Inside Leg Trip From X Guard by Bruno Malfacine In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other grappling martial arts, the X guard is a favorite technique amongst many high level competitors. What is the X guard? Great question. The X guard is often classified...

A combat base style configuration of the body is super common when someone is attempting to pass on the ground. It puts them in position to try and cut up the middle with their knee, and offers a little more stability and mobility...

Check Out This Balloon Sweep Variation by Bruno Malfacine If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you will have likely heard of Bruno Malfacine. Bruno Malfacine is a 10 time Black Belt World Champion. Bruno is the only competitor to...

Knee Push Sweep Butterfly Guard by Bruno Malfacine Who is Bruno Malfacine? Bruno Malfacine is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor. He began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1998 at the age of eleven under Carlos Santana. After Santana stopped coaching, Malfacine moved to the...

 Great Technique To Get The Sweep! Regardless of how long you have been training, you have probably used butterfly guard or at least defended it. It is an excellent guard position that allows for numerous sweeps, submissions, back takes, and leg lock entries....

Easy Reversal That Works On Opponents Of All Sizes... We’ve been enjoying these snip-it’s from Bruno Malfacine’s upcoming instructional for the past few weeks. While we wait impatiently for the release to drop, he’s been giving us some interesting concepts to mull over....

 Smaller Grapplers Rejoice At These Tricks The smaller practitioners of BJJ continue the search for the best techniques to get the upper hand against a larger much stronger opponent. Though the process can be a little slower when you’re a pint-sized player, there...

10X World Champ Is Coming to BJJ Fanatics! Bruno Malfacine is one of the most decorated jiu-jitsu competitors of all time. He’ s a 10-time world champion. Yes, 10 times. With all titles being won in the same weight category, Bruno has been...

Grappling legend off to 3-0 start in MMA Ten time IBJJF World Champion Bruno Malfacine dominated his most recent opponent Cristian Rodriguez with a 1st round victory in Abu Dhabi in the Brave CF organization.  After feeling each other out for a few...

A big part of what makes jiu jitsu so special is that it allows a smaller more technical practitioner to overcome a larger, stronger but less technical person.  While size not mattering is a myth, because generally between two people of similar skill level the larger, stronger person will tend to be victorious, jiu jitsu […]