Marcelo Garcia – Guillotine from the Closed Guard The master of the guillotine himself giving some great details on his bread and butter guillotine from the closed guard. Of note here are the deep bite he takes on the initial Read More …
Making it a timely move of the week this go-round! Ronda Rousey was eventually felled by a roundhouse kick and follow-up punches courtesy of Holly Holm this weekend, a fact you all know by now if you have had an Read More …
The two keys I see here on this nifty guillotine are the ways that Jason never lets the space between him and his partner get larger than it absolutely needs too. One of the cardinal rules in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Read More …
Guillotine Setup from the Back demonstrated by Baret Yoshida of The Arena So here we have an entry from the back that works to hide other sorts of submissions. You can do the rear naked choke, you can hide going Read More …
The genius of this quick sequence from lightweight wizard Caio Terra is that it turns a potentially risky transition, going for the top half guard americana into and almost pick your poison chain of counter and re counter by involving Read More …
A little West Coast BJJ Action comes to us from the venerable Kurt Osiander. Notice the little details – he stays super close on the arm drag, not trying to bring his partner to him as much as he flattens Read More …
“In Jiu Jitsu there is no losing. You either win or you learn” – Rickson Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an Art laden with contradictions: You try to choke and joint lock people that often become some of your closest Read More …
During your first few classes, sweats or any other loose-fitting, exercise type of clothing can be all you need for some great initial lessons. It is definitely more about showing up than what you are wearing (and in reality, it Read More …
A very nice demonstration by black belt Mike Wacker of Black Hole Jiu Jitsu of a mount attack into arm bar. Give it a try on your next roll.
There are places to cut corners that will not come back to bite you, but a mouth guard is definitely not one of those places. If training strictly grappling, some folks might even say “why wear one, we don’t strike Read More …
