In the most recent installment of his popular "Move of the Week" series, Kurt Osiander comes to us from the UK with an extremely simple choke that you can add to your arsenal right away.  With the popularity of different complex guard styles,...

Deep half guard can be an extremely effective guard to help keep your opponent's weight off of you and to set up a variety of sweeps, such as the Homer Simpson or the Waiter Sweep.  For the person who finds themselves stuck in...

The butterfly guard can be one of the more frustrating guards because of the guard player's ability to be extremely mobile and use their feet as powerful hooks to both control and to elevate their opponents.  With the legs chambered back at an...

Our academy recently hosted Miguel Benitez, a Tom DeBlass black belt and Owner/Head Instructor at Montgomery BJJ in New Jersey for a no gi seminar.  The seminar was packed with highly implementable techniques and mindset tips.  Students learned new approaches to mount escapes,...

The clinch. It’s a highly recognizable term among the combative arts, and it’s a flagship concept of BJJ. When we clinch, we close the distance between ourselves and our opponent, or in some cases an assailant. The idea of forward motion in a...

The kimura from the closed guard is a powerful submission. It’s well known, it’s respected, and it’s undoubtedly an important part of any fundamental BJJ program. But as the years go by, and your training partners and opponents become savvy to your love...

Super Hype Kicks In for Highly Sought After Match Up The internet just let out a collective WTF!? In just over a week, New York based grappling promotion Kasai Elite Grappling Championship hosts it's third event.  In what was already slated to be...

Mikey Musumeci is arguably one of the most successful young BJJ black belts on the competitive circuit today.  Having won his 2nd black belt IBJJF title, he entered a league entirely his own after winning the worlds at every color belt and his...

The half guard is becoming one of the most popular guard games out there today.  In the world of high level competitors, people like Bernardo Faria and Tom DeBlass have made it the foundation of their competitive success and BJJ game plans.  For...

The 2003 ADCC world championship event in Sao Paulo was not Dean Lister's first taste of ADCC victory, having won a fight in 2001 before meeting up with Ricardo Almeida in the quarterfinals and in 2002, Dean won the ADCC North American Trials....

Do you ever feel inadequate at your current belt rank? I find this to be a common mindset among many BJJ players. Some would describe the feeling as undeserving. If you’re involved with a good academy and you’re a part of a solid...

You know the story. You show up at your Grandmother’s house for the annual Christmas dinner. As you browse the cookie table your uncle appears. Visibly inebriated, he proceeds to advance toward you making several chopping motions with his hands. And just like...

BJJ fundamentals are the building blocks that will set the stage for all growth in your BJJ game. Think of it in terms of musical practice. You must first learn the scales before you can play a symphony, right? Of course, there is...

Throughout the course of history, plenty of techniques have gotten a bad rap.  Look how long leg locks were frowned upon until OG grapplers like Dean Lister and systematic masterminds like John Danaher helped bring the leg lock out of the darkness and...

Being stuck inside the closed guard of a good guard player can be extremely frustrating.  It's easy to spend endless energy trying to combat and break open the legs, while being pushed and pulled by the hips and also dealing with the guard...