Simple System For Successful Guillotines!  One thing Professor John Danaher does very well is create effective systems and have his students practice them a lot. Systems, for many grapplers, make more sense than just having a wide arsenal of techniques. In order to be...

    What do we drill? Anyone that trains must remember the first time we stepped foot on the mats. That’s where all these questions started. How to I tie my belt? Where do I stand? I’m not sure how to do the school warmup?...

Be Kind, But Protect Yourself, And Each Other We all need to roll to improve our jiu-jitsu. You must put yourself in real life positions to work on your game, find holes in what you need to work on, and get a good...

Train To Get The Submission...No Matter The Rules Since many matches in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition fail to end in submissions, various promotional organizations have set-up unique rule sets that allow them to measure which grappler performed better. Promotions that have a points-based...

Simple, Yet Effective Transition To The Mount! Taking the mount in a haphazard fashion from side control can land you in quite a bit of trouble. So often we see students trying to be greedy and step over to the mount too quickly...

A Systems Approach Will Simplify Complex Problems... With a constant stream of content released by John Danher it is easy to tell the benefit to having “systems” based approach. Having systems of attack has a multitude of benefits and it clearly shows with...

Ideas on a few supplements for the Jiu Jitsu athlete… We often discuss how Jiu Jitsu permeates every component of our lives. It becomes the reason to run, lift weights or do yoga the days we can’t possibly make it to the gym....

Habits to avoid for a happy relationship… For many of us who have dived too deep down the rabbit hole of Jiu Jitsu, it can be difficult on our spouses. Here are some of the common complaints a Jiu Jitsu practitioner may hear...

Helping white belts grow while accomplishing our own goals... It is a common statement, within the Jiu Jitsu community, that the most important promotion in Jiu Jitsu is not from brown to black belt. However, it is the promotion to white belt. Being...

Exploring Carbs for the Jiu Jitsu Athlete... One of my favorite quotes from the movie and book, of the same title, Fight Club is the following: “Fight club gets to be your reason for going to the gym and keeping your hair cut...

The Scarf Hold position in grappling is often seen as a pinning position in wrestling, Judo and Sambo - but why is it shunned in Jiu Jitsu? Check out this video of Josh Barnett torturing some dude with the Scarf Hold Position and...

One of the hardest and most frustrating aspects of passing the jiu jitsu guard, is opening the BJJ guard. JT Torres is one of the most talented modern Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters.Proficient in Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and No Gi Grappling; and winner...

Finally Set Up and Finish The Straight Ankle Lock in BJJ, Submission  Grappling and MMA The straight ankle lock is a very simple leg lock in jiu jitsu, and probably the first foot / leg lock attack you will ever learn in any...

There is power in old school, simple and basic Jiu Jitsu Chris Haueter is a one of the BJJ Dirty Dozen... what does that mean? That means he was one of the orignal 12 non brazilian practitioners to achieve their black belt in...

Work To Not Get Submitted Now. Almost Never Get Submitted Later... At the earliest stages of our BJJ training, we get overwhelmed with technique, philosophy, and a whole host of other concepts that we try our best to master in an unrealistic amount...