It's all about setting the right traps and removing obstacles (Image source: WatchBJJ ) In a previous post I explained the main c...

In a previous post I explained the main concepts a jiujitsu practitioner needs to keep in mind to control their opponent from cross side top...

What is the easiest position to control someone in grappling? Most people I know love the side mount and will put it ahead of the mount. E...

I've been listening to a lot of interviews with the two above Chrises: Haueter & Graugart , and thinking a lot about what it is ...

Knee on belly / stomach (KOB) is one of the most painful and frustrating positions to achieve in grappling / jiujitsu / MMA. On the top you ...

Something happened yesterday that reminded me of a BJJ session on side control escape I once had as an early blue belt. We were talking abou...

Yesterday, I choked a white belt out from side control with the bread slicer choke (aka the fish bone). Here's a very nice and detailed ...

Here is a quote from Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking : " A project in Dale County in Florida had at one point in time a...

Learning from the masters: Here with John B Will In a recent post, I highlighted the importance of sticking to strong fundamentals. Tha...

BJJ seminars are a fantastic way to learn grappling techniques. My favourite ones are with instructors I have some form of a relationship...

How to control a strong opponent from side control in BJJ? This is one of the key questions within the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA to...

To re establish guard from side control bottom, we need to: 1. Make space between us and the opponent (By framing, bridging and shrimping)...

Roy Dean is a very technical 2nd degree black belt in BJJ and a great instructor. His academy blog is a wealth of both instructional and mo...

The focus of last night's fundamentals session at the BJJ Labs* was "How to best control someone from the side mount position...

Where's my money man? Where's my money?! I recently went to London on a trip organized by my lovely wife in celebration of my 33...

In the above clip, Marcelo Garcia (what a legend!) shows the bridge escape from side control (while Kid Pelligro if I'm not mistaken g...

Put a basketball on the ground. On it put: A. A plank of wood. B. A wet towel*. Sometimes in BJJ / Grappling you need to be the plank o...

I remember reading an interview in Ultimate Grappling years ago with Ryron and Rener Gracie where they explain that a beginner should not fe...

I watched some old-ish footage of a Joe Moreira and Roy Harris seminar on open-guard passing during this Easter break just gone. Joe Mo...

You'll see a lot of people going on about " concept " vs " technique " and nowadays you can get fantastic sets of D...