As our sport evolves, we are seeing more and more high level wrestlers bringing techniques to the mats that are forcing us to think differently and respond differently than we maybe had to in the past.  Wrestlers typically bring a very fast paced,...

  It is a little hard to fully describe the energy in the Las Vegas Convention Centre as I walked in this morning to be part of this year's IBJJF World Masters Competition. On the first day the black belts from across the...

  Let’s Celebrate with Some TD Techniques! Tom DeBlass enjoyed a sweet victory Saturday night at Kasai. Giving away almost 100lbs. to an opponent that stepped in on short notice, DeBlass was able to get the kneebar finish without injuring his opponent. DeBlass’s...

  When we train in the gi, one of our main focuses should always be how we can our opponent’s gi against them. Whether that’s to gain superior position, breaking posture, or involving the gi in the application of a submission, we must...

  The Butterfly Guard is seeing an explosion in use at the highest levels. Athletes like Gordon Ryan, Adam Wardzinski, and Jon Satava have used the Butterfly Guard to both sweep and/or submit their opponents. Even better Butterfly Guard isn’t exclusive to Gi/No-Gi...

Lachlan Giles had a phenomenal performance this past weekend at Kinektic. He managed to defeat all five of his first-round opponents, not allowing the rest of his team a chance to step on the mat. He also avenged a previous loss at a...

School is starting back up, summer vacations are coming to an end, and a lot of people are headed back onto the mats. If you took a summer break then you might be concerned about how your body is going to fair going...

Jiu-jitsu at its core, is a game about problem solving. The goal is to disrupt your opponent’s ability to problem solve well at the same time implementing your solution to the situation. At higher levels of training, more unique solutions are required to...

Learning precise finishing details early on in your grappling career will pay dividends later, in the training room and on the competition mats. You will have more confidence in going for the finish and a deeper mechanical understanding. This series will examine what...

Jiu Jitsu is often touted as the martial art that is designed to help the smaller person overtake the larger attacker.  While this is not necessarily inaccurate, there are certainly questions that come in to play when we really dive into this.  What...

There are a lot of different avenues you can take to get better at Jiu Jitsu.  While most all of them originate from spending time on the mats, how you spend that time and who you spend time with can help to mold...

  Grippin’ Ain’t Easy   Obtaining Optimal grips in ANY grappling sport is one of the KEY factors in success at all levels. If you dominate the grips you dominate the game. That said, it can be pretty difficult to get a good...

I find that deep half guard is one of those positions that we accidentally being falling in to. If you’ve been having some stints there, but have no formal training in the position, maybe it’s time to start learning. The deep half guard...

One of the first things we learn as a white belt is how to pass the closed guard, either going over the legs with a knee slice pass or going under the legs with a stack pass.  There is obviously a huge importance...

As a culture, we don’t handle our emotions well. We don’t try to handle our emotions. And even if we did want to handle our emotions, we don’t know the right way to do it. Usually, we do one of two things without...