Beginner's Guide To Attack The Lower Half Of The Body! In the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, there are two main ways of practicing techniques and positions. The most common of these methods is basic technique repetition and this necessary to learn how...

Prevent The Pass, and Setup a Sweep With Gordon Ryan! If you haven’t rolled against a skilled smash passer, you’re missing a lot. Defending the guard passes of those who prefer standing passes is a different animal compared to the defense required against...

Gregor Gracie’s Double Leg Drag Pass Often times in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu it can be difficult to pass a good guard player’s legs. When you think about it, the legs are your first defense when playing guard. With your legs you can control...

Butt Drag To Double Leg by Jake Mackenzie In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the half guard is everywhere. You will often see high level BJJ players use the half guard as their primary guard for attacking and defending in competition. It is a well...

Over Under Against Spider Lasso by Bernardo Faria In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it can be very difficult and sometimes frustrating when dealing with a good guard player. A top level BJJ competitor will spend years working on making their guard pristine. You will...

The King On His Way To The Cage! Gordon Ryan has been showing up in the social media feed quite a bit lately. Most recently for his intentions to compete against some BJJ heavy hitters for a lot of cash. While we’re waiting...

Escaping the mount is hard, let Lachlan Giles help you out of a jam Being put in the mount can be a terrifying thing for the beginner, and it should be! Many tournament structures place a high value on the mount, because of...

Every Day Porrada is the philosophical movement started by Romulo Barral that has caught popularity and is regularly becoming a fallback explanation for hard training and embracing the grind that a jiu-jitsu lifestyle can bring. Porrada is tough, intense training, and everyday porrada...

Simple Leg Attack With Craig Jones! The De La Riva guard is one of many methods of playing open guard and is utilized by almost all grapplers at some point. The De La Riva guard is popular because of the variety of sweeps...

John Danaher Shows A Great Transition To The Back! Although the turtle position is dangerous to defend from, many grapplers, especially those that like to play from guard, will utilize to prevent their guard from being passed. In fact, a lot of grapplers...

Counter the common shin to shin attack with a not so common flying armbar! Flying techniques are often thought of mainly happening from the feet.  This can cause people to stray away from the technique due to the fear of falling from a...

Learn This Slick Armbar With Craig Jones! Half guard is an common position utilized mostly by bigger grapplers although it can also be used effectively for the smaller Jiu Jitsu practitioner. One modification of half guard, Z-guard, is an often-used version of half...

Nice Counter With Lachlan Giles! The rolling back take, the Jedi mind trick, there’s a few different names for the technique, but you know the one. I remember the first time I saw the move, my head exploded. I couldn’t wait to try...

Tex Johnson Continues His Big Year With A Win In Sacramento! This past weekend in Sacramento, California, Fight to Win held their 97th event.  In the main event, Tex Johnson, from Unity in New York City (Manhattan) defeated hometown favorite Eliot Kelly by...

World Champions Set To Collide In Lisbon! On January 14-20th, in Lisbon, Portugal, the IBJJF will be hosting their European Jiu-Jitsu Championships.  This will be the 16th IBJJF European Championships.  This event is considered one of the most important events for the IBJJF...