Set Up Your Setups For Greater Success! One of the coolest things about watching a high-level Jiu Jitsu match is that it is an extremely sophisticated battle of trickery and manipulation rather than a display of brute strength and mindless attacks new grapplers...

Go Check Out A New Gym. It Is Always A Good Time... Last week, while I was on vacation, I was a little unsure about training at a gym away from home.  I debated for a few days about whether or not I...

Recently on the Jocko Podcast he and his cohort Echo discussed some of the benefits of knowing Jiu-Jitsu. Specifically about how knowing how to fight can help avoid confrontation. Being confident in one's ability is a deterrent in itself.    When you spend...

Sprawl Not Working To Stop The Takedown? This Will Fix You Up! The singe leg may be the most common wrestling take down used in BJJ. It shows up frequently at all levels, and in all competition formats. It’s been adapted hundreds of...

The Featherweight Title Is On The Line In Canada! This Saturday, December 8th, UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega takes place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  The main event will feature a UFC Featherweight Championship bout between the champion Max Holloway...

3 Highly Effective Takedowns for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Uki Waza: Uki Waza, or Floating Technique, is a sacrifice throw and one of the original 40 throws in Judo. This is a very effective technique because it is not size or strength dependent and...

Top Chokes for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu “For the choke, there are no tough guys”. This is an old saying from Helio Gracie and it is absolutely true. A strong, tough, athletic person can very easily ignore the pain of a joint lock and...

Ideas on adopting the over looked white belt… Jiu Jitsu is hard. Many people quit. In my own experience, none of the people who were white belts with me are still around. Many years have gone by. Sure, some move away. But a...

Cigano Comes Out On Top! The UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa (also known as UFC Fight Night 142) was held on December 2, 2018 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, Australia.  This even was the second time the UFC has...

Exploring the cancellation... Yesterday, ADCC’s website made the following announcement, “Today ADCC Committee has announced that the 1st ADCC Asia & Oceania Trial 2018 has been CANCELLED due to lack of competitors. ADCC Trials are qualifiers to the big ADCC Worlds event that...

Jiu Jitsu black belt Kent Peters’ Instagram account was deleted without warning. He had over 20,000 plus followers. Many of us are fans of the free instructional videos he posts.  Check out this video titled Deep Half Guard DOA HeelHook Entry - ZombieProofBJJ (NoGi)....

Do Not Break The Rules...Navigate Around Them! Leg locks have enjoyed some serious time in the spotlight over the last few years. While the hype may have come down a notch or two, the fact remains, they have become a huge factor in...

This past Friday (November 30, 2018), the  The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale was held at the Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas, NV.   This was the 28th season of the Ultimate Fighter, and featured women's featherweights and men's heavyweights.    The coaches for this...

 Baby Steps To Greatness! A Few At A Time... What is your approach to achieving your most important goals? What is your mindset like? Often times we put goals in front of ourselves that are realistic, but the time we wish to achieve...

For many years, I enjoyed the lax style of Jiu Jitsu that me and many of my companions partook in. Not to say that we did not start to train aggressively in preparation for competition, but outside of that, our Jiu Jitsu was...