Everyone loves to be a beast on the mats but we usually attribute submissions and positional dominance to being a so called “beast”. But... great defense is just as important if not more important than being a dominant practitioner. If you're a...

  How often do you work on the defensive aspects of your BJJ game? As BJJ players, we know that this part of our game is paramount to our progress and to being successful on the mat but sometimes it doesn’t get the...

  We could all use more efficiency when it comes to our guard. Of course, retention comes to mind here, as keeping a guard is first and foremost a priority. But efficiency transcends all the layers of guard. How hard are you working...

  Few positions create as much ire for coaches and as much confusion for new students as the bottom Turtle. We go there to feel safe, and it seems really safe, until it is not, and then it can be a death trap....

  What does it take to not have your guard passed for 13 years of competition? For most people this would require quitting Jiu-Jitsu! For Xande Ribeiro it took a fundamental understanding of DEFENSE that is matched by few. Xande is widely considered...

The Can Opener is a jerk move.  In fact, it’s illegal at IBJJF tournaments.  But does that mean you’ll never see it? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no. We all know that there are people out there whose egos won’t allow...

The Double Leg Take Down Can Be Frustrating To Deal With, But With A Couple Simple Techniques Your Ability To Defend Against It Will Greatly Improve If you have ever been against a good grappler, especially an experienced wrestler, who knows how to...

Great Protection Detail From Professor DeBlass! Can a 1-minute video save you from getting heel hooked? Of course, it can. Especially coming from one of the greatest half guard masters of our time, Tom DeBlass. During the past few years the leg lock...

Stop this popular pass with ease. Encountering the knee slice is a pretty common occurrence at all levels of BJJ. We usually get exposed to the knee slice early, and for many it becomes a go to pass. Its popularity is prevalent at...

Being in bottom side control is an unfortunate circumstance every grappler has to deal with at some point in time. If you are going up against a skilled grappler who knows how to adjust their position well and respond to your movements, it’ll...

Protect Your Neck... The high elbow guillotine is definitely famous for being a bout ender. Often times known as the “Marcelotine”. The nick name being derived from one of the best grapplers of all time, Marcelo Garcia, this powerful submission is a high...

Great Technique To Negate The Hitchhiker... You’ve probably heard of the hitchhiker escape. It’s likely the most well-known arm bar escape in all of BJJ. And for good reason. Done properly, the hitchhiker can be an incredibly effective tool to escape the clutches of...

 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....

Essential Techniques For Your Rear Naked Choke Defense! The rear choke may be one of if not the scariest position you can find yourself in. You only have a matter of seconds to get out of it before you are choked unconscious. Here...

A Simple No-Gio Technique That Will Help Your Closed Guard Defense So, as an addendum to yesterday’s piece about how to deal with being inside the closed guard in no gi, Lachlan Giles presents us with another idea. This time he touches on...