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Lyoto Machida inaugurates new family headquarters in Belém, Brazil
This Wednesday former UFC champion Lyoto Machida will be inaugurating his new training center in Belém, Pará State, B...
Racer Jenson Button has a tip for accelerating your Jiu-Jitsu
English racer Jenson Button doesn’t limit himself to moving just his neck and steering wheel when in the cramped cock...
Podcast EP12: BJJ Competition and Training Strategies with Brandon ‘Wolverine’ Mullins
In this interview 2 x World No Gi Champion Brandon ‘Wolverine’ Mullins shares his best competition and training advic...
5 Ways You Can Best use Open Mat in BJJ
A Guest Article by Mark Mullen
The majority of most BJJ’ers training time is spent attending structured classes at th...
Watch Anderson training in the gi on new MMA program
Brazilian telejournalist Mario Filho is back, and the Ricardo de la Riva black belt isn’t alone. Check out the traile...
Which is your best beloved Jiu-Jitsu team?
Which coat of arms is Jiu-Jitsu’s most popular? That’s the question the promoters of Copa Pódio are asking in a Faceb...
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...
Podcast EP09: Ryan Hall Interview and Transcript
Stephan’s note: This is the transcript of an interview I did with noted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, über-competit...