In today’s BJJ Q&A video I answer a question about a Blue Belt who is smashing people in side control. The question comes from a guy who is a higher belt in his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym and has recently seen a Blue Belt smashing people in side control. And once he gets there he doesn’t […]
Just wanted to let you guys know I’ll be doing a new series on the channel showing some of my most basic techniques that I actually use in competition and high level rolling successfully. The upcoming videos will be longer as I’m going to go deep into the details that make them work. But I […]
If you’re like most BJJ practitioners, you learned some form of a stack pass very early on as a White Belt. And for good reason. It’s a strong guard pass that puts a lot of pressure on your opponent. But like many of the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu techniques we learn early on many people exchange the […]
In today’s video I answer a question from a young BJJ White Belt who’s been winning a bunch of competitions and is obsessed with the goal of getting his BJJ White Belt in 1 year. Currently he’s been training about 10 months. Now he wants to know ideas t impress his coach which I’m not […]
In today’s BJJ technique video I’m going to show you 3 different chokes you can use from back mount with the same collar grip. I’m also going to show you what, in my bearded opinion, is the most important part of getting the choke. . . the setup. These chokes from back mount are super […]
In today’s video I talk about the idea of trash talking and somewhat brash personalities in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. The question comes from one of the viewers. In the video I’ll share some examples of this going on in other sports and why it’s important for athletes to create attention for themselves and income. I’ll also […]
Today’s video will show you some simple techniques to make your armbars safer and more effective as a BJJ White Belt. The video comes from a question I got from a White Belt who’s afraid of falling off too fast with armbars from top position becuase he doesn’t want to injure his training partners or […]
In today’s video I’m going to show you one of my favorite rolling back takes in BJJ that you can setup from side control. This is one of my favorite ways to take back mount in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. And recently, in one of my vlogs I got a question about this technique since I used […]
Is it ok to use more painful and gritty techniques in BJJ? This is today’s question a young guy in the military who trains BJJ and wants to make sure his grappling is effective for a fighting situation due to the nature of his current career. In this video, I discuss the idea of using […]
Do you get nervous before competitions? Do you feel like the nervousness negatively affects your performance? If so, then hopefully this video will help you. I answer a question from a young guy who says he lost his match because of his nerves and wants a way to overcome them. In the video I share […]