Exploring the moniker The Gentle Art... There has been a video floating around social medial of a woman attempting either a triangle or dead orchard on a fellow shopper during a Black Friday brawl. If you have been on social media at all in...

Ideas on honorary black belts... Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro dropped in for a visit at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio Tour. The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio Tour is collaboration between the UAEJJF and the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.  Jair has been...

Is this the best BJJ sweep for smaller grapplers vs big strong monster grapplers? Bruno Malfacine, 8x World BJJ Champion, and who Bernardo Faria considers the GOAT of Jiu Jitsu teaches how to sweep bigger strong opponents from butterfly guard. Acccording to Bernardo...

The 3 Fundamentals of Closed Guard for Beginners Whether you’ve just started training or have been training for a long time we’re often told that closed guard is a good position to attack from. It is a popular position in both Brazilian Jiu...

The 3 Entrances to the Flying Scissor Takedown That Give You Leg Locks The flying scissor takedown is all the rage in modern grappling. It's used to easily enter in on a variety of leg attacks, but is also banned in many grappling...

Master The Low Level Single for MMA and Grappling The low single leg is very simple and effective takedown for wrestling, BJJ, and MMA. Randy Couture famously used one in his fight against James Toney, and Sakuraba took almost everyone down with his...

Henry Cejudo Teaches You How To Take Down A Bigger Opponent It is no surprise to many of us who have grappled that bigger opponents are often very difficult to take down. Things that may work on an opponent your size often fail...

Choke Dudes Out in 3 Seconds Or Less With The Baseball Choke The Baseball Bat choke is probably one of the best choke submissions to make someone pass out QUICK. I can't think of how many times on the mat that I've seen...

How To Roll With Stronger People in BJJ When you roll with an opponent who is bigger and stronger than you are, you are face to face with the true realities of your techniques. Do your techniques ACTUALLY work? Or are you required...

This Man Will Inspire All Martial Artist Yuki Nakai is a name that is almost lost to history, and that is just plain wrong. He may not have many accomplishments under his belt due to a tragic injury that ended his career entirely...

The Triangle Choke Is Easy To Learn, But Difficult To Apply When you think of chokes in martial arts, you most likely envision the rear naked choke and the triangle choke. The images of Hercules choking out a lion or Khabib’s awful rear...

The Most Important Half Guard Sweep You'll Ever Learn Half guard is one of the most important, yet fairly unique as far as guards go, because your opponent will always like that have the ability to pass and/or submit from top half. They...

A Skill Not Many Practice, But Can Be A Vital And Beneficial Addition To Your BJJ Everyone trains for different reasons. Some wish to be the best BJJ competitor, some wish to be the next great MMA star, other wish to learn for...

Know The Difference, And Know When It Is Appropriate To Use Each... Whether you are a police officer wanting to learn how to use neck restraints safely, a submission grappler wanting to improve his choking efficiency, or a normal person wanting to know...

The 3 Golden Rules of Grappling Martial Arts Chris Haueter is a legend in the Jiu Jitsu world.  He got his BJJ black belt in 1996 under Rigan Machado and is considered on of the dirty dozen, the first 12 non Brazilian black...