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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”

Catch and Release – What to do if your opponent just won’t tap?

Back when I was mostly training in Judo I heard that there were some traditional dojos in Japan where tapping out to ...

Learn to Crush the Bug

A large part of jiu-jitsu is using your weight to immobilize your opponent; “crushing the bug” as it is sometimes re...

The Two Meanings of the Tap

Tapping out is sending a message to your opponent. The most common message is “OK, you got me with that submission. N...

More On Pull-ups…

Here is some feedback and some more pull-up variations that drifted in from the ether since I released the 19 Pullup ...

19 Pull-up Variations for BJJ & Submission Grappling

In previously newsletters I’ve sung the praises of the pull-up. Grappling is much more about pulling than it is about...

The Pre-Fight Check In

A few days ago, in class, it was time to spar. I walked over to an older white belt, new to the club, who was standin...

Lets Get The Groundrules Straight!

One of the worst organized MMA shows I ever saw was a small local show, back in 1996. Before I talk about that partic...

Some Housekeeping (Conditioning Q&A)

Today I want to tackle a bit of newsletter housekeeping. A series of recent newsletters on conditioning have generate...

Balancing Mat Time with Conditioning

Forget the work-life balance! Let’s talk about something much more important: the balance between mat time and condit...

Learning BJJ in a Digital Age

I recently did a remote interview with Marshall Carpenter from Lockflow.com on the topic of how the internet has chan...

One more Von Flue Choke

As you know, in the last few newsletters we’ve been discussing body position for guillotine chokes and using the ‘Von...
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