Crazy Inside Heel Hook Setup From Craig Jones Leg entanglement is a very effective way to set up leg submissions. If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you have probably heard of the Danaher Death Squad. With the likes of...

Leg lock entries can take place from all over. If you watch any modern leg lock specialist they find unique ways into a variety of leg entanglements. It can be difficult to see what actually is going on at full speed. Since it’s...

Jones Beats Keenan At Polaris 8! This past weekend in the Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff, Wales, Polaris Jiu Jitsu Invitational 8 took place.  The main event was a showdown between Keenan Cornelius and Craig Jones. This was a rematch of their 2017...

Polaris 8 Results: Craig Jones Defeats Keenan Cornelius In Tough Match Up This past weekend Cardiff Wales hosted the 8th Polaris Jiu Jitsu Invitational. This is considered by many to be Europe’s most prestigious grappling event. The main card was headlined by a...

Two Of The Best Modern Grapplers Face Off! Who Will Take It Home In Wales! Polaris, one of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu’s most prestigious and entertaining competition promotions has scheduled the 8th event for December 9th, 2018. This event is Polaris’s first veiling of...

Grappling Flow: Jiu Jitsu Sit Up Guard - Half Guard Sweep - Foot Lock Attacks This TRITAC Grappling Flow series starts off when you're fighting from the Combat Guard or BJJ Sit-up Guard when your opponent in standing. You will learn how to...

The Triangle Choke Is Easy To Learn, But Difficult To Apply When you think of chokes in martial arts, you most likely envision the rear naked choke and the triangle choke. The images of Hercules choking out a lion or Khabib’s awful rear...

The Modern Day Leg Locker aka Leg Lock Attacker The major trait of the leg locker is control and isolation of the foot / knee. It is apparent to everyone, yet it somehow goes wrong the moment most people try looking for a...

Exploring this stacked card… Recently, ripples were made in the grappling community by the announcement of Masakazu Imanari v. Nicky Ryan at Polaris 8. They stated the following on their Instagram page, “Unfortunately due to injury, Ash Williams has had to pull out...

Some say the leg lock game killed the guard pass game... or maybe the leg lock game just made passing the jiu jitsu guard easier. It seems everyone won't stop talking about the leg lock game.  It's almost like a whole unexplored (yet...

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....

Why Half Guard is the Greatest BJJ Guard... Ever. It is undeniable, that the half guard is an essential position in Jiu Jitsu, Submission Grappling and MMA.   Here are 10 reasons why you need to know the half guard better than any other...

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+...

Aussie captures BJJ World's Attention  We’ve all heard this story of triumph how a relative unknown shocked the BJJ world by beating three of the very best grapplers on earth in spectacular fashion. Some of the finer details makes this story even better....

This is the second article exploring the Z-Guard by Craig Jones. Check out the first exploration of this guard here.  The Z-guard is a modified version, really a subset, of the half guard in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In the traditional half guard, the...