Keeping Our Tools Sharp The hip bump sweep is a technique that most Jiu Jitsu players encounter very early on in their careers. They find themselves in closed guard and in need of a way to reverse the position, and the hip bump...

Pulling guard in grappling competition has been unfairly maligned for far too long. Critics disparaging guard pulling will point to the practicalities of a street fight. What they ignore is that pulling guard in competition does not indicate incompetence in takedowns or that...

Today we are going to learn 5 powerful chokes from 4 of the most sought after instructors in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world! Some of these techniques utilize the gi others do not, meaning they are applicable to no gi submission grappling and...

  Wrist Locks are one of the best ways to make your training partners not like you and Roger Gracie is one of the best Jiujiteiro ever. A deadly combination. Here, Roger Gracie shows how to attack the wrist from your Closed Guard!...

  Getting swept can be both embarrassing as well as frustrating. You can be so focused on correctly executing a technique that you forget to defend the sweep, or you place yourself in a position to get swept. It is important to understand...

  One of the coolest things about the triangle choke is the diversity it offers. The creativity people have demonstrated in terms of different entries into the submission is astonishing. As long as you can get your legs involved and somehow trap an...

  Jiu Jitsu is just as much of a strategic game as it is a physical one. Being strong will take you so far, but proper technique and understanding of the art is equally if not more important. Understanding how to get your...

We sat down with Paul Schreiner to talk about his start in BJJ, his time at the Marcelo Garcia Academy, his upcoming series on BJJ Fanatics, what connected reaction means, and how to best learn grappling concepts and techniques. You can find Paul’s...

 Recently Joe Rogan hosted Jocko Willink for a return to the podcast.  During that conversation, Jocko shared stories of training with long time friends and training partners Dean Lister and Jeff Glover.  During the discussion of Jeff Glover, Jocko recalled one of the...

  Opening the closed guard has to be one of the most common problems in the history of BJJ training. This decades old conundrum plagues our training sessions to this day when dealing with proficient bottom players. Many of us do our best...

Lucas "Hulk" Barbosa Shows Why He is Still At the top of His Division

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  The cross-collar choke from the guard may be the most classic submission in all of jiu-jitsu. From the earliest days of combat in the gi, we hear stories of this traditional method of strangulation conquering the toughest of opponents and putting down...

Get up and Get After it! The single leg takedown is one of the most common methods of taking a standing exchange to the floor in a wrestling scenario. This take down also translates quite well to BJJ, probably more so than many...

  Giancarlo Bodoni is making a name for himself. A student of the great Lucas Lepri, this young man is another outstanding competitor to be looking out for. With an incredible performance at no gi worlds this year, Bodoni won his division at...