Time is running out on the BJJ Fanatics Gift Guides for 2017.  The pressure is on for you to take down the best gift possible for those special grapplers in your life.  Whether they are your friends, coaches, or even someone you'd like...

With only a handful of days left in the holiday gift giving season, the crushing pressure of those remaining few gifts you've been looking for weighs heavy on your mind.  If you're looking for a great gift for the jiu jiteiro in your...

Tom DeBlass is one of the most beloved BJJ competitors, instructors and coaches out there today.  With a perfect blend of world class technique and instruction, along with life changing motivational wisdom and fitness advice, he currently finds himself sought for seminars and...

Attacking the lower body has recently become one of the biggest phenomenons in bjj.  There is a revolution going on in the Jiu Jitsu community today.  People are getting more and more skilled at lower body attacks - especially the ankle lock, and...

Attacking the lower body has recently become one of the biggest phenomenons in bjj.  There is a revolution going on in the Jiu Jitsu community today.  People are getting more and more skilled at lower body attacks.  This could be attributed to several...

In this installment of the BJJ Fanatics Gift Guide, we want to explore the work of one of the most respected BJJ athletes and instructors in the history of the sport, Bernardo Faria.  Known worldwide for being one of the most approachable and...

Craig Jones is the biggest name in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu right now.  Whether or not he is the best is irrelevant, Craig is the newest name on the scene and has taken the BJJ community by storm.  Many people have actually referred to...

In this installment of the BJJ Fanatics Gift Guide is focused on helping inject your training with some much needed standing and takedown techniques.  These areas are often ignored by many jiu jitsu practitioners and academies, the majority of training starting and happening "from...

Finding the right gift for someone can sometimes be a challenge.  The stores are filled with holiday gifts that are equal parts cliche and thoughtless.  What is the best gift you can give someone who shares your love of BJJ and grappling?  The...

We are currently knee deep in the holiday season and you are probably looking for some last minute gift ideas for your favorite jiu jiteiros or even yourself.  What better to have your friends or significant others get you than some of the...

There are few positions that inspire despair as much as having your back taken with the hooks in.  Wearing your opponent as a backpack and defending against the many chokes and limb attacks they can throw at you can make for an anxiety...

There is an unwritten rule in BJJ, according to Tom DeBlass, where training partners and even opponents tacitly agree to "trade techniques" back and forth, with one person attempting a technique and the other person attempting an escape or counter.  This non-verbal and...

What is Pure Jiu Jitsu?  Is there such thing as “pure” Jiu Jitsu?  That all depends on how we define that term, pure Jiu Jitsu can be an extremely subjective.  When we refer to it in this article we are talking about Jiu...

So word on the street is that your 2018 New Year's resolution is to become a leg destroyer.  You've been watching all these leg lock gunslingers from the Danaher Death Squad like Garry Tonon, Gordon and Nicky Ryan, and Eddie Cummings among others...

Coming up through the jiu jitsu ranks as you develop your personal game plan you will gravitate to certain positions based on a number of factors like your body style, age, and overall athleticism.  If you are a bigger, stronger practitioner, you may...