UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum, takes place on February 10, 2019 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.   The main event will be a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Robert Whittaker versus The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs.  Team...

Drilling is one of the best ways to get better at Jiu Jitsu quickly. The reason drilling works so well is that it enforces a different kind of learning, that which creates Jiu Jitsu specific muscle memory. In order to become an amazing...

On Saturday, February 2, 2019, The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas hosted the first KASAI Super series event.  This was the first event KASAI have hosted a show outside of New York, and featured a number of super fights in place of their...

Great, Unique Side Control Escape With Tom Scala! Escaping side control is one of the fundamental building blocks of basic jiu-jitsu. You’re exposed to it early, and it’s important to review and revisit the concepts throughout your journey. We usually start out by...

Simple Hook Sweep Setup From De La Riva! For many grapplers, de la riva guard can be a difficult and confusing position to play from. There are so many complex sweeps that can be done that a lot of grapplers will stay away...

  Jiu-Jitsu is for a lifetime! How many sports did you play in high school or college that you still currently stay active with? If you played “traditional” sports like Football, Basketball, or Baseball chances are that you stopped being able to enjoy...

Fresh off of his victory over Gabriel Rocha at Kasai, Gordon Ryan is set to release one of the most highly anticipated passing instructionals to date with BJJ Fanatics. We’ve been getting glimpses of Ryan’s passing concepts and techniques here and there, but...

Passing System Secrets From The King! Guard passing has developed to become one of the most difficult aspects of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. If you recall your white belt days trying to pass the guard of blue and purple belts, you might recall the...

Protect Your Neck... The high elbow guillotine is definitely famous for being a bout ender. Often times known as the “Marcelotine”. The nick name being derived from one of the best grapplers of all time, Marcelo Garcia, this powerful submission is a high...

The Double Leg Is An Essential Takedown Tool. Learn It here! The double leg is one of the most popular takedowns used in Jiu Jitsu, wrestling, and MMA. It is extremely powerful and when done correctly, can easily get an opponent to the...

Great Details To Properly Finish The Darce Choke! The darce choke is a head and arm strangle commonly utilized in Jiu Jitsu and MMA. The darce choke is the cousin of the anaconda choke and arm-in guillotine. Because these three chokes are so...

Get A Sneak Peak Of Gordon Ryan’s New Guard Passing Instructional Series! Gordon Ryan is in the headlines again after his recent victory over Joao Rocha in the main event at Kasai Pro Super Series. The match lived up to the hype and...

Careful... Gordon Ryan secured an impressive victory at Kasai this past weekend over Gabriel Rocha. But he did so at the expense of his LCL. Rocha had roughly 40 lbs. on Ryan, and engaged in some pretty furious attempts at passing Ryan’s guard....

How often do you get to suffer when you train? I don’t mean getting maliciously ripped apart by the guy that everyone avoids at your academy, or getting injured on a regular basis. I’m referring to the genuine feeling of being too tired...

To catch a good player, you need a good set up... After years of being attacked we find ourselves and others to be pretty cognizant of the most common threats. We use our experience and our depth of knowledge to forecast what might...