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A Musician’s Perspective on Studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
By Jeff Marder
I’ve been a musician for as long as I can remember, and have been playing professionally for over thi...
Your Open Guard Options vs. Standing Opponents
If you end up on the bottom with your opponent standing up and detached from you then be prepared for a very frantic ...
The Styles of X Guard
I’m a huge fan of the family of guards known as the X Guard.
This type of guard has saved my butt so many times it’s ...
Is Really Position vs Submission? Sometimes You Can Have Both…
One of the fundamental rules of BJJ is that you should value ‘Position over Submission.’
This means is that you shoul...
2 Easy Guard Passing Strategies
Here’s a brand new video I just shot…
It covers two quick tweaks that’ll make your guard passing game a LOT more po...
Getting Your BJJ Black Belt at Age 62
I hope you’ll like this episode of the Grapplearts Radio Podcast! In it I talk with 62 yr old BJJ black belt Rabbi ...
A Great Roll
The round timer sounds to signal the end of the last roll and it is time to catch your breath, retrieve your belt – ...
What to do when you’ve just had a really crappy BJJ class…
Have you ever have an absolutely terrible BJJ class?
One of those days where your regular training partners – the g...
Blood, Sweat and… Sparta!!!
This may sound a bit weird coming from a guy who runs a grappling site, but I want you to ask yourself a question: wh...
Training and efficiency: how to quench your thirst in BJJ
In what aspect are the training routines of Rodolfo Vieira, André Galvão, Leandro Lo and your BJJ-training neighbor i...
When To Let Go And When To Hold On To Submissions In Training
There’s a subject that I don’t see discussed often, but I think needs to be touched on. That subject is when to let g...
Training BJJ, Kicked out of Karate, Meeting Rick Flair, and the Movie ‘Logan’ with Masters World Champion James ‘300’ Foster
I think you’ll like this Grapplearts Radio Podcast episode!
In it I talk to 280 lb BJJ Masters World Champion Jam...