Dean Lister shows how to get out of the nastiest heel hook on the planet! The incredible Dean Lister is back to teach us how to escape from a nasty heel hook. If you have been caught in one before you know how...

How to Handle Rear Naked Chokes by Dean Lister If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene you will surely have heard the name Dean Lister. As one of the pioneers of jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts, Lister’s story is...

Learn The Kickstart Back Take From Mike Palladino Mike Palladino, is a World Champion Grappler, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Player, and Founder of Evolution Grappling Academy. In October of 2017, Palladino represented the U.S. in the Combat Wrestling World Championship, held in Honjo, Saitama,...

Learn An Arm Bar From North South Position With Kris Kim Kris Kim is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black belt under Tony Passos. He is the head instructor for Yongsan BJJ Trent Warrior Fitness Center. Kris is also the BJJ Coach for Team...

Marcos Tinoco Even though he is without the usual lasso guard that he's been perfecting against the elite, the Marcelo Garcia rep is here to add a world gold to his 2018 Pan American No-Gi title. He won 3 fights that day, two...

With IBJJF No-Gi Worlds in one week, let's take a second and look at some of the most high profile competitors who will be trying to become a no-gi champion. Isaque Bahiense Isaque has had a stellar year already, topped with a world...

Attacking the legs seems to be the go-to for most No-Gi grapplers today. This has caused old to be new again. Many passers will start to avoid the leg attack game by passing off of their knees. For some people it seems like...

Two Of The Best Modern Grapplers Face Off! Who Will Take It Home In Wales! Polaris, one of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu’s most prestigious and entertaining competition promotions has scheduled the 8th event for December 9th, 2018. This event is Polaris’s first veiling of...

Know The Basics!  One of the first techniques many grapplers learn when starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the Americana shoulder lock from mount. New grapplers are often surprised when they try the Americana or even a cross choke, they get thrown off their...

Exploring the bout... Gunnar Nelson submitted Alex Oliveira in the second round at UFC 231. Oliveira started the action with some violent kicks to Nelson’s lead leg. Gunnar tied up Oliveira setting up take down all the while eating elbows from the Brazilian....

Recapping the stacked card... One of the matches that I was most excited about at Polaris 8 was the bout between Nicky Ryan and leg lock legend Masakazu Imanari for the featherweight title. Nicky initially tested Imanari’s legs with several well placed attacks....

  One of the most controversial Brazilian JiuJitsu debates centers around the idea of training purely for self-defense or training to compete in tournaments with defined rules and whether the two are mutually exclusive. JiuJitsu great, Ryan Hall, was asked about the people...

Applications from the game of chess to human chess... In the previous article we discussed Bruce Lee’s quote, ““I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”  We then examined...

Lessons from the chess master and Jiu Jitsu black belt... Bruce Lee is famously quoted saying, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Previously, we explored this...

With IBJJF No-Gi Worlds in one week, let's take a second and look at some of the most high profile competitors who will be trying to become a no-gi champion. Tim Spriggs The Numba One Stunna Tim Spriggs is fresh off punching his ticket...