The closed guard is one of the best guards in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  There are so many submission opportunities, sweeps, and moves that you can do from the closed guard.   Closed guard is also a very low risk position meaning that when someone...

For everyone that starts training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it becomes an instant goal to attain their blue belt. The blue belt has a mystique to most white belts. That is because blue belts are pretty darn competent at performing Jiu Jitsu. A question that I hear a lot is “what can do I to defeat […]

Wrist locks have a bad rap in the Jiu Jitsu community. They are seen now, how leg locks were seen a few years ago. They are seen as cheap and dirty. Some even go as far to say that wrist locks do not take any skill to perform. But those people could not be more […]

The north south position is a submission only position. Since it is a dominant top position, there are no sweeps. It is a position where you can throw some quick and devastating submissions at your opponent. The most well known one is the north south choke, but one of the fastest submissions that you can […]

One of the more neglected open guard styles is the single leg x guard (SLX). It is often passed over for other open guards such as De La Riva or spider guard. But the single leg x is a fantastic guard. It leads into foot locks and sweeps. For those reasons alone, the single leg […]

Half guard players can be a tricky bunch. One wrong move and all of a sudden you are flipped over onto your back and getting crushed. Half guard players are usually excellent sweeping specialists who heavily rely on the under hook. The under hook gives a half guard specialist their power and their ability to […]

While you will mainly see leg locks done in the no gi arena of Jiu Jitsu, they happen quite frequently in the gi. In the IBJJF, some great wins have been done won by foot locks. But because they don’t happen as much in gi as no gi, you will see a lot of ignorance […]

The over hook is one of the most valuable tools that a closed guard player can use. It breaks down the posture, gives you control over a side of an opponent’s body and it sets you up for some pretty great submission attacks. While there aren’t an endless amount of submission attacks from the over […]

For us smaller guys in Jiu Jitsu, it is important to know what positions can work for you and what cannot. If a smaller guy is facing a bigger guy, a position like side control is not ideal because you can be bench pressed off. For guard against big guys, my favorite position to go […]

If you’re a lover of leg locks, then you know how it is to search for those techniques. You should be able to find some kind of a leg attack no matter what position or guard. Being able to transition and transfer to leg attack positions is very important. Simply knowing the leg attacks is […]

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The gogo clinch submission…a relatively new submission straight out of the 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu system. It is technique for a competitor that has some pretty decent flexibility who has a love of gogoplatas and omoplatas can do. While there is no instructional out on the gogo clinch submission, there are a few videos of […]

The heel hook…the word heel hook is honestly one of the most feared leg attack techniques in all of grappling. It is feared because of the insane amount of damage it can cause. It is a tendon tearing, ligament obliterating, knee destroying submission. While it has always been respected, the last few years of high […]