In today’s video we’re going to break a few rules and get more submissions from Back Mount in BJJ. This video was inspired by watching UFC fighter Joe Solecki in his Fury Pro Grappling match against Donald Cerrone. In the match he opted for 2 choking arms to secure the submission. This is 1 of […]
Are private lessons or group classes better for BJJ training? This is the basic question I’ll chat with you about in today’s video. The question comes from Marc who asked me if I was faced with a scenario where I could only choose 1, either group classes or only private lessons, which one would I […]
This morning I was reading about Buchecha (World & ADCC champ) talking about the length of Black Belt matches. Here’s a little bit of what he said. . . ======= “Let’s change all the black belt matches to six-minute matches, and help the sport to get better and make it fun to watch again.” ======= […]
Would you ever date someone in your BJJ gym? This is today’s question from one of our younger viewers. He says in the gym he’s a very confident person and feels at home in that environment. Outside of the gym in places that are normal for meeting people he says he’s a bit on the […]
A really difficult technique for many new White Belts in BJJ is breaking the closed guard. Many times when they try they get knocked off balance, have their grips disrupted or get swept in the process. Now I honestly prefer a standing guard break to open the legs in full guard. But for a lot […]
Today’s video comes from a newer BJJ White Belt who discovered Brazilian Jiu-jitsu like many people (at least in my gym). He started listening to Joe Rogan, then Jocko and then somewhere along the line found me. His main question to me is about discipline. He says he wants to develop more of it but […]
Recently I got asked to do a video showing a “cheeky” submission. Obviously, this request came from one of our British friends who’s a Blue Belt in Jiu-jitsu. So in today’s BJJ technique video I’ll show you a simple “cheeky” submission that you could use in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training the next time you’re rolling. It’s […]
Why don’t BJJ competitions have the same rules like other sports? This is today’s question. It’s a good one and can be a perplexing thing to newcomers to BJJ. I mean if you look to other sports they usually have the same or similar rules. Whereas in BJJ each organization seems to have slightly or […]
Recently while on Youtube the algorithm targeted me for a video showing a “Jiujitsu vs Karate” takedown. The technique was close to an actual wrestling technique used but missing some key steps to make it effective. I went down the rabbit hole and saw several techniques labeled “self defense” techniques that in my opinion as […]
In today’s video you’ll get to watch a clip from one of my BJJ classes where I teach a guard passing technique I like using more than the cut through pass. The pass connects with the knee cut / cut through pass as you’ll see in the video. Now the reason why I like this […]