Anthony Pettis made a triumphant debut at welterweight in Nashville against Top 5 opponent Stephen Wonderboy Thompson. Leading up to the bout much was made about size difference, and perceived striking advantage of Wonderboy. As the fight went on it started to...

“Why ignore 50% of the body?” The quote all Jiu Jitsu practitioners are familiar and associate with John Danaher, one of the best leg lock instructors of all time. For many years, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners considered leg attacks to be taboo and...

One of the most popular positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the half guard. Interestingly, many grapplers like Tom Deblass and Bernardo Faria would make the half guard their primary guard and will even force opponents to the position. The reason half guard...

Poland's Premier Black Belt Seeks First Pan Title Adam Wardzinski met Leandro Lo in the semi-final round and pulled off a dominating performance over Lo, who appeared to possibly have sustained an injury during the match.   After a few minutes of Wardzinski playing...

Of all the differences seen between gi Jiu Jitsu and no-gi Jiu Jitsu, it think you’ll notice they are most different from the closed guard. Defending against the closed guard in the gi is easier because you can use grips to your advantage...

There are many ways of passing the guard. The two main styles of passing the guard are quick passing and pressure passing. Each style of guard passes also has its own subsets. These subsets include going under the legs or over the legs....

  Time for an update folks As always with an Enter The System release people are flocking to receive the newest info laid forth by the Legendary John Danaher. He has revolutionized the approach to multiple aspects of BJJ. Leglocks, back attacks, front...

The UFC returns to Nashville and features a main event between Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis. Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis will take place in the co main event slot. The main event seems to be the type of fight where...

If you’ve been training Jiu Jitsu for more than a few months by the time you got to this article, you probably think the closed guard is a boring position that doesn’t work against anyone that has a blue belt or higher rank....

Edwin Najmi is a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner from California. Edwin displayed interest in combat sports at a young age and eventually pursued a full time career, becoming one of the top competitors in the sport. Although Edwin initially began his...

Although Jiu Jitsu practitioners are all now starting to learn leg locks as a general addition to the curriculum, it was once taboo to attack leg locks in grappling. Then some grapplers started using them to submit very high level opponents. These leg...

In BJJ Fanatics latest addition, John Danaher delves deep into the marvels of one of the most simple, yet effective submissions in all of grappling history, the arm bar. As you begin exploring the arm bar, or Juji Gatame as John prefers to...

  The Olympic Gold Medalist, and 125lb UFC champion is left without a dance partner now that the rematch with TJ DIllashaw is out the window. Due to adverse findings dating back to their first clash on the UFC’s debut on Espn+, Dillashaw...

Grip strength is everything when it comes to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other grappling martial arts... How well you can grip your opponent depends on how well you can control their movement and posture. Grips are not only important when training in the...

Two of the most simple yet important submissions used in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are the triangle choke and the straight arm lock. These are two techniques every single grappler learns while they are a white belt and continue to get better at as...