One of my personal favorite submissions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the triangle choke. As a grappler with longer legs, I find success with the triangle quite well and have made it one of my staple submissions. Although the triangle choke is mostly...

The UFC returned to London yesterday and we got to witness a clash between two stalwarts of the Welterweight division in Jorge Masvidal and Darren Till. There was much build up leading into the event with the winner sure to land a top...

Although most students learn this submission early on in their grappling career, the guillotine remains a very underappreciated submission in Jiu Jitsu.  Most students I talk complain about the difficulty of finishing this submission against anyone who isn’t in their first grappling class...

The half guard is probably the first position new grapplers look to expand to after they have gotten bored with the traditional stuff like closed guard, side control, and mount. Overall, half guard is a great position, especially for the inexperienced, because there...

Having your back taken by a decently skilled grappler can be exhausting physically and mentally. I recall that in my earlier days, I would get so frustrated with someone controlling my back that it would cause me to make a silly mistake that...

Cyborg Is Known World Wide Among Jiu Jitsu Fans For His Unique Style Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is a Brazilian born Jiu Jitsu black belt competitor and instructor. Some of his most recent achievements are ADCC Champion in 2013, IBJJF World Masters Champion in...

When it comes to some of the greatest half guard players out there, Jake Mackenzie is certainly in the mix...  Mackenzie is an international sensation, having competed at the highest levels against some of the toughest competitors. Jake Mackenzie is a Canadian born...

The Lasso Guard Is A Great Way To Sweep, Submit, and Control Your Opponent The lasso guard is a great way to restrict your opponent’s movements when they are trying to pass. Typically taught to blue belts and above, the lasso guard is...

An unfortunate, but real part of our game... It has all happened to us. In the middle of a roll, panic begins to set it. You cannot breath. You cannot move. You may start to hyperventilate. You feel out of control, and all...

  One of the most useful group of submissions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu are the head and arm strangles. This is a family of related submissions that have a lot of diversity both in where to set them up from and how to...

The half guard is one of the most, if not the most, utilized positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Amongst beginners looking to expand their game beyond the difficulty of closed guard, half guard provides greater potential in terms of sweeps and submission attempts....

Although you’ve definitely heard this before, if you are a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner, you absolutely need to learn how to execute takedowns. Wrestling is a part of Jiu Jitsu that just cannot be ignored, even if you see the highest level guys...

Is there such a thing as the perfect technique? It would be tough to find 2 practitioners that perform the same move in an identical fashion. What’s perfect to someone else may surely not be perfect for you, or me. Technique that’s indigenous...

If you train Jiu Jitsu, you will have gotten to use half guard and its many variations many times. The half guard is widely popular among many grapplers and some people even use it as their primary guard. Grapplers like Tom Deblass, who...

Omoplatas Are Everywhere! Learn This Amazingly Powerful Submission From 5 Time World Champion Bernardo Faria You hear about the omoplata all the time. It is always in the headlines, always making its rounds in grappling circles, always being talked about online and of...