Why You Need To Learn The De La Riva Guard The De La Rival Guard is a type of open guard having origins in the judo which was made known by the Brazilian Jiu jitsu (BJJ) legend known as Ricardo De La Riva....

Power Up Your Jiu Jitsu With These Strength Movements If you are like some Jiu Jitsu students, you are certainly looking for means to take your Brazilian Jiu jitsu game straight to the next stage. When it concerns making your way through the...

5 Mistakes BJJ Beginners Don’t Realize They Are Making There is always an area of improvement for a jiu jitsu student, regardless of the belt level. BJJ is fun, and there’s always so much to learn, experience and discover. However, as a beginner...

Learn These 3 Submissions To Dominate Your Opponent Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is definitely no stranger to the amazing speed and agility with which people take each other down, with moves being developed almost as the days go by. To wit, in order to help...

The Omoplata is the easiest submission to get  The omoplata, which actually means scapula in Portuguese, is a highly effective submission for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.it is also called the ashi sankaku garami (which translates to “leg triangle entanglement”) in judo, as well as...

Smash The Single Leg X With Cyborg! The single leg X or ashi garami position has become a guard of choice for practitioners everywhere. Made famous early on by the likes of Marcelo Garcia, it’s variety of uses and versatility lend itself to...

The Florida Boy will be making the leap to MMA! AJ Agazarm, the Carlson Gracie black belt, made the announcement to Ariel Helwani on "The Helwani Show" that he has signed with Bellator Fighting Championships for his MMA debut. No official fight is...

Increase Your Armbar Finishing Ability With These Tips! The armbar is a very traditional submission in many grappling arts that achieves its ability through hyper-extension of the arm at the elbow joint. There are numerous ways of setting up an armbar and dozens...

Lift For Your Goals... Although strength training is still a controversial in its relationship to Jiu Jitsu, almost all elite grapplers add it to their training regimen. Even if it does not add value to Jiu Jitsu, which I don’t think it’s true,...

Amazing Gestures From The Best Grapplers In The World... As I sat and watched Gordon Ryan and Garry Tonon roll with nearly 40 people in a row, I couldn’t help but appreciate, well, everything about the situation. The two best no gi grapplers...

 BJJ Technique Wins In This Great Example Of Self Defense! Ever wonder if you would be able to use the techniques you learn in BJJ in a real-life scenario? A 22-year-old woman in the Brazilian state of Amazonas was able to do just...

Be Motivated. Be Present. Kyle Maynard is a guy with big dreams. He sets a goal for himself and goes after it. If you don’t recognize his name, look him up. He is nothing short of amazing. Some of his many unbelievable accomplishments...

They Are Not That Scary, Give Them A Try! For many of us, the first time we experience a flying submission is in competition. You reach out unassumingly to grab your partners collar and boom. Before you know it, you’re tapping. This isn’t...

In what was a Fight To Win no-gi bout defined by aggressive handfighting between two elite black belts, Yuri Simoes (Team Caio Terra) topped Tim Spriggs (Team Lloyd Irvin) by unanimous decision. The heavyweight grapplers met in a 10-minute no gi, submission-only bout that...

Family First... Humans are generally social organisms. Even individuals that lean towards introverted attitudes still require a certain level of social communication and group belonging. The world, however, is changing in a way that is promoting individualism and not social behavior. Technology has...