Using the Z Guard to Reverse Opponents Bernardo Faria recently hosted black belt Joseph Cashin at his Academy in Massachusetts.  While visiting, Joseph showed one of his favorite sweeps from the Z Guard Position.  The Z Guard is a variation of Half Guard...

Coral Belt Legend Shows Side Control Pressure Secrets  Recently, 5 time world champion, Bernardo Faria caught up with BJJ legend and Coral Belt Sergio Penha.  Sergio Penha is well-known throughout the jiu jitsu community as being one of the toughest fighters from the...

 Danaher Says Front Headlock System More Accessible Than Any Other In this rare breakdown video featuring 5 time world champion Bernardo Faria and grappling mastermind John Danaher, they take apart Gordon Ryan's gold medal winning performance in last year's ADCC World Championship in...

Over 30yr old BJJ Practitioners Show Their Stuff!  5 time world champion Bernardo Faria has dedicated over half of his life to Jiu Jitsu.  As a student, competitor, instructor, and academy owner, he has taken the lessons learned from years of training to...

No matter what the endeavor, it's human nature to want results fast.  If you've been training BJJ long, you are well aware that technique improvement and those coveted belts take quite some time to earn.  The expectation that we are going to be...

The key to mastering any technique is to break it down into smaller digestible chunks and steps, allowing you to then replicate the process over and over using the same easy to execute steps.  In the butterfly guard pass below, Chris Yonkers takes...

Deep half guard can be an extremely effective guard to help keep your opponent's weight off of you and to set up a variety of sweeps, such as the Homer Simpson or the Waiter Sweep.  For the person who finds themselves stuck in...

Mikey Musumeci is arguably one of the most successful young BJJ black belts on the competitive circuit today.  Having won his 2nd black belt IBJJF title, he entered a league entirely his own after winning the worlds at every color belt and his...

The half guard is becoming one of the most popular guard games out there today.  In the world of high level competitors, people like Bernardo Faria and Tom DeBlass have made it the foundation of their competitive success and BJJ game plans.  For...

When it comes to the various forms that your opponents' and training partners' open guard can show you, none are as frustrating as the feeling of being stuck in a good Spider Guard players guard.  With two powerful grips on my sleeves and...

We all have that favorite move.  The one that seemed to come easier than all of the others, that we find ourselves utilizing every time we roll, especially when we're tired and need to get ourselves out of danger.  Over time, through constant...

Paul Moran is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, influential podcaster, and cancer survivor.  He began jiu jitsu in the mid-2000's and began his Open Mat Radio podcast not long after.  In 2012, Paul was diagnosed with rectal cancer and has spent the...

Side control is one of the best places to set up shop, maintain control of your opponent and work a variety of arm attacks or chokes.  When you're in control of your opponent in side control, they are usually working to secure some...

The omoplata is a shoulder submission in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that, like many moves in the BJJ lexicon, has it's roots in other arts like judo and catch wrestling.  Named after the scapula or "blade bone" in Portuguese, the use of the technique...

Half guard is one of the most effective tools today to control our opponent's guard passes, maintain good distance, and also absorb a great deal of pressure easily and still be fairly mobile.  From half guard there is a growing number of sweeps...