The ADCC World Championships are coming up this weekend, so let’s take a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who are competing. One grappler who always shines during competition is Lachlan Giles. Giles is one of the preeminent Australian grapplers...

  As ADCC 2019 approaches, we can’t help but begin to feel the electricity surrounding the event. With Seth Daniels (creator of Fight to Win) at the helm, the show itself is guaranteed to reach another level of production and excitement that we...

  When you are just getting started in Jiu Jitsu it’s important that you pick the right training partners.  Having the right training partner in the beginning can make all of the difference in the long game. While there are a lot of...

Neil Melanson has an incredibly rich grappling pedigree so it’s great to have him with us here at BJJ Fanatics teaching his unorthodox and incredibly effective style. Neil has trained UFC athletes at the highest level, including Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Dominick Cruz,...

When it comes to the battleground of competition, most competitors aspire towards the appearance of invulnerability and of a battle-tested warrior in the classical sense. We envision ourselves strutting around the periphery of the competition mats with the nonchalance of George C. Scott’s...

Why is half guard so popular?  Why would athletes choose to pull half guard rather than work for a takedown? There are many reasons an athlete may choose to pull half guard or prefer to go to half guard over other options that...

There is a lot that goes into a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training session in order for it to go smoothly. There are the materials on you, such as the Gi (or rashguard, spatz etc) and the belt, you can argue for the inclusion...

The short answer is Yes!. The reasons as to why Pressure Passing may be an effective type of passing for you will vary, but in general EVERYONE can play some form of pressure passing. For those not in the know, Pressure Passing is...

The half guard is a favorite among many of the highest level BJJ practitioners of the world, but it’s also a go to for the average player as well. The half guard offers an enormous amount of connection to our opponents, boasting the...

Gordon Ryan is one of the hottest properties in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and part of the reason is his knowledge of all things related to the guard.  BJJ Fanatics is soon to release Ryan’s new DVD series on The Closed Guard, but in...

I remember gearing up for the very first Metamoris nearly 8 years ago. The card was stacked with some of BJJ’s most successful and well-known competitors. I could barely contain my anticipation for the event, as some of my favorite BJJ athletes were...

As beginners in BJJ we almost accidentally begin learning about the half guard. In our efforts to stop the guard passer, we often find ourselves int eh half guard whether we like it or not, and we begin to experiment. The half guard...

An element of Jiu Jitsu that keeps most students attending day after day is the development and practice of new techniques. If you watch high level Jiu Jitsu matches from the nineties and early two thousand, you will see a lot of closed...

Getting past someone half guard can be a real challenge if you are not armed with the right techniques, and all of the little details that go into them.  Blended Jiu Jitsu and catch wrestling grappling games are becoming more and more common,...

Of all of the guard’s available half guard seems to be one of the most popular, likely because of its versatility and the fact that it is often times the first guard we explore after closed guard.  Or maybe it’s because of how...