Concepts When Doing Closed Guard By Travis Stevens If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene for some time you have probably heard the name Travis Stevens. Travis is a judoka and BJJ practitioner from the United States who competed in...

Demoralize Your Opponent With Kurt Osiander’s Side Control! Side control is one of the most amazing positions you can find yourself. Sorry, not on bottom, I am talking about on top. Why is it so good to be in top side control? Well,...

Neil Melanson’s One on One to Kimura Neil Melanson is one of the most sought after instructors in the world.  He was the head grappling coach for blackzillians and is one of the most talented coaches in the world. Currently he is the...

High Crotch Single Leg by Yuri Simoes As one of the most successful competitive grapplers in the world today, Yuri Simoes is a 2 time ADCC World Champ. He continues to represent the Caoi Terra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association in some of the...

Gordan Ryan Shows Us A Slick Knee On Belly To Back Take Spend any time on the mats and you are destined to get a knee jammed in to your belly at some point. Just thinking about trying to escape such an uncomfortable...

BJJ Hand Fighting from Guard with Chad Lyman Xtreme Couture BJJ Coach Chad Lyman shows some tricks using a cross grip to an over hook. The arm drag is an important technique if you want to learn how to create openings to sweeps,...

Bernardo Faria's North South Escape Bernardo Teaches How To Escape North South When Opponent Has Over Under - This is one of the toughest moves in BJJ to escape but 2015 Weight and Open Class IBJJF Champ Bernardo Faria shows you how to...

2nd Base Pass by Fabiano Scherner Fabiano Scherner shows how to open the guard and then pass using the "2nd base pass". Let’s start of by introducing the incredible Fabiano Scherner. Fabiano Scherner is a German Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian...

Exploring the obligations of the tribe… Demi Lovato posted a post training picture of herself on Instagram. It was her first post regarding Jiu Jitsu since her overdose. Naturally, many people on the internet had some distasteful comments. They ranged from comments about...

A Few Tips To Slow Down Your Opponents Submissions... Since the goal of all Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners is to submit their opponents, it might be a good idea for all of us to also get really good at submission defense. There is...

Easy Submission From Lasso Guard... The lasso guard is a modification to the traditional spider guard commonly employed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, specifically when wearing the gi. This guard provides extensive control of a guard passer’s arms and upper body. Because of the...

10 Minutes Can Change How You Feel After Practice... When you think about recovery from a tough grappling session, what comes to mind? A protein shake? BCAA’s? While supplements are a great option to expediate recovery, they are not the only form of...

Whether you are competing, rolling, or just training it is important to understand the concept of mirroring and matching. Mirroring and matching are two techniques of Neurolinguistic Programming used to gain rapport with an individual at an unconscious level. What does this mean...

A Pound Of Preparation Beats All... At the last competition I attended I noticed a trend.  That trend was injuries. Quite a few of the injuries, in my mind, were due to lack of preparation.  In BJJ, injuries are inevitable, but major injuries...

Work The Hooks... Recovering from the ¾ mount can be troublesome and exhausting. It seems your only seconds away from getting your back taken, or being forced to give up your last-ditch effort of a foot trap to keep your opponent from getting...