Action films have always benefited from having martial arts in them. Scenes become so much more exciting when a hero and villain square off, using all of their martial art knowledge to try and defeat one another. While most films use Karate, Kickboxing or other traditional styles, there are films that have featured Jiu Jitsu […]

Anyone that trains in Jiu Jitsu knows how tough it is to finish a rear naked choke on any person that has been doing it for awhile. The defenses of a good Jiu Jitsu student can make a back take turn into a stalemate position. But the back position should be only feared by the […]

Rodolfo Vieira is one of the most dominant competitors to ever step onto the mats. Vieira is one of the top super-heavyweights in the game today. Rodolfo comes from the renowned Grappling Fight Team (GFT), and is one of their most competitive fighters. Doing great at the lower belt levels, he was promoted to black […]

Jiu Jitsu fans everywhere rejoiced as one of the biggest super fights of the year was announced the other day for Grappling Industries on October 22nd in Manhattan. EBI Absolute champ Gordon Ryan of the infamous Danaher Death Squad will take on the 2015 ADCC Absolute champ, Claudio Calasans. This match is due to be […]

For the stand up grappling portion of BJJ, there is one grip that I really enjoy using for training in the gi. The grip is known as the Georgian grip. The Georgian grip is a style of gripping the belt, or the belt and sleeve that originally comes from Georgian wrestling. The grip eventually made […]

One of the hottest techniques in BJJ competition today is the berimbolo. Some love it due to due to the fact that you can gain dominant positions, while others hate it due to the fact that is a sport only technique. Whether you love it or hate it, you cannot deny its effectiveness in competition. […]

The knee on belly position is what I refer to as the ego killer. While it may not hold the top of the positional hierarchy, it is still one of the best positions you can play. The knee on belly position puts your opponent in an uncomfortable state where they cannot stay and rest. If […]

No submission carries the wow factor quite like the twister. The twister became huge after Eddie Bravo beat Royler Gracie in ADCC as a brown belt. Much of Eddie’s material became popular and part of that material was the twister. Banned in most BJJ tournaments (unless in some cases for advanced/black belt divisions), it is […]

When it comes to women in Jiu Jitsu, there is no bigger star than Mackenzie Dern. Mackenzie was born into Jiu Jitsu royalty. Her father is Wellington “Megaton” Dias, who is a BJJ legend, a multiple time champion and an 8th degree black belt under Royler Gracie. Mackenzie started training at a young age and […]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has become one of the most popular martial arts in the world, for both men and women. Woman choose Jiu Jitsu as their preferred style for the same reason that men do. It’s a great work out, it’s great for self defense and the competition aspect is always a fun aspect. There […]

I see this all the time. Students in Jiu Jitsu that do very well, but miss key details in how they move and act on the mat. They are usually very good students, do well in rolling and even medal in tournaments. But, because of the small mistakes they make, their Jiu Jitsu is not […]

This past weekend, if you happened to watch the UFC on FOX event, you would have witnessed the utter devastatingly effective Jiu Jitsu game of Demian Maia. Maia took out the highly ranked, top welterweight Carlos Condit. It didn’t even take Maia more than two minutes to takedown Condit, take his back and sink in […]

As Brazilian Jiu Jitsu proliferates, local and regional scenes become saturated with academies resulting in and increase in the number of competitions. I sometimes see people scoff at or ignore local competitions, but there are some major benefits to attending these tournaments, both to the local scene as well as to your own jiu jitsu, […]

In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training, one of the best parts of training is rolling. For those who are new to Jiu Jitsu, rolling is the term that means sparring. It is where we get to use the techniques that we’ve learned in class, in a live situation with real pressure. But rolling is just a […]

The best position in all of Jiu Jitsu to get is being on your opponent’s back. There are so many different back attacks that you put him in the danger zone right away. The control of your arms in the seatbelt position and your legs working either as hooks or a body triangle is incredibly […]