Team Approach Looks to Change BJJ Competition Professional jiu-jitsu has seen an uptick in popularity and availability in the recent years. The introduction of the Eddie Bravo Invitational in 2014 has lead to a lot spinoff types of tournaments, from Kasai, Sapateiro, and...

MMA and grappling coach Neil Melanson is well known for his unique blend of catch wrestling technique along with jiu jitsu and other styles of grappling.  These combinations typically show themselves in unorthodox, but brutal positions and submissions that will have your opponents...

Time investment training BJJ Can Be Well Worth It Most people, when they start jiu-jitsu, they do not really know what is going to happen with it down the road. You go and try and intro class, see if you like it, and...

The physical impact of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu comes to no surprise for long term grapplers. Grappling is a strenuous sport whose impact on our physical well being is severely underappreciated. Jiujiteros also tend to overlook injuries and fail to adjust their training regimens...

When we have a chance to learn from legends, our ears perk up. OG BJJ practitioners have a way of taking seemingly simple themes and explaining them in a manner that can make you feel like you’ve been lost in the dark for...

It's all in the hips with this powerful pass Recalling my first experiences with the stack pass, I seem to remember a lot of reckless shoving of the legs to the side to complete the technique. You might get away with this kind...

Step onto the training mats to roll outside your comfort level Are You Live Rolling? If not, you should be. Once you’re able to take part in open mat settings, Go for it! I lost a lot of time as I sat on...

Work Smarter to Increase Your Mat Time I recently took a backpacking trip through Rocky Mountain National Park. Besides the amazing experience that it was, I learned something about myself. I have never been a runner, jogger, or really even walked long distances...

How long did it take you to finally try BJJ?  We all have different stories.  For most of us, walking into a BJJ Academy for the first time to inquire about classes or even try our first class can be one of the...

Eduardo Telles is a black belt living legend.  Hailed as one of the most creative and unorthodox grapplers to ever step on the mats, his approach will have your opponents guessing because they've simply never been presented with the problems that Eduardo Telles...

John Danaher has done it again.  The third series in the Enter the System collection has been released and this time it's focused on the complete Danaher Front Head Lock position.  Following up on the wildly successful Leg Locks and Back Attacks series,...

I think, therefore, I submit It can prove valuable to reconsider how we classify various positions and techniques in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A narrow-minded view of the potential sequences of movements that can occur from a position such as the kimura or head...

On Saturday, November 10th in Manhattan, Matheus "King Kong" Diniz and Gordon "King" Ryan will meet for the next Kasai Pro.  These two New York powerhouses are slated to compete in the Kasai Pro rule set which is made up of a 10...

Where should your focus be to improve your game? What are you working on to get better?  Are you trying to strengthen your weaknesses, or are you trying to perfect your strongest areas?  For some time, I set my focus on strengthening my...

Have you ever been in a situation where you asked your BJJ instructor how to get out of a particular position or submission and they've simply paused, looked at you and said "Don't get stuck in that position" or "Don't get caught"?  To...