The calf slicer is one of those black sheep submissions that we don’t talk about enough. This incredibly painful and effective technique can seemingly come out of nowhere to cause a large amount of discomfort ultimately leading to a tap or a reaction...

The kneebar, the cousin submission of the armbar, is one of the oldest and most powerful leg locks used in different types of grappling. Furthermore, its one of the more widely accepted leg submissions and does not carry the stigma that heel hooks...

A rising trend in Jiu Jitsu, thanks to great minds like John Danaher, is the implementation of comprehensive systemic methods to develop one’s skill rather than an individual technique-based game. Watching grapplers like Gordon Ryan and Garry Tonon helped me conclude that systems...

In a match that held the crowd on tenterhooks in the Pyramid at Long Beach,  California, Gabriel Arges became this year's gold medal winner at Middleweight. In the final match, he met the talented Isaque Bahiense on the mat and battled through until...

“Why ignore 50% of the body?” The quote all Jiu Jitsu practitioners are familiar and associate with John Danaher, one of the best leg lock instructors of all time. For many years, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners considered leg attacks to be taboo and...

Learn The Secrets To One Of The Best Lower Body Submissions For Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - The Knee Bar! If you are new to leg locks you may not be familiar with the knee bar, but it should come as no surprise to...

Learn Gabriel Arges' One Simple Secret For Taking ANYONE'S Back!  Gabriel Arges is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Romulo Barral and Felipe “Preguiça”, who also trained extensively with Marcelo “Uirapuru”, competing for the Gracie Barra Academy. Arges made a name for himself while...

The Knee Barges Leg Attack System For BJJ Is The #1 System When It Comes To Dominating Your Opponent's Lower Body! Do you know who Gabriel Arges is? He is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under the legendary Romulo Barral. Gabriel is...

On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Mubadala Arena, in the United Arab of Emirates (UAE), as part of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour, the Abu Dhabi King of the Mats- the Middleweights tournament took place.    Gabriel is the...

Stand Up X Guard by Gabriel Arges In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other grappling martial arts, the X guard is seen as either a form of open guard or a form of half guard. That is probably why you see high level BJJ...

Knee Bar Fundamentals by Gabriel Arges In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, one of the most feared submissions is the knee bar. In many respects, the knee bar in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is just like an arm lock.  The knee bar relies on a hyper...

The Kneebarges by Gabriel Arges Gabriel Arges is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Romulo Barral and Felipe “Preguiça”, who also trained extensively with Marcelo “Uirapuru”, competing for the Gracie Barra Academy. Arges made a name for himself in the lower belt...

 Change the way you think about the omoplata shoulder lock A while back, we at BJJ Fanatics wrote an article describing the benefits of using the kimura as a positional system and not only a shoulder lock. Using systems for various positions can...

Powerful leg submission shows its face in UFC cage We’ve been seeing some more “outside the box” submissions in the UFC lately. The layman fans may not appreciate a good exchange on the ground, and I’ve even heard heckling during some of the...

The 50/50 position can be a real nightmare. Both combatants have the same exact body configuration. It can be awkward to escape, especially when, at first, we begin landing in 50/50 on accident with no real plans for attack or advancing. Often times...