Everyone knows how difficult it can be to get the takedown. Especially in competition, where your opponent is on high alert and hellbent on staving off of your efforts to get them to the floor. How many times have you witnessed the endless...

When looking to determine what the best takedowns for Jiu Jitsu are we are looking for a few attributes. The first is how well a takedown works in terms of efficacy and efficiency. The second thing we look for is where we might...

Nicollas Araujo, 1stdegree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, was arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault of an individual with a disability and also minor. Araujo moved to the US from Brazil and opened a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy named Overall...

On March 2nd, 2019 at UFC 235, one of the most exciting MMA events of the year, referee Herb Dean awarded Ben Askren a win that was almost immediately deemed controversial. Some fans argue that since Robbie Lawler appeared to go limp, the...

Mackenzie Dern has become a household name in the BJJ community. She’s amassed a stunning number of impressive victories in high level competition, and has already built and maintained a legacy as one of the greatest BJJ competitors of all time. Dern has...

After all of the lead up, hype, and twitter beef Askren has finally arrived in the UFC. Controversy aside we got to learn a lot about Askren in 3 minutes and 20 seconds. In the first seconds of his bout with his opponent...

If you use the knee shield, you’ve no doubt run into the leg weave pass... It's an incredibly common technique to deal with the knee shield, and done properly its more than effective. Usually the top player will weave their hand behind the...

Acquiring the kimura from side control is a preferred method of chasing down one of the most effective and common techniques in BJJ. At the start of my training I became more comfortable in side control than in any other position. It seemed...

When playing from turtle, you will have many different options to attack depending on what the defender is doing. What I have realized is very important, though, when attacked turtled opponents is the need to be patient. Erratic and predictable movements from the...

The knee slice position is one of the most commonly used places to begin guard passes from. You will end up here for two reasons, first, the guard player will likely go to reverse de la riva if you place a leg across...

The de la riva guard is a position that remains one of the most popular forms of open guard in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. You will see this powerful guard in almost any high level match, and for good reason. The...

The search continues for the perfect way to deal with a good knee shield... We encounter the knee shield so frequently, that our study of the position and the endless search for what works best for us seems to be a constant process....

On March 2nd, Spyder, one of the largest professional jiu jitsu promotions in Asia held their season opening event, the Spyder Invitational BJJ Championship Qualifier at the K-Art Hall in Olympic Park, Seoul, Korea.  One of the most unique features of these events...

Fight 2 Win 103 took place on March 1 in Houston, TX at the Ayva Center.   The main event was Gutemberg Pereira, the upcoming star from GF Team who is an IBJJF purple belt and brown belt gi and no gi world champion,...

We commonly think of using the back-step technique to enter the legs... Many times, as we cut through using the knee slice pass, we can entice our partner by baiting the under hook, or maybe they beat us to it. From there the...