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Three X Guard Mistakes (and my Best Drill for Getting a Killer X Guard)

The X Guard is one of my very favorite ‘go to’ positions. If I can get there in a match then I’m suddenly a very happ...

What To Do When Your Guard Attacks Fail

It’s my very favorite quote from the movie ‘The Avengers’ which I saw last night: Captain America: We need a plan of ...

4 Mistakes That’ll KILL Your Half Guard…

Whether you want to or not, you ARE going to end up in the half guard! Some people simply use the half guard as a las...

An Easy Way to Make Your Closed Guard Hard to Pass

I was recently watching an out-of-print instructional DVD by a friend of mine and had one of those really great ‘aha’...

Escaping Side Mount for Smaller Grapplers

A reader writes… Q: Hi Stephan, I’ve got a question for you if you don’t mind me asking. I often struggle when it com...

How to Finish the Armbar Against a Resisting Opponent

There’s nothing worse than having an opponent counter your armbar attempt by locking his hands together and using gri...

Hannettte Staack seminar at Caio Terra’s academy

One of the greatest female Jiu-Jitsu competitors of all times, the black belt Hannette Staack will be heading to San ...

Arm Behind the Back Guard Pass

Getting a handle, or a grip, on your opponent in MMA is not always easy. Here Denis uses an unusual grip both to cont...

Chris Brennan’s 10 Finger Guillotine

Originally published in the December 2006 issue of Ultimate Grappling The 10 finger guillotine is a curious techniqu...

Some Sample Lessons for the BJJ Beginner

As you probably know, I write a free newsletter called the Beginning BJJ eCourse. Just to give you a taste, here are ...

Shoot Wrestling Armbar Escape

Here’s a simple, but still very effective, method to escape from the Armbar

Posture Under Side Mount

Recently we discussed the concept of ‘posture’ and how it applies when you’re pinned underneath someone. A few people...
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