When you watch highlights of competitions, it seems like the open guards, the lapel guards, and leglocks are taking over the sport. Its easy to overlook the older guards, like the half guard, the closed guard.  These old guards are still important...

Everyone knows the feeling of being pinned in side control. While rolling against a larger opponent it can be that much more difficult. There are many different escapes that we have all been shown since the beginning of our individual journey’s. Different techniques...

  Ahead of this weekend's ADCC World Championships, we're taking a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who have been invited to compete. Next up is Marcus Almeida. Almeida grew up in Sao Vicente, a small town in Sao Paulo,...

  The ADCC World Championships are coming up this weekend, so let's take a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who have been invited to compete. Next up is Gordon Ryan, who is included in the -99 kg division. Ryan is...

  UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier takes place Saturday, September 28th, 2019 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.  This event will mark the promotions first visit to Copenhagen, Denmark and will feature top middleweight standouts Jack Hermansson and Jared Cannonier in the...

  The butterfly guard is one of those interesting positions that offers more than we can possibly imagine. The possibilities are endless. Forward, backward, and side to side movement can all be taken advantage of in a myriad of ways. Patience is key...

  Waiting in Atlanta to board a plane to Los Angeles, I can’t help but be incredibly excited about what IM about to witness. I’m heading to Anaheim, California to take in my very first ADCC in person. As a long time, practitioner...

Very Curious.... With ADCC coming up this week the jiu jitsu community is on the edge of their seats waiting in anticipation. With so many names and so many amazing grapplers in one tournament we finally find out this weekend find out who...

Why should you start training Jiu Jitsu?  Should you even start? Do you have to compete? Should you compete?   There can be a lot of questions when you first start considering training Jiu Jitsu.  It can be hard to sift through everything and...

When it comes to Jiu Jitsu whether from a sport perspective or a self defense perspective one thing remains the same.  Before you can start working submissions or controlling the opponent from mount, or anything else for that matter, you must first get...

Get the submission quick and easy with “Dean Lister’s Calf Slicer From Half Mount” Having the ability to pass the guard smoothly and quickly is something that we are always working on and continuing to develop.  There will be times along the way...

The more you train, the better you get.  Seems obvious right? It should. However, what I think people tend to forget is that other people, your teammates and your competition are also training, and therefore are also getting better.  As you start to...

We’re really excited at BJJ Fanatics to continue bringing you game changing material from the best practitioners in the world, and today is no different.  We’ve just finished filming an instructional with Xande Ribeiro on the closed guard, following on from his hugely...

  The mount is considered one of the best positions in jiujitsu for offense. The top person has so many options for dismantling their opponent: chokes, armbars, shoulder locks, back takes, etc. But to do any of these, they need to be able...

  50/50 is an odd position that has emerged in the evolution of the leglocking game. The two on one leg control makes it incredibility frustrating to try and pass and escape from, and doing so can leave the feet unprotected.   With passing...