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How to Counter the Stupidest Closed Guard Break Ever – The Elbow Grind on the Inner Thighs

Grinding away on your inner thighs is the favourite (and often only) closed guard breaking strategy of meathead grapp...

My Favorite One-Two Sweeping Combo from X Guard

Today I’m going to share two of my favourite (and very powerful) X guard sweeps with you. Plus I’ll show you how put ...

6 Steps for an Effective Sleeve Choke

I know, I know, I KNOW! I go on and on about how tapping out is no big deal, and how you can get injured if you let e...

The 3 Fanciest Leglocks That Actually Work

Some leglocks are simple, straight-ahead, super-effective submissions that should be in every grappler’s arsenal. Oth...

What is the Spider Guard?

What is the Spider Guard? The Spider Guard is a form of Open Guard where you grip your opponent’s wrists or sleeves ...

What is the X Guard?

Depending on how you look at it, the X Guard can be be classified as either a form of Open Guard or a form of Half Gu...

What is the Butterfly Guard?

The Butterfly Guard is one of my very favorite positions these days. Regardless of whether you’re rolling with or wit...

What is the Half Guard?

The Half Guard is a funny position. Once upon a time it was a position of last resort. Something that you would try t...

What is the Open Guard?

Are you confused about the definition of the Open Guard? You are NOT alone. In fact, when I started BJJ someone tried...

What is the Closed Guard?

Here’s a short 1:30 minute video breakdown of me explaining the basics of the closed guard. And just to keep things i...

My 2 Best Triangle Choke Escapes

Today I want to share my two best triangle choke escapes with you. I’ve experimented with lots of different triangle ...

The Easiest Triangle Choke Followup

One of my newsletter readers recently had an interesting question for me: Q: “Hi Stephan,  I have this training partn...
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