We all know that Gordon Ryan is the "King" of Modern No Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Submission Grappling. He's a younger grappler who is considered a natural. He's become one of the top and most feared grapplers in the world with only 5+...

Simple and Effective Closed Guard Passing... The closed guard is one of the most fundamental defensive positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The numerous submissions, sweeps, and relative safety make it effective in competition, MMA, and self-defense. For the top player trapped in their...

You Will Not Regret The Lessons Learned On The Competition Mats! You’ll never look back and say, “Man, I really wish I hadn’t tested myself”. Over the course of our lifetime we’ll be presented with challenges in many forms. Life throws us various...

Innovative Sweep With an Eddie Bravo Black Belt! Yes, the Carni sweep. You’ve got to love the unique terms that 10th Planet JJ uses to name its techniques. They have their own system of bizarre headings that somehow describe their techniques perfectly. When...

Knowledge Is Power, and this stuff is free! Podcasts are great. When we are doing menial tasks (or have a desk job) they can be a great way to uptake knowledge and be entertained. These are are few great ones to follow. Most...

The arm drag is a common technique found in most martial arts in some form or another, it is a bread and butter move for fighting and grappling because it allows us to create an angle where can then land strikes or attack...

5 Ways To Not Get Punched In The Face! Best defense to a punch? Do not be there! If you can avoid the strikes, great, if you can close the distance to the clinch right away and secure your takedown to bring the...

Punch To Stop A Takedown? Learn It Here!! In this video, by Shane Fazen, his group of FIGHTTIPS instructors (Bubba Jenkins, Vince ‘The Anomaly’, and Coach PJ) breakdown Khabib vs McGregor but they also talk about a striking option to stop a takedown....

Do Not Get Complacent...And Be An Example Of Good Jiu-Jitsu Practices As a student who has been training for a while it is important to remember that new students will look to how others train. For an academy this can be a great...

Just Trust That Things Will Work... And, In Time, The Will This concept may drive some people nuts, but the idea behind it can be highly beneficial in BJJ. “Faking” it means acting the way you plan to be. In Jiu-Jitsu means having...

What is the Value of a Belt? The older I get, the more I realize you never quite get what you deserve. Rarely does the punishment fit the crime. Rarely does the reward fit the prize. For example, even if your job pays...

When things don't go your way, what do you do? Tom DeBlass has walked onto and competed on some of the most prestigious mats in the world.  A three time ADCC North American Trials winner and subsequent ADCC veteran, he has stepped onto...

The 5 Sambo Fusion | Vlad Koulikov Videos That Will Change Your Game Vlad Koulikov - Master of Sport in Sambo, BJJ Black Belt, Judo Black Belt, No-Gi Grappling Bad-Ass and Foot Lock Machine (how's THAT for an intro!?) ... is regarded as...

The "Olympic Trials" Of Grappling Are Here For 2018! Competitors List Below! This Saturday, November 3rd, the ADCC 2018 North American East Coast Pro Trials takes place in Bayville, NJ.  Competitors in the 66kg, 77kg, 88kg, 99kg, +99kg, are vying to qualify for...

We all remember cramming before some big test in school, trying to make up for all the lost time spent doing something else. Sadly, for a lot of us, the promise of an upcoming belt promotion can lead us down that same road,...