One of the most effective passes when facing a strong half guard and knee shield is the leg weave pass.  By driving their near side arm under the knee shield leg down to the bottom leg which is hooking the thigh, they can...

The guillotine choke is one of the most effective No Gi chokes you can add to your arsenal.  It is a very high percentage submission that comes on extremely fast, leaving your opponent little time to defend or escape once the choke is...

Bernardo Faria is one of the most successful BJJ competitors in history.  Much of his success on the competition mats was due to his creative use of half guard.  He has been referred to as the Michael Jordan of half guard because of...

Kurt Osiander is a true OG of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  The Ralph Gracie black belt holds down the fort as the head instructor at the Ralph Gracie Academy in San Francisco.  Kurt has mixed an old school BJJ toughness with a hard edged...

Side control is one of the most dominating positions in jiu jitsu.  Once you finally get past the opponent or training partner's legs, side control can appear like an oasis in the distance.  It is common to get to the coveted side control...

There are no days off for Tom DeBlass.  Even on a short vacation with friends in Costa Rica, he took time to film a half guard technique and this short video addressing the age old question he has heard people say for almost...

It's a busy time here at BJJ Fanatics headquarters!  In addition to all of the new content that we're working on, we've just spent the last two weekends reshooting Professor John Danaher's magnum opus Leg Locks:  Enter the System and it's follow up...

Our nutrition can have an amazing impact on our daily life.  Typically the focus is on what we eat and how much we eat when any attempt to "eat healthier" is made.  But what about WHEN we eat?  How does the frequency and...

The butterfly guard is an extremely effective version of open guard that utilizes the legs and hooks made by the feet to prevent guard passing, initiate sweeps, and to set up different attacks.  The proximity with which you are able to bring your...

BJJ is an extremely creative martial art by nature.  No two arm locks or leg locks are exactly the same, even by the same BJJ practitioner.  Training jiu jitsu teaches you to be a problem solver because when you find yourself stuck in...

It's no secret that Tom Deblass' favorite position is the half guard.  It's a position he has been using since he was a blue belt nearly 15 years ago. Since then he has been refining the position on the mats and in the...

The kimura is a powerful submission that causes extreme pressure and discomfort in the shoulder joint by maintaining a double wrist grip on the opponent and essentially forcing the hand and elbow to rotate outside of normal range of motion forcing the submission. ...

Without a doubt, there are very few people that carry the kind of weight in the jiu jitsu community that John Danaher does.  Here at BJJ Fanatics, we were beyond elated to be able to have an opportunity to work with the same...

Tom DeBlass is easily one of the most sought after BJJ and grappling instructors on the planet.  With a seminar schedule that has him booked around the world for the next few years, a home academy, Ocean County BJJ, which is quickly approaching...

Lapel chokes are some of the cleanest, most efficient submissions you can secure when training jiu jitsu in the gi.  The loop choke is one of the deadly subsets of those lapel chokes.  The thing that sets the loop choke apart from other...