The evolution of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has seen countless waves of innovative and creative techniques that will certainly continue long into the future.  The increase in focus on techniques like berimbolos and leg attacks over the last five years or so has rippled...

Do you practice wrist locks?  If you are a smaller or more inexperienced guy, learning wrist locks may be worth your time.  Wrist locks can level the playing field with bigger opponents or higher-level opponents.  They are one of the most underrated submissions...

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is built upon a foundation of efficiency.  The art is primarily focused on finding and perfecting the techniques that will elicit the maximum level of control and/or devastation with as little effort, strength or power.  Practitioners strive to make the...

 A good half guard player can seem to endlessly frustrate all of our attempts to apply pressure and attempt to pass to side control or some other dominate position.  If a bottom half guard player builds strong frames with their arms and combines...

We’ve all been in that position with the flexible lanky guy who plays a crazy open guard.  His legs seem to come out of nowhere every time we are about to pass the guard.  The open guard can be one of the most...

The lasso guard is an extremely popular open guard.  The lasso guard is extremely grip dependent, and for the most part, can only be executed in the gi.  Many high-level competitors have played the lasso over the years, some of them include Michael...

Closed guard is one of the most popular guards in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Many people believe that it is one of the best guards in bjj.  There are so many powerful sweeps, submissions, and attacks from closed guard.  Closed guard is also an...

Are you familiar with Neil Melanson?  If you’re not you may have been living under a rock.  Neil is one of the pioneers of MMA coaching, he is a MMA coach for the Blackzillians and has worked with some of the best UFC...

Half guard has recently become one of the most popular positions for all levels of BJJ practitioner.  There are a number of stages of development that half guard players will undergo during their time on the mats. Desperate times call for Half Guard...

When we think of side control attacks, we think of many traditional side control attacks like the arm bar, the cross choke, the Americana, or the kimura.  There are so many attacks from the side control though and sometimes doing unorthodox things can...

The closed guard is one of the most difficult positions to get good at.  It is one of the most popular guards in bjj and MMA, and it is one of the first guards that everybody learns.  The closed guard can be utilized...

The triangle choke is one of the best submissions in bjj for a variety of reasons.  The Triangle is one of the most effective, versatile, and high percentage submissions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  This is one of the first submissions you learn and...

It can be argued that the most important promotion that someone can attain in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is not the promotion to the coveted black belt, but instead is the promotion someone can give themselves when they trade in their own belt and...

Live training or rolling can be one of the most enjoyable parts of the study and practice of BJJ.  This is the time where you put what you know to the test and see if you can execute the moves you've been practicing...

Playing half guard from the bottom can be a very powerful addition to your guard game as you will be able to stop guard passes, withstand incredible pressure, initiate base destroying sweeps, and even launch deadly submissions. The bottom hook The bottom leg,...