The world lost an incredible talent and advocate for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu today.  Anthony Bourdain who was most well-known for his widely viewed television show "Parts Unknown" where he traveled the globe introducing his viewers to his unique and colorful explorations of every...

Imagine if you will, a particularly tough night at BJJ class.  You walked out feeling destroyed.  Maybe during class, you struggled to perform a drill your coach used to set up the technique.  Whether it's half guard or the berimbolo, the first time...

 Alexandre Vieira is one of the most exciting up and coming grapplers today under the Brazilian Top Team flag.  In 2017, his loop choke submission was chosen as the Submission of the Year by FloGrappling. Alexandre recently visited with us at BJJFanatics to...

Trying to learn leg locks without proper guidance or instruction can be an extremely overwhelming task.  It's important to seek out the best possible coaching and instruction.  There are a number of well known leg locking BJJ competitors out there.  There are the...

If you've been a BJJ practitioner for any length of time, you've heard of Kurt Osiander.  It's hard not to hear Kurt Osiander, with his kick you in the teeth, heavy metal persona, he has garnered legions of fans and students who follow...

Tom DeBlass is no stranger to competition.  As a perennial competitor with IBJJF world titles, three ADCC appearances, a winning MMA record that includes fights for both the UFC and Bellator promotions, and many other superfight appearances, he has tested himself against some...

Kurt Osiander has nearly 75,000 loyal subscribers to his wildly popular YouTube channel Kurt Osiander's Move of the Week.  Each week he shares his unique blend of Bay Area Metal attitude with OG BJJ knowledge to inform and entertain practitioners around the globe....

The BJJ Fanatics team recently hosted the one and only Kurt Osiander to record his first BJJ instructional with us, Fundamentals of a Jiu Jitsu Renegade.  In it, Kurt shares all of his favorite submissions, sweeps, escapes, and guard passes.  It truly is everything...

The guillotine choke is one of the most effective No Gi chokes you can add to your arsenal.  It is a very high percentage submission that comes on extremely fast, leaving your opponent little time to defend or escape once the choke is...

Kurt Osiander is a true OG of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  The Ralph Gracie black belt holds down the fort as the head instructor at the Ralph Gracie Academy in San Francisco.  Kurt has mixed an old school BJJ toughness with a hard edged...

Side control is one of the most dominating positions in jiu jitsu.  Once you finally get past the opponent or training partner's legs, side control can appear like an oasis in the distance.  It is common to get to the coveted side control...

There are no days off for Tom DeBlass.  Even on a short vacation with friends in Costa Rica, he took time to film a half guard technique and this short video addressing the age old question he has heard people say for almost...

It's a busy time here at BJJ Fanatics headquarters!  In addition to all of the new content that we're working on, we've just spent the last two weekends reshooting Professor John Danaher's magnum opus Leg Locks:  Enter the System and it's follow up...

Our nutrition can have an amazing impact on our daily life.  Typically the focus is on what we eat and how much we eat when any attempt to "eat healthier" is made.  But what about WHEN we eat?  How does the frequency and...

BJJ is an extremely creative martial art by nature.  No two arm locks or leg locks are exactly the same, even by the same BJJ practitioner.  Training jiu jitsu teaches you to be a problem solver because when you find yourself stuck in...