Do you remember learning how to hip escape for the first time?  Of course, you do. You likely remember drilling hip escapes hundreds, if not thousands of times, and even to this day, provided you didn’t quit when you got your blue belt,...

  When you have been practicing jiu jitsu for a few years, one term begins to resonate over time with you: high percentage. Eventually, your instructor or a killer competitor teaching a seminar will mention that a particular submission is a high percentage...

Bernardo Faria - Knee Capture Sweep Bernardo Faria is widely considered one of the most dominant super heavy weight fighters in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  He has won some of Jiu Jitsu most prestigious tournaments. For many years he has been the IBJJF World...

Double Leg by Bernardo Faria Bernardo Faria is widely considered one of the most dominant super heavy weight fighters in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  He has won some of Jiu Jitsu most prestigious tournaments. For many years he has been the IBJJF World Champion....

Guard Retention: How To Stop Your Guard From Getting Passed by Bernardo Faria Bernardo Faria is widely considered one of the most dominant super heavy weight fighters in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  He has won some of Jiu Jitsu most prestigious tournaments. For many...

We’ve all been in that position with the flexible lanky guy who plays a crazy open guard.  His legs seem to come out of nowhere every time we are about to pass the guard.  The open guard can be one of the most...

The omoplata submission in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a shoulder lock in which an attacker isolates the shoulder with the legs and triangles them to put maximum torque on the opponents arm and shoulder joint similar to that experienced when caught in a...