Escaping the back is a fundamental concept in BJJ. We learn it early, and its important that we add it to our tool box in our very first months of training. Being that the back mount is a flagship position in BJJ, this...

The Toreando pass is one of the most simple and effective guard passes that can be used in both Gi and Nogi grappling. “Toreando” is derived from bullfighting due to its visual similarity to the motion a matador makes with his leg when...

I don’t consider myself a violent person.  In fact, there are times when I don’t roll hard enough because I don’t want to hurt my training partner. I have to consciously up my intensity level. I can’t help being a nice guy, I...

Jiu Jitsu has a cult like following.  Why is that? If you don’t train it may seem a little odd that your friends or colleagues that train Jiu Jitsu are so obsessed with it.  Sure, it seems fun and all, maybe you even...

Wouldn’t it be nice if every submission attempt was successful every time?  Imagine, you get the Kimura set up and the opponent does nothing to defend it.  I’m not sure if that would really make things better, or if it would just make...

  It’s likely when you started training someone told you that Jiu Jitsu would change your life.  It’s also likely you blew them off and didn’t think anything of it. That is, until you realized it is changing your life.  Day after day,...

It’s all about that grip.  Gripping in Jiu Jitsu CAN be everything… It can also be completely useless.  I’ll never forget, mainly because it still happens every time we roll it seems, training with a good friend of mine and feeling like I...

Remember back in the beginning days when guard was simple?  When we first started training and coach said get in his guard, we knew it meant closed guard because that was the only guard we knew at the time.  As we started to...

When it’s your job to protect others, and stay safe in the process, how do you find a way to do this, all while not earning any extra attention from the media for using excessive force? In a world so quick to judge,...

It’s all about control.  One of the things you will start to notice as you train live (roll) with more and more people is everyone has a different style, and each person has their strengths and of course weaknesses as well.  In Jiu...

Self defense has been a rapidly growing industry for many years now and as the world becomes a more violent place, and the media coverage and social media sharing continue to highlight all of the bad in the world people now, more than...

Half guard is one of the most used positions in Jiu-Jitsu. For the longest time half guard was looked at as a reactive position. Meaning you had to use it to stop a pass, defend the mount. Modern half guard player are some...

Getting a solid finish from side control has a great deal to do with the position and posture the bottom player chooses to take. Part of the bottom players goal will be to put frames in place. The frame allows them to create...

When the average person thinks about a Police Academy graduate, they probably assume that they have undergone rigorous tactical training on top of learning the different procedures and laws specific to where they are practicing. In truth, the average police academy is a...

The half guard position has enjoyed quite a rise in popularity over the last several years. It seems to evolve and become more dynamic by the minute. This Is for good reason, as the half offers so much in terms of applicability for...