The closed guard is a familiar position to all BJJ practitioners. We learn the ins and outs early and it quickly becomes a hub in our BJJ training. As we progress, we get exposed to multiple guards and we may find a guard...

There's a lot of factors that can go into how difficult or easy it will be for you to make the transition from Jiu Jitsu to MMA. How long have you been doing Jiu Jitsu? Is Jiu Jitsu the only Martial Art that...

Bernardo Faria just came out with a new video in which he weighs the importance of BJJ Basic Moves vs. BJJ’s New Moves. At the end of the day, Bernardo’s verdict is that a good BJJ player needs both: a good foundation in...

When we train in the gi, there is a staggering amount of ways to use the material against our opponents. The collar, the gi tails, even our own gi can be used as a weapon in a BJJ match. There are numerous ways...

  The Baseball Bat Choke is a very versatile attack. It can come from a dominating position like knee on belly or it can be slipped on as someone passes the guard. The versatility of the attack has lead to many variations and...

  When you set out on your Jiu-Jitsu journey you will surely run into someone with a mind blowing guard that you feel is impossible to pass. A good guard player strives to make the passer feel this way. Constantly struggling against your...

As you start to build “your game” you find what you like when it comes to attacks, positions, guards, etcetera.  If you aren’t to this level yet, that’s ok, just keep showing up, training hard, and you will be there before you know...

The Kimura, or double wrist locks, as it is called in catch wrestling is another one of those submissions that it seems, the more you train it, the more you start finding it everywhere you look.  here are several benefits to the Kimura,...

What is the most important thing you need to be good at to be good at Jiu Jitsu?  Is it takedowns, attacks from a certain position, mount or back mount perhaps? Professor John Danaher and Professor Bernardo Faria would argue that the most...

The triangle strangle submission can be one of the strongest submissions in Jiu Jitsu.  It gives us the power to use our legs to fight against the opponent’s neck and shoulder muscles giving us a clear advantage over larger and stronger opponents.  The...

I feel pretty confident in saying it is likely not a hard sell to convince your that training Jiu Jitsu is not just important for kids, it could be argued that it is one of the best possible things they could do. Training...

I always found it interesting that it seemed the fundamental techniques I first learned, I’m talking the very basics, the ones I had to know to get my first stripe, seemed to only work on the new students and would continually see them...

  What is the most dangerous move for beginners? You may be thinking heel hook, or some other foot lock variation, but to Alec Baulding it’s the jumping guard pull. If you watch the video below from his YouTube he goes into great...

You hear the phrase all the time. "Work smarter, not harder." It implies that you should use your intelligence when solving problems instead of just putting your head down and forcefully running through a problem like a caveman. Don't make ten trips to...

Join any Jiu Jitsu-related group on Facebook, Reddit, or some other social media platform and the debate will come up: Do belts/stripes matter? Some participants will insist that, yes, they matter.  Others will claim that they don’t need a belt or stripes to...