Great, Unique Side Control Escape With Tom Scala! Escaping side control is one of the fundamental building blocks of basic jiu-jitsu. You’re exposed to it early, and it’s important to review and revisit the concepts throughout your journey. We usually start out by...

Omoplata Escapes by Dean Lister If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you will probably have heard of the omoplata. The omoplata is a shoulder joint lock. It is a technique in which you utilize your own legs and hips...

Bernardo Faria's Guillotine Escape Bernardo Faria is widely considered one of the most dominant super heavy weight fighters in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  He has won some of Jiu Jitsu most prestigious tournaments. For many years he has been the IBJJF World Champion. Certainly...

Simple and Effective Knee On Belly Escape! If you’re like me, you hate being on the bottom of someone’s knee on belly.  Some people really know how to apply some terrible pressure while there. Like most of the less comfortable positions in BJJ,...

Work To Not Get Submitted Now. Almost Never Get Submitted Later... At the earliest stages of our BJJ training, we get overwhelmed with technique, philosophy, and a whole host of other concepts that we try our best to master in an unrealistic amount...

Can you get out of this BJJ predicament?                                                       If there was one position you feel most...

The triangle choke is an old-school Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique that finds success in both competition and self-defense. This traditional guard submission requires that attacker to significantly break down the posture of the defender, which is not difficult to do for the skilled...

As practitioners of the gentle art, we find ourselves in some pretty precarious positions from time to time. We’re no strangers to getting twisted up in knots and being squeezed and bent in ways that we may have not thought possible. The early...

If you can lock a body triangle around any human, I salute you. When I’m able to use the body triangle (normally on someone my size or smaller) the elements of control I feel are absolutely amazing. It helps to free up the...

Finding the right gift for someone can sometimes be a challenge.  The stores are filled with holiday gifts that are equal parts cliche and thoughtless.  What is the best gift you can give someone who shares your love of BJJ and grappling?  The...

There are few positions that inspire despair as much as having your back taken with the hooks in.  Wearing your opponent as a backpack and defending against the many chokes and limb attacks they can throw at you can make for an anxiety...

There is an unwritten rule in BJJ, according to Tom DeBlass, where training partners and even opponents tacitly agree to "trade techniques" back and forth, with one person attempting a technique and the other person attempting an escape or counter.  This non-verbal and...

Escapes may be the secret weapon to a dominant offense.  When your opponent is constantly attacking you and you manage to escape, you may be able to use the element of surprise and capitalize.  Sometimes, your opponent may be so focused on submitting...

The omoplata submission in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a shoulder lock in which an attacker isolates the shoulder with the legs and triangles them to put maximum torque on the opponents arm and shoulder joint similar to that experienced when caught in a...