Practice your weaknesses until they are strengths Embrace getting mounted, having your back taken, and your guard passed. Get your butt kicked, and enjoy the process. That said if you go into a rolling situation against someone with less experience they may never...

Recapping Calvillo and Botelho bout... Cynthia Calvillo submits Poliana Botelho at UFC Fight Night 140 via rear naked choke in round one.  The fight happened on November 17, 2018 in Argentina. This improves her record to 7 wins out of 8 fights. She has 2 wins...

Exploring Yoga for Jiu Jitsu… Yoga is often touted as beneficial for Jiu Jitsu. Joe Rogan recently said on Twitter, “Out of all the exercise I do, yoga is the one where after I’m done I always think ‘I gotta do more of...

Exploring trash talking in Jiu Jitsu… Jiu Jitsu, like other combat sports, has its trash talkers. While it is arguable that no one has risen to the level of Conor McGregor or Muhammad Ali, we certainly have our contenders for trash talking. There...

Exploring cheat days… With Thanksgiving around the corner, it seems only appropriate to talk about the importance of a cheat day. What is a cheat day? A cheat day is eating everything in a set period of time or given day that is...

 One of the most famous back takes in BJJ history. Leonardo "Leo" Vieira is one of the most successful BJJ black belts in history.  As a long time student of Team Alliance founder Romero Calvalcanti, he achieved his black belt after winning the...

This fancy move can be yours by watching this video.  The De La Riva guard is often referred to as the mother of the modern guard game.  With more and more peers favoring open guard in competition, Ricardo De La Riva took advantage...

Why You Need To Learn The De La Riva Guard The De La Rival Guard is a type of open guard having origins in the judo which was made known by the Brazilian Jiu jitsu (BJJ) legend known as Ricardo De La Riva....

Power Up Your Jiu Jitsu With These Strength Movements If you are like some Jiu Jitsu students, you are certainly looking for means to take your Brazilian Jiu jitsu game straight to the next stage. When it concerns making your way through the...

5 Mistakes BJJ Beginners Don’t Realize They Are Making There is always an area of improvement for a jiu jitsu student, regardless of the belt level. BJJ is fun, and there’s always so much to learn, experience and discover. However, as a beginner...

Learn These 3 Submissions To Dominate Your Opponent Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is definitely no stranger to the amazing speed and agility with which people take each other down, with moves being developed almost as the days go by. To wit, in order to help...

The Omoplata is the easiest submission to get  The omoplata, which actually means scapula in Portuguese, is a highly effective submission for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.it is also called the ashi sankaku garami (which translates to “leg triangle entanglement”) in judo, as well as...

Smash The Single Leg X With Cyborg! The single leg X or ashi garami position has become a guard of choice for practitioners everywhere. Made famous early on by the likes of Marcelo Garcia, it’s variety of uses and versatility lend itself to...

The Florida Boy will be making the leap to MMA! AJ Agazarm, the Carlson Gracie black belt, made the announcement to Ariel Helwani on "The Helwani Show" that he has signed with Bellator Fighting Championships for his MMA debut. No official fight is...

Increase Your Armbar Finishing Ability With These Tips! The armbar is a very traditional submission in many grappling arts that achieves its ability through hyper-extension of the arm at the elbow joint. There are numerous ways of setting up an armbar and dozens...