Keep Moving On Your Days Off. You Will Feel Better! I used to think that a day off meant doing absolutely nothing physical, so that the body could “recover”. I treated my days off like this for a long time. Probably longer than...

An Easy Technique For A Quick Path To Submissions! For me, side control was the first position I felt comfortable in. I felt grounded there, and I felt that out of all the basic positions in BJJ, I could stay there much longer....

 Invest One Minute and Avoid De La Riva The De La Riva Guard is one of the most frustrating versions of the open guard that one can find themselves mired in.  This version of open guard pioneered by the legendary competitor Ricardo De...

A Day In The Life Of A World Champion! Recently, Gordon Ryan made a post to social media, going through how his days are laid out. If you take a look, it is pretty intense, and very busy. The original post is below....

You Work Hard To Get Better. Enjoy Your Jiu-Jitsu! We all have our favorite techniques, our bread and butter sweeps, and our go to submissions. But which is most satisfying for you? Maybe it’s the type of submission where you dominate and leave...

Know This Classic, High Percentage Sweep! How many times have you seen the classic “dogfight” sweep from half guard. If you are like me you’ve probably performed it plenty of times and seen it demonstrated even more. After all of that exposure I’m...

Why Half Guard is the Greatest BJJ Guard... Ever. It is undeniable, that the half guard is an essential position in Jiu Jitsu, Submission Grappling and MMA.   Here are 10 reasons why you need to know the half guard better than any other...

Use These 4 Self Defense Jiu Jitsu Techniques to Escape the Rear Choke Jiu Jitsu at it's core is the ultimate self defense martial art.  There is amazing power and beauty in the way Jiu Jitsu can handle a variety of different attacks....

We all know that Gordon Ryan is the "King" of Modern No Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Submission Grappling. He's a younger grappler who is considered a natural. He's become one of the top and most feared grapplers in the world with only 5+...

Simple and Effective Closed Guard Passing... The closed guard is one of the most fundamental defensive positions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The numerous submissions, sweeps, and relative safety make it effective in competition, MMA, and self-defense. For the top player trapped in their...

You Will Not Regret The Lessons Learned On The Competition Mats! You’ll never look back and say, “Man, I really wish I hadn’t tested myself”. Over the course of our lifetime we’ll be presented with challenges in many forms. Life throws us various...

Innovative Sweep With an Eddie Bravo Black Belt! Yes, the Carni sweep. You’ve got to love the unique terms that 10th Planet JJ uses to name its techniques. They have their own system of bizarre headings that somehow describe their techniques perfectly. When...

Knowledge Is Power, and this stuff is free! Podcasts are great. When we are doing menial tasks (or have a desk job) they can be a great way to uptake knowledge and be entertained. These are are few great ones to follow. Most...

The arm drag is a common technique found in most martial arts in some form or another, it is a bread and butter move for fighting and grappling because it allows us to create an angle where can then land strikes or attack...

5 Ways To Not Get Punched In The Face! Best defense to a punch? Do not be there! If you can avoid the strikes, great, if you can close the distance to the clinch right away and secure your takedown to bring the...