How To Knee Slice Pass A BJJ Player’s Butterfly Guard If you have ever faced a BJJ player with a good butterfly guard you have probably had difficulty finding a passing method that works. The butterfly guard is an extremely effective way for...

1 Simple And Effective Choke From Butterfly Guard If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you probably will have heard of the butterfly guard. It can be a fantastic open guard to add to your BJJ game. The butterfly guard...

 Add Some Reversal Variety To Your Butterfly Guard Game! The butterfly guard and its attractive set of utilities is favorite among some of the best players in the world. It’s a preferred open guard platform to practitioners of all sizes and shapes, and...

Yuri Simoes Butterfly Cradle To Back Take In the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu the more unique your pass is the more effective it becomes. We often spend a lot of time learning how to defend. By doing this we grow a keen...

Butterfly Hook Sweep Blocking The Arm by Gordon Ryan If you have been around the BJJ scene you have probably heard of Gordon Ryan. As a New Jersey native, Ryan is a member of the notoriously well known Danaher Death Squad. He is...

The BJJ Guard: Defense, Sweeps, &Pass Counters: Formiga BJJ In this episode of Formiga BJJ Q&A - It's ALL about the BJJ Guard, especially half guard.  The BJJ Guard is one the most dynamic positions to play in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the...

How To Drill For An Impassable Guard The jiu jitsu guard is the first line of defense against any opponent, especially for smaller and weaker grapplers. It is a vital and one of the most important skills to be able to control your...

Rafael "Formiga" Barbosa has one of the most effective and dynamic butterfly guard games in the world. Check out these butterfly guard attacks that will instantly raise your level of attacks in gi and no gi Jiu Jitsu Rafael Formiga Barbosa of Soul...

Simple System For Successful Guillotines!  One thing Professor John Danaher does very well is create effective systems and have his students practice them a lot. Systems, for many grapplers, make more sense than just having a wide arsenal of techniques. In order to be...

Aussie ADCC Vet With Another Devastating Leg Attack   The heel hook has become one of the most effective submissions in Jiu Jitsu in part because it is extremely painful but also because it is a newer technique that not everyone practices regularly....

Far too often the guard player gets flattened out and controlled. Utilizing the butterfly guard against a passer on his knees can help alleviate this. Adam Wardzinski demonstrated this over the weekend at the ADCC European Trials. Adam emphasizes grip switching and maneuvering...