The more you train, the better you get.  Seems obvious right? It should. However, what I think people tend to forget is that other people, your teammates and your competition are also training, and therefore are also getting better.  As you start to...

We’re really excited at BJJ Fanatics to continue bringing you game changing material from the best practitioners in the world, and today is no different.  We’ve just finished filming an instructional with Xande Ribeiro on the closed guard, following on from his hugely...

  The mount is considered one of the best positions in jiujitsu for offense. The top person has so many options for dismantling their opponent: chokes, armbars, shoulder locks, back takes, etc. But to do any of these, they need to be able...

  50/50 is an odd position that has emerged in the evolution of the leglocking game. The two on one leg control makes it incredibility frustrating to try and pass and escape from, and doing so can leave the feet unprotected.   With passing...

BJJ Fanatics has had the great honor of working with several of the highest-level athletes in BJJ. This list is stacked top to bottom with everyone from legends of the art, to the young guns of today that are evolving the sport at...

  The ADCC World Championships are coming up this weekend, so let's take a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who have been invited to compete. Next up is Renato Canuto, who is included in the -77 kg division. For Canuto,...

As we scan the list of ADCC athletes for our BJJ Fanatics family members, one of the most accomplished BJJ players we come across is Lucas Lepri. Lepri hails from Minas Gerais in Brazil where his childhood included athletics of all kinds: Skating,...

  Ahead of this weekend's ADCC World Championships, we're taking a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who have been invited to compete. One of the few Europeans to appear on the roster is Adam Wardzinski. Wardzinski began his martial...

Which is a better feeling, getting a submission, or escaping a submission your opponent almost had on you?  I think most everyone would agree that getting the submission is the better of the two, however, there is no arguing that having a great...

But it could be! Do you remember the last time you tried to land a submission, specifically a triangle submission but you could not for the life of you seem to get it?  The opponent just seemed to have all the right positioning...

Knee through, knee slice, knee cut. No matter how you refer to this type of pass, I think its safe to say that this type of passing procedure is one of, if not the most common pass in BJJ. We encounter the knee...

  We talk a lot about how critical it is to warm up before a BJJ session to reduce the risk f injury and wake your body up before you begin loading it with strenuous activity. Everyone seems to have their own warm...

The ADCC World Championships are coming up and a number of our BJJ Fanatics family members are competing.  Let’s profile another one now. Next up is Craig Jones. Like his coach Lachlan Giles, Jones has made a name for himself as one of...

The ADCC World Championships are coming up this weekend, so let’s take a look at some of our BJJ Fanatics family members who are competing. One grappler who always shines during competition is Lachlan Giles. Giles is one of the preeminent Australian grapplers...

  The ADCC World Championships are coming up this weekend, so now seems like a good time to shine a spotlight on our BJJ Fanatics family members who are competing. First up is Alec Baulding.   Baulding is a Georgia native who found his...