The best position in grappling by the best grappler For me, the most important position in jiujitsu, nogi submission grappling, mixed...

Taking the back from the closed guard is a basic transition that no one in jiujitsu should get to blue belt without learning properly. It fe...

The best submission in Brazilian / Gracie jiujitsu, Nogi grappling or MMA is the rear naked choke or Mata Leão (translates to the lion kille...

What to do when you pull guard and your opponent pulls guard at the same time? This is the famous double guard pull hated by many of the ...

What a great DVD! I was very pleased with the Leg Drag DVD that my friend Mr Tim Sledd sent me to review and soon after I published that ...

You didn't think Helio rolled competitively every day did you? BJJ works, but that of course goes both ways. When I’m rolling c...

Commitment is very important in martial arts in general and especially so in BJJ and grappling. Coming to BJJ from the "one-punch-one-...

What's the best way to take the back from mount? While there are many ways to take the back from the mounted position, it's i...

One of the newer BJJ enthusiasts at the Labs comes from a Karate background. The particular style of Karate he had trained featured an impor...

One of the best compliments someone can give you in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is that you move smoothly on the mat. I'm nowhere near that, but...

BJJ belts and belt ceremonies are a much discussed and controversial topic, but I must say I love this quote from BJJ Heroes : "In hi...

Eddie Bravo named a new submission after my home country: The Swedish Twister! I suppose I'm gonna HAVE TO work this now for a few m...

This is not an instructional clip. This is me doing something I absolutely love - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - with two people I absolutely love - ...

Last Monday, one of our up and coming BJJ white belts said to me: why do you place more importance on awareness than on techniques? I was ve...

I covered for Martyn last night, coaching both the Fundamentals and Advanced BJJ sessions. I had planned the first to evolve around the art...

We covered half guard principles in yesterday's BJJ fundamentals session. Martyn focused on the bare essentials of success for both top...

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

Martyn posed a great question on Facebook yesterday about how BJJ may resemble a tree. After many a silly answer (thanks Jake!) it came cl...

Have you ever heard about someone with upper-back, or even neck and shoulder, problems who goes to a physio or a chiropractor only to hear ...

You may have read somewhere that in BJJ / Grappling you are supposed to use your whole body against a part of your opponent's. Well, I...