In the most recent installment of his popular "Move of the Week" series, Kurt Osiander comes to us from the UK with an extremely simple choke that you can add to your arsenal right away.  With the popularity of different complex guard styles,...

In this edition of Kurt Osiander's wildly popular "Move of the Week" series, he comes to us from Gracie Barra Cheshunt UK where he was doing a seminar for the team there.  In this move, he shows a simple arm attack from the...

Recently the world learned that long time Ralph Gracie Jiu Jitsu black belt and head instructor at Ralph's San Francisco academy, Kurt Osiander had relinquished his duties as an instructor there.  Initially being reported as a firing, with Kurt using that terminology during...

Side control can be a great position depending on whether you are the controller or the controllee.  Once you are passed someone's guard, side control can serve as an oasis where you can catch your breath and plan your next attack in relative safety.  With way less...

The hip escape, the elbow escape, the shrimp. Whatever you may choose to call it, it’s an absolute necessity in any BJJ practitioner’s game. It’s a fundamental movement, and the foundation for many escapes, and countless techniques. But, are we doing it right?...

Let's look back at a special installment of Kurt Osiander's hugely popular YouTube "Move of the Week" videos, where he welcomed Anthony Bourdain, who was in town shooting a special episode of "Parts Unknown" which featured BJJ and Kurt quite predominantly. The technique...

If you've been a BJJ practitioner for any length of time, you've heard of Kurt Osiander.  It's hard not to hear Kurt Osiander, with his kick you in the teeth, heavy metal persona, he has garnered legions of fans and students who follow...

Kurt Osiander has nearly 75,000 loyal subscribers to his wildly popular YouTube channel Kurt Osiander's Move of the Week.  Each week he shares his unique blend of Bay Area Metal attitude with OG BJJ knowledge to inform and entertain practitioners around the globe....

The BJJ Fanatics team recently hosted the one and only Kurt Osiander to record his first BJJ instructional with us, Fundamentals of a Jiu Jitsu Renegade.  In it, Kurt shares all of his favorite submissions, sweeps, escapes, and guard passes.  It truly is everything...

Kurt Osiander is a true OG of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  The Ralph Gracie black belt holds down the fort as the head instructor at the Ralph Gracie Academy in San Francisco.  Kurt has mixed an old school BJJ toughness with a hard edged...

Have you heard of Kurt Osiander?  If you haven’t you may have been living under a rock.  Kurt is one of the biggest faces and names in bjj.  He is one of the few bjj competitors and teachers to put Jiu Jitsu on...

 In the world of frustrating positions, being caught in North/South by a strong, knowledgeable opponent or training partner can be one of the most deadly positions you can find yourself in.  It's bad in so many ways.  First off you're flat on the...