on unarme...
Grappling for Self Defense
It’s very easy to forget all about the self-defense aspects of what you are doing when you train grappling. There’s s...
To Gi or not to Gi
Seeing as I train in both BJJ and submission grappling I find myself in the middle of this argument. I agree with the...