More Great Technique With Lachlan Giles! I was hoping this series would continue with Lachlan Giles. Recently, Giles has released a set of comprehensives videos on passing the closed guard in no gi. For me personally they’ve been really helpful to watch. Change...

Let Jimmy Pedro help with your take down strategy! Establishing and controlling dominant grips has been a big development recently in BJJ. Grips have always been used, but in the recent years much more time and effort has been spent actually explaining the mechanics...

Know The Facts...And They Can Be Used To Your Advantage Kyusho Jitsu and Dim Mak, the arts of attacking vital spots on the human body that cause an extreme response to a small action. We have all seen the videos. The unassuming out...

Brazilian JiuJitsu is a physically demanding martial art where everyone who trains on a regular basis understands injuries are bound to happen. Being injured at the white belt level is more common because of the JiuJitsu learning curve and the panic that sets...

Attaching emotional value to your goals... In a previous article we talked briefly about the importance of setting goals as a white belt. I wanted to briefly expand that discussion and talk about the importance of missions. Last we will make applications for...

Exploring potential bouts... Dana White spoke recently to ESPN about Khabib’s next opponent. He said, “I think you have to look at the Conor McGregor-Khabib Nurmagomedov fight. Broke records, incredible fight. Khabib wins which sets up possible fights with Tony and Poirier and...

Exploring the moniker The Gentle Art... There has been a video floating around social medial of a woman attempting either a triangle or dead orchard on a fellow shopper during a Black Friday brawl. If you have been on social media at all in...

Ideas on honorary black belts... Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro dropped in for a visit at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio Tour. The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio Tour is collaboration between the UAEJJF and the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.  Jair has been...

Is this the best BJJ sweep for smaller grapplers vs big strong monster grapplers? Bruno Malfacine, 8x World BJJ Champion, and who Bernardo Faria considers the GOAT of Jiu Jitsu teaches how to sweep bigger strong opponents from butterfly guard. Acccording to Bernardo...

The 3 Fundamentals of Closed Guard for Beginners Whether you’ve just started training or have been training for a long time we’re often told that closed guard is a good position to attack from. It is a popular position in both Brazilian Jiu...

The 3 Entrances to the Flying Scissor Takedown That Give You Leg Locks The flying scissor takedown is all the rage in modern grappling. It's used to easily enter in on a variety of leg attacks, but is also banned in many grappling...

Master The Low Level Single for MMA and Grappling The low single leg is very simple and effective takedown for wrestling, BJJ, and MMA. Randy Couture famously used one in his fight against James Toney, and Sakuraba took almost everyone down with his...

Henry Cejudo Teaches You How To Take Down A Bigger Opponent It is no surprise to many of us who have grappled that bigger opponents are often very difficult to take down. Things that may work on an opponent your size often fail...

Choke Dudes Out in 3 Seconds Or Less With The Baseball Choke The Baseball Bat choke is probably one of the best choke submissions to make someone pass out QUICK. I can't think of how many times on the mat that I've seen...

How To Roll With Stronger People in BJJ When you roll with an opponent who is bigger and stronger than you are, you are face to face with the true realities of your techniques. Do your techniques ACTUALLY work? Or are you required...