Keep Your Eyes Open... Do you get tunnel vision when you’re attacking the kimura? As we hunt for one of grappling’s most famous and effective configurations of the hands, sometimes we get a little bit too overzealous when we’re chasing the arm we...

Is the Self Defense vs. Sport Debate Alive and Well? Three time ADCC veteran and former MMA fighter Tom DeBlass recently took to his social media to respectfully "agree to disagree" with a statement made by the legendary Rickson Gracie.  Arguably one of...

Easy Fixes To Make Your Triangle Better! The triangle choke is a fundamental technique in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that works by inhibiting blood flow to the brain by pinching the carotid arteries. The move is typically set up from most forms of guard...

Learning Jiu-Jitsu can be difficult. Learning Jiu-Jitsu with a bad partner can be even more difficult. No matter what level you are at it is always beneficial to analyze how you impact others on the mat. Being a good training partner means many...

Put Your Own, Unique Twist On Your BJJ Game... The most visually pleasing aspect of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is not any particular technique or position, it is the transition between those. Submissions, sweeps, and passes are all easy to learn when treated as...

Keep These In Mind To Have The Best Time On Your Visit! The widespread availability of Jiu Jitsu, even on the global scale, makes it interestingly wonderful to visit other academies while one is travelling on vacation or for work. Even visiting other...

Each Mode Has Its Place In Our Training...Know Them All For most people, rolling is the most exciting and pleasing element of Jiu Jitsu. There is nothing more fun than rolling for an hour even though it is an exhausting task. In fact,...

White Belts Are The Most Important People At The Gym... The culture of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academies provides a wonderful environment for all grapplers but especially for new students. Although many are anxious before they ever step foot on the mat, the addiction...

The Original Guard Still Has Its Place In BJJ... For many years, the closed guard was considered to be one of the dominant positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. For the naïve, being in the closed guard can be dangerous due to the extensive...

Easy Ideas To Get Ahead At White Belt... Being a new white belt is kind of like being a freshman in high school. The novelty of the situation combined with the natural awkwardness associated with being a newbie can induce many to make...

Learn to stifle one of the most common passes with Mikey Musumeci The Toreando is one of the most common passes that is used by the standing passer. The bullfighter pass, as it is sometimes called, involves planting the feet to the mat...

Exploring the benefits of gymnastics for the Jiu Jitsu practitioner... It is always my contention that the best way to get better at Jiu Jitsu is more Jiu Jitsu. However, many of us look for ways to augment our training.  Perhaps, family or...

I remember walking through the doors of a Brazilian JiuJitsu Academy for the first time. I asked the instructor if I could watch a class and he agreed to let me sit and watch from the sidelines. The class started with all of...

You have been training Brazilian JiuJitsu for a couple of years and finally have some color to your belt. In fact, you haven't lost a "roll session" for a few weeks and feel like your technical game is evolving by the day. Suddenly...

Ideas on this beautiful submission... When I first started training, leg locks and wrist locks were considered dirty moves.  I was fortunate that my schooled allowed them but not everyone trained them.  I would always feel a surge of excitement would someone would...