Closed Guard: Breaking Posture and the Arm bar by Dan Covel When you have an opponent in your closed guard they are going to be fighting for two primary things: grips and posture. Breaking down their posture is vital if you are on...

 An Exciting Night Of Jiu-Jitsu In San Diego! Main Event: Lovato vs. Hinger This Saturday, at Fight 2 Win 95 at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego, CA the main event featured top American grapplers Josh Hinger  and Rafael Lovato Jr....

Exploring the use of kuzushi in Jiu Jitsu… Kuzushi is a term commonly used in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  Wikipedia describes Kuzushi as, “a Japanese term for unbalancing an opponent in the Japanese martial arts. The noun comes from the transitive verb kuzusu (崩す),...

Ideas on the mind maps for Jiu Jitsu… The question for me is always, “what is the best way to learn Jiu Jitsu?” It is like a pebble in my shoe. It is always there. When I think that I have solved it...

How To “Get Back On The Horse” In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or any grappling martial art, how do you get back on the proverbial horse after you have fallen off? It has happened to the best of us. An injury or life event...

Sergio Penha: Tap Your Opponent Using Only Pressure From Side Control Side control is one of the most common positions to attack submissions from, but did you know you can submit your opponent using only pressure? Most of us will attack the arm...

Concepts When Doing Closed Guard By Travis Stevens If you have been around the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu scene for some time you have probably heard the name Travis Stevens. Travis is a judoka and BJJ practitioner from the United States who competed in...

Demoralize Your Opponent With Kurt Osiander’s Side Control! Side control is one of the most amazing positions you can find yourself. Sorry, not on bottom, I am talking about on top. Why is it so good to be in top side control? Well,...

Neil Melanson’s One on One to Kimura Neil Melanson is one of the most sought after instructors in the world.  He was the head grappling coach for blackzillians and is one of the most talented coaches in the world. Currently he is the...

High Crotch Single Leg by Yuri Simoes As one of the most successful competitive grapplers in the world today, Yuri Simoes is a 2 time ADCC World Champ. He continues to represent the Caoi Terra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association in some of the...

Gordan Ryan Shows Us A Slick Knee On Belly To Back Take Spend any time on the mats and you are destined to get a knee jammed in to your belly at some point. Just thinking about trying to escape such an uncomfortable...

BJJ Hand Fighting from Guard with Chad Lyman Xtreme Couture BJJ Coach Chad Lyman shows some tricks using a cross grip to an over hook. The arm drag is an important technique if you want to learn how to create openings to sweeps,...

Bernardo Faria's North South Escape Bernardo Teaches How To Escape North South When Opponent Has Over Under - This is one of the toughest moves in BJJ to escape but 2015 Weight and Open Class IBJJF Champ Bernardo Faria shows you how to...

2nd Base Pass by Fabiano Scherner Fabiano Scherner shows how to open the guard and then pass using the "2nd base pass". Let’s start of by introducing the incredible Fabiano Scherner. Fabiano Scherner is a German Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian...

Exploring the obligations of the tribe… Demi Lovato posted a post training picture of herself on Instagram. It was her first post regarding Jiu Jitsu since her overdose. Naturally, many people on the internet had some distasteful comments. They ranged from comments about...