Technique
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634Tech Thursday: Bill Cooper teaches two ways to bait and finish the opponent
Black belt Bill Cooper is celebrating his 30th birthday this Thursday, May 5. We mark the date with two techniques by one...
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856Learn from Buchecha and Lovato as they get ready to fight this weekend at the ADCC Trials
The talk of the town within the Jiu-Jitsu community this week is the upcoming ADCC West Coast Trials, scheduled April 15, in...
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2.3KMackenzie Dern teaches how to set up a triangle choke from the spider guard
She is today the most recognizable face in the Jiu-Jitsu community. Mackenzie Dern turns 24 years old this Friday, March 24. After...
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1.2KThursday Class: Leo Vieira teaches how to pass the spider guard
Leo Vieira is celebrating another birthday this Thursday. The founder of Checkmat has influenced so many people with his style of Jiu-Jitsu....
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895Tech Tuesday: Felipe Pena teaches how to attack the calf slicer from the inverted DLR guard
Felipe Pena’s bottom game is one of the most resourceful ones in Jiu-Jitsu today. The Gracie Barra black belt knows his way...
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1.3KMackenzie, Dominyka and Bia teach three techniques to make your Jiu-Jitsu better
On International Women’s day, we went through our archives to find three videos with the current numbers 1, 2 and 3 in...
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1.4KStraight from the mats: Keenan teaches the secrets to a spotless armbar technique
Keenan Cornelius reappeared in the competition scene this Sunday to secure his travel package for the 2017 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu...
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1.4KThursday class: pass the DLR guard using the leg drag and the berimbolo
Everybody is playing the De La Riva guard this days. It’s the base for so many of the modern styles popping up...
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1.2KTech Tuesday: sit up and sweep like Cobrinha sweeps
It’s Tuesday and Tuesday is a day to learn a new technique. We summoned 4X black belt world champion Rubens Cobrinha to...
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1.3KThursday class: Roger Gracie teaches how to set up the ezekiel choke
Roger Gracie will compete in the gi for the last time this coming August, at the IBJJF Pro League. He talked to...
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1.3KTech Tuesday: learn a lasso guard pass from “black belt hunter” Gustavo Batista
NS Brotherhood’s brown belt Gustavo Batista made the headlines this weekend. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the young talent rose to the top...
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585Friday class: take the back with Erberth Santos on his birthday
Erberth Santos stormed the black belt scene a few years ago and immediately divided opinions. Great athlete and idol for some, cocky...
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976Tech Tuesday: the secrets of the Imanari roll that awed the crowd at F2WPro 24
Marvin Castelle left the crowd speechless when he hit a perfect Imanari roll to set up a heel hook and win his...
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7381Tech Tuesday: Learn Hannette Staack’s trademark flying armbar
Hannette Staack is celebrating another birthday this February 7th. The 7X black belt world champion in the gi is an IBJJF Hall...
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Anderson Silva Teaches the Standing Arm-Triangle
[This excerpt was taken from Issue 51] This is a handy move worth learning should you ever find yourself in a stand...
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641Learn from Braulio and from Lo as they get ready to face off at the ADCC trials
Big news came up this Thursday that Braulio Estima and Leandro Lo will clash at the upcoming 2017 ADCC West Coast Trials,...
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680Tech Tuesday: Queixinho teaches the backward sweep from the DLR
Osvaldo Queixinho was the winner of this weekend’s Fight to Win Pro 23 main event against the always tough Bruno Frazatto. One...
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935Learn the Cartwheel Armbar From European Middleweight Champion Marcos Tinoco
Marcos Tinoco achieved his best result as a black belt this past weekend, when he won the middleweight division of the 2017...
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486Rollin’ With Rodrigo Teixeira
[This excerpt was taken from Issue 52] In Issue 50 we introduced you to Rodrigo Teixeira and his globe trotting ways. Jiu-jitsu...
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777Monday Class: Lucio Lagarto teaches a sneaky armbar from the open guard
Lucio Lagarto has done it all. He’s a Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He beat cancer (and even trained during treatment). He has one...
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Clock Choke from Turtle Position – The Tactics of Tarsis
[This technique is featured in Issue 52] Tarsis Humphreys is a veteran competitor who has certainly earned his position among the elite. He...
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766Take the back with 3X Abu Dhabi Grand Slam champion Gabriel Arges
Gabriel Arges won gold at three out of four legs of the 2016/2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour season. Only in...
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1.1KPass the Guard Like Buchecha as we Celebrate His 27th Birthday
Marcus Almeida Buchecha has his name definitely written in Jiu-Jitsu history. He celebrated his 27th birthday this Sunday, January 8th. The only...
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1.5KDo the Hip Switch Sweep and go for the Armbar just like Lucas Lepri
The 4X black belt world champion Lucas Lepri has an wide array of techniques he uses to beat his opponents. Here’s one...
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1.4KBJJ Concepts: Otavio Sousa Helps You to Build a Strong Closed Guard Game
In a new series, we bring you some of the best black belts in the business to explain basic concepts of some...
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951Gui Mendes Teaches You How to Counter the Leg Weave and Finish From the X-Guard
The Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy, in Costa Mesa, California, is one of the best sources to learn Jiu-Jitsu in the USA. Brothers...
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1.3KRoger Gracie Teaches How to Transition From the Collar Choke Setup to the Armbar
10X black belt world champion Roger Gracie is known for his simple but extremely efficient style of Jiu-Jitsu. If it’s hard to...
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1.3KKeenan Teaches You How to Give Your Opponent No Chance to Escape Side Control
Keenan Cornelius needs no introduction. The young men who shocked the world in 2012, when he won the double grand slam as...
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1.5KGot Your Opponent’s Back? Felipe Pena Teaches Two Ways to Finish It Fast
Black belt Felipe Pena has said multiple times that attacks from the back are his speciality. This Saturday, once again, he proved...
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1.6KTech Thursday: Jean Jacques Machado Teaches a Rolling Collar Choke
Red and black belt Jean Jacques Machado is one of those guys you wish we had the internet like we have today...
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1.9KKenny Florian Teaches a No-Gi One-Arm Guillotine After Winning Gold at the Long Beach Open
Retired MMA fighter Kenny Florian showed up at the IBJJF Long Beach Open, this Sunday, to win the master 2 black belt middleweight...
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2.7KLearn Jacaré’s Trademark Wrist Lock as We Celebrate His 37th Birthday
Ronaldo de Souza, aka Jacaré, is one of Jiu-Jitsu’s most notorious names. A three-time black belt world champion, including two open class...
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2.0KLearn the Lockdown Guard and the Old School Sweep Taught by EBI Champion Geo Martinez
Geo Martinez had a great night this past Friday, in Mexico City. He beat four opponents to defend his bantamweight belt at...
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2.0KCaio Terra Helps You to Defend Your Back and Get to Side Control
One of the worst spots you can find yourself in a Jiu-Jitsu match is to have your back taken. Now what? How...
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1.7KGui Mendes Teaches How to Take the Back When the Opponent Plays the Deep Half Guard
Step on the mats and learn from 4X black belt world champion Guilherme Mendes. In this video, he teaches a clever way...
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1.8KMansher Khera Teaches How to Sweep the Bigger and Stronger Opponent
Mansher Khera is one of the biggest talents coming out of Marcelo Garcia’s academy. In this video, he has the help of...
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1.3KLearn From the Champion: Yuri Simões Teaches a No-Gi X-Guard Sweep
Yuri Simões ran the show this weekend at the 2016 Worlds No-Gi, in San Francisco. With a double gold campaign, he won...
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1.3KDominyka Obelenyte Teaches the Domoplata From the Mount
Two times black belt open class world champion, Dominyka Obelenyte has been the talk of the town in the competition circuit in...
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2.1KLess Than a Week Before Worlds No-Gi, Josh Barnett Teaches How Hand Control Is Vital For Passing the Guard
Josh Barnett has done it all. An MMA legend, he has also successfully ventured in the grappling universe. A world champion in...
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2.3KFelipe Pena Teaches a Sweep Similar to the One He Used to Defeat Xande In Tokyo
The duel between Felipe Pena and Xande Ribeiro was the highlight of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Tokyo, this...
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2.8KLearn an Open Guard Sweep From Heavyweight Copa Podio Champion Leandro Lo
If the mat where the Copa Podio matches go down ever gets a name, it has to be Leandro Lo. The 5X...
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3.0KLesson of the Day: Join the Class and Learn a Guard Pass From Otavio Sousa
Join the class at Gracie Barra Huntington Beach, California, in the first video of a new series. The Lesson of the Day...
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4.4KVictor Estima Teaches How to Attack the Foot to Make it Easier to Pass the Guard
Black belt Victor Estima has a trademark foot lock attack named after him. In this video, he teaches how to attack the...
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2.7K2Rodrigo Comprido Teaches One Way to Attack the Toe Hold From Side Control
Two-time black belt open class world champion (1999-2000), Rodrigo Comprido is one of the most renowned competitors of all times. Over more...
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2.8KExclusive: Malfacine Teaches a X-Guard Sweep That Leads to a Leg Drag Pass
8X black belt world champion returns to teach another one of his competition-proved techniques. This time, he explains the workings of a...
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3.8KJeff Glover Teaches You an One-Hand Toe Hold Just in Time For Worlds No-Gi
The 2016 Worlds No-Gi is coming fast. The event is scheduled November 5-6, in Daily City, California, just outside San Francisco. With...
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6.0KLucas Leite Teaches to Take the Back After a Half Guard Sweep
The half guard is Lucas Leite’s speciality. The black belt world champion has an infinite array of techniques from that position. In...
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6.1KMovement, Not Strength: What Can You Learn From Tererê’s Guard Passing System
Fernando Augusto Tererê is one of Jiu-Jitsu’s most iconic names. One of BJJ’s first superstars, he was seen as a natural talent...
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4.7KTake a Gogoplata Crash Course With the One and Only Nino Schembri
Nino Schembri is one of the most inventive black belts of all times. A world champion among one of the toughest generations...
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5.7KBraulio Estima Teaches One Way to Pass and Attack His Trademark Inverted Triangle
Three times world champion Braulio Estima is known for having a highly unpredicted game. Also an ADCC open class champion, Estima stops...
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4.8KRafael Lovato Jr. teaches how to pressure pass and set up a bow and arrow choke
Rafael Lovato Jr. is one of the most decorated American black belts in history. A black belt world champion both with and...
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Lucas Lepri teaches a clock choke after taking the back from the sitting guard
Three-time world champion Lucas Lepri is always looking for knew ways to surprise his opponents. One of the most skillful competitors out...
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5.0KShut down the open guard with this tips from Andre Galvão
Andre Galvão stops by to teach you a few tips about facing the opponent’s open guard. In this video shot exclusively for...
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4.2KLearn from Gordon Ryan before watching him in action this weekend at EBI 8
Gordon Ryan dropped in the competition scene like a bomb. The very young talent out of John Danaher’s factory of great grapplers...
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3.4KBreak the opponent’s grip and finish the armbar just like Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey needs no introduction, but we’ll do it anyway. A judo olympic bronze medalist and possible MMA’s biggest star ever, Rousey...
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3.6KLearn a lapel choke from closed guard with upcoming talent Nathiely de Jesus
A name you should be paying attention in the competition circuit is Nathiely de Jesus. The newest talent from the Cicero Costha...
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3.5KGodoi teaches one of the lapel chokes he used to win double gold at the Worlds Masters
Black belt Roberto Godoi had a perfect campaign at the recent Worlds Masters. He won both the superheavy division and the open...
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6.2KLovato and Xande stop by to teach you after controlling the master 1 divison at the Worlds
Xande Ribeiro and Rafael Lovato Jr. dominated the master 1 division at the Worlds Masters, this past weekend. Lovato won the superheavy...
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2.9KLearn from Master 2 double gold medalist Flavio Almeida the workings of the DLR/Spider guard
Gracie Barra’s Flavio Almeida was one of the standouts of the recent Worlds Masters, in Las Vegas. With a powerful performance, he...
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2.4KSweep like Samir Chantre and finish the opponent with an armbar
Samir Chantre is one of the most active competitors out there. Such competition experience helped him to develop a very efficient game....
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Felipe Preguiça teaches you to close the reverse triangle and attack the arm
One of the most talented competitors of the youngest generation, Felipe Preguiça has already established a name for himself by beating most...
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4.1KRoll with Garry Tonon and go from full mount to back take
Garry Tonon is known for his creativity on the mats. No opponent is safe when facing the prodigy black belt. In this...
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4.4KDean Lister explains the workings of the kneebar from half guard
It’s not common to see Dean Lister in the gi. The three-time ADCC champion is well known for his no-gi expertise, but...
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2.6KWatch: Luiz Panza teaches the details of the foot lock
Checkmat’s black belt Luiz Panza is known for his deadly foot locks. In this video, he explains the detailed workings of his...
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4.9KLearn the tricep crush with world champion JT Torres
JT Torres is one of the most decorated American black belts ever. The Pan and Worlds No-Gi black belt champion is known...
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6.1K1Exclusive: Roger Gracie teaches an easy to do sweep from closed guard
10X world champion Roger Gracie returns to teach a simple and effective way to sweep the opponent when playing closed guard. As...
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2.0KAccept the Matrix and Learn to Choke like Cobrinha
Rubens Charles Cobrinha is relentless in his mission to spread his BJJ knowledge to as many people as he can. With that...
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1.8K1Rolando Samson: Breaking Arms and Putting Them Together Again
Rolando Samson isn’t your typical jiu-jitsu competitor. An overwhelming majority of athletes we interview are 100% focused on jiu-jitsu. They eat, breathe,...
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7.1KGot to side control? Use one of Bruno Malfacine’s favorite armbars
The 8X black belt world champion Bruno Malfacine is back to teach another awesome technique. Once you get to side control, here’s...
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4.7KWorld champion Claudio Calasans Jr. teaches a spider guard pass
Catch a class with the 2015 middleweight world champion and ADCC open class champion, Claudio Calasans Jr. Straight from his academy in...
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2.7KTurtle Your Way to Side Control with Eduardo Telles
No-Gi world champion Eduardo Telles is world known for his unique style of guard play. The Turtle guard is odd looking, but...
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6.8KAttack the leg lock from closed guard with Hannette Staack
7X black belt world champion, among many other titles, Hannette Staack is one of the most accomplished grapplers of all times. Here...
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3.7KThe Spider Guard Sweep Every Guard Player Should Learn
Learn from Professor Rodrigo Freitas one very efficient sweep using the spider guard. Every good guard player should know this one. Play...
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2.3KOpen the Opponent’s Guard with Marcelo Garcia
The great Marcelo Garcia teaches the workings of how to open the opponent’s guard without taking unnecessary risks. Take a look and...
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4.4KLearn three ways to finish the opponent that didn’t tap to the triangle
Professor Vagner Santana teaches three ways to get the tap when the opponent defends the traditional triangle choke. Watch and add it...
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3.5KLearn from Roger Gracie the Details of the Kimura Lock
Learn from 10X world champion Roger Gracie how to get the kimura in place once you got to side control. It looks...
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3.6K1Leandro Lo Teaches the Crossed-Legs Closed Guard Sweep
Leandro lo is always surprising his opponents with new techniques. Here you can learn the workings of a closed guard sweep where...
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4.6KCONCEPTS IN JIU-JITSU – Passing
YOUR GUARD PASS STARTS FROM YOUR BACK WHEN I TEACH JIU-JITSU CLASSES IN PITTSBURGH, THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS I GET USUALLY REVOLVE AROUND...
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5.4KMilton Bastos Taking The Back From Turtle
Here’s a real tricky one that you can use on the unsuspecting opponent. It’s starting to become one of my personal favorite...
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13.7KHigh Percentage Jiu-Jitsu: Scarf Choke from Side Control
This is a lapel choke that’s extremely effective and very difficult to escape from when set up correctly. Bernardo likes this...
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18.6KThe Guard: Essential Vocabulary
The guard is arguably what made jiu-jitsu famous. To the untrained eye, the bottom man is in great danger, but armed with...
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41.5K5“Invisible Jiu-Jitsu” Weight Distribution with Henry Akins
The concept of invisible jiu-jitsu was taught to Henry over the years by Rickson Gracie. What Rickson coined as the term “Invisible...
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9.6KEduardo Telles: Steamroller
The Steamroller is an excellent option for when you’re turtled up and your opponent is attempting to lock up a seatbelt control...
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8.3KReverse Triangle from Failed Bow and Arrow Attempt
Now that you’ve taken the back, you have to try to finish. One of my personal favorites has always been the...
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9.2KCrucifix from the Back with Alberto Crane
The back is a very dominant position in jiu-jitsu. Many people have gotten very good at defending the back position, not allowing...
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6.2KChoke To Armbar From Kimura Grip with Clark Gracie
With the Kimura Grip of the arm, there are lots of options to attack if your opponent continues to defend the most...
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7.2K2Keys to the Kimura Grip with Clark Gracie
The Kimura Grip looks pretty simple but there are a lot of little details that go into the effectiveness of this control....
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4.5K1Garry Tonon: Toe Hold (Submission Grappling, Brown, Black)
Toe Hold (Submission Grappling, Brown, Black) This is a foot lock that’s legal in the gi at the brown and black belt...
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7.9K2Garry Tonon: Breaking Down Toe Holds and Heel Hooks
Toe holds and heel hooks can be a little confusing when you’re first exposed to them. Because many leg locks are only...
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3.1KAbraham Marte: Sequence From the Posture Break
Smart jiu-jitsu athletes will often have more than one option when they attack. Many of the techniques demonstrated by Abraham are...
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3.5KAbraham Marte: Breaking Posture from Closed Guard
Breaking your opponent’s posture is extremely important when setting up attacks from the closed guard. It’s one of the things you’ll hear...
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3.9KAndré Galvão Toe Hold From Upside Down Guard
In Issue 35 we interviewed one of our favorite jiu-jitsu athletes, Andre Galvao. Andre’s always up for showing our readers some sick...
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4.4KAndré Galvão Exploring Closed Guard: Closed Guard To Back
In Issue 35 we interviewed one of our favorite jiu-jitsu athletes, Andre Galvao. Andre’s always up for showing our readers some sick...
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3.4K1Knee Slice and Dice with Leticia Ribeiro
One of the greatest female competitors of all time, member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame, Leticia Riebeiro shows us us her...
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2.3KThe Mantis Guard by Keenan Cornelius
It seems like yesterday we saw the worm guard, a guard so synonymous with the increasingly popular Keenan Cornelius. This past...
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7.2KEddie Bravo’s Electric Chair: Electric Chair Submission
Electric Chair Submission Once Eddie has Calvin in the electric chair, his first option is to check his flexibility. Often this will...
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Eddie Bravo Getting To Electric Chair
Getting to Electric Chair From Electric Underhooks, Eddie wants to move quickly he’s either going to Dog Fight (take the back)...
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Eddie Bravo’s Whip Down
The Whip Down The Whip Down is Eddie’s move to get from traditional half-guard to the Electric Chair sweep or finish....
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3.9KThiago Sa Fortes Silva – X-Guard To Back Take
X-Guard To Back Take Starting from step 2 of the first technique, Tony attempts a different counter by grabbing Thiago’s left...
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Thiago Sa X-Guard To Technical Stand Up Sweep
X-Guard To Technical Stand Up Sweep Tony is in Thiago’s 93 Guard (aka half guard with a knee shield) and looking...
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3.5KHand Control to Pass With Josh Barnett: Hand Off Pass
Last month Josh Barnett showed us the many virtues of hand control when it comes to finishing or taking down your opponent....
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Jean-Jacques Machado Peruvian Collar Choke
While the title of this article sounds like a sophomoric attempt at some off-color humor (it pretty much is), the subject is...
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Jean-Jacques Machado Rolling Collar Choke
There’s nothing worse than being in a tournament match, working like hell to pass somebody’s guard, only to have him or her...
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2.5KToe Holds With Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros: Toe Hold Counter From Inside Omoplata
It’s not the first time we’ve had Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros gracing the pages as a main feature in JJM. Deb Blyth had...
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Toe Holds With Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros: Toe Hold From Side Control
It’s not the first time we’ve had Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros gracing the pages as a main feature in JJM. Deb Blyth had...
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10.6K2Five Keys for Becoming a Jiu-Jitsu Giant Killer
Many of us got into BJJ after watching the early UFC events, seeing Royce Gracie run through his opponents with grappling skills...
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3.6KMurilo Bustamante: S-Mount To Cross Collar Choke
When offered the opportunity to participate in a seminar with a former UFC Champion, jiu-jitsu World Champion and certifiable legend in the...
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2.6KMurilo Bustamante: Windshield Wipers To Mount
When offered the opportunity to participate in a seminar with a former UFC Champion, jiu-jitsu World Champion and certifiable legend in the...
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7.3KJosh Barnett: Double Wristlock (Kimura) from North-South
We took a bit of a different approach with May’s Issue of JJM. As evidenced from his Metamoris 4 match up against...
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5.6KJosh Barnett: The Concept of Hand Control
We took a bit of a different approach with May’s Issue of JJM. As evidenced from his Metamoris 4 match up against...
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4.0KJosh Barnett Submission Flow
How many submissions could Josh Barnett finish you with? We might never know the answer, but here are just a few, actually...
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3.5KLook, Up In The Sky… It’s A Bird… It’s A Plane… It’s Edwin Najmi!
If you caught some of the highlights from last year’s IBJJF Worlds, chances are you had the opportunity to witness one of...
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3.5KMaster Reverse Omoplata
There are those that simple practice jiu-jitsu and then there are those that create jiu-jitsu by taking it to the next level,...
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2.8KNone Shall Pass!
JJM is always looking to bring you, our readers, the latest and greatest of all things jiu-jitsu and we know how everyone...
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2.4KLasso Guard with Samir Chantre
In the Feb/Mar ’15 issue of Jiu-Jitsu Magazine we traveled up to San Jose to meet up with Samir Chantre. Samir is...
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2.7KGetting The Takedown – Arm Drag Takedown With Luis Heredia
In Issue 30, Feb/Mar ’15, Jiu-Jitsu Magazine features an indepth article on both Judo and Wrestling takedowns by none other than Luis...
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5.0K7 Ways to Take the Back with Matt Baker
Before he was winning double-gold at the San Francisco Open Matt Baker was showing us some sweet back takes and finishes from...
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8.8K1He’s got your back! – Felipe “Preguiça” Pena
The Portuguese term “Preguiça” roughly translates into “lazy” or “sloth” and just happens to be the nickname of one of, if not...
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8.0K1Jiu-Jitsu Off The Mats: Self Defense With Pedro Sauer.
If you weren’t signed up with Jiu-Jitsu Magazine prior to August of 2012, you may have missed out on one of the...
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8.2K1Henry Akins – “Invisible Jiu-Jitsu” The Concept Of Connection.
There’s a certain mystique that surrounds Rickson Gracie, much of that aura can be attributed to what he calls “invisible” jiu-jitsu. It’s...
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5.6KKnowing The Kneebar With Dean “The Boogeyman” Lister.
The mysterious kneebar; what it is, how does it happen, how do you do it, how do I defend it, will my...
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6.5KLiving The Dream – Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu
After Overcoming Many Obstacles on the Road to Beijing, ADCC Worlds 2013 Absolute Champion, Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is Now Living the Dream...
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5.9KGoing Commando!
Special Operators Use BJJ to Add to Their Skill Sets! Standard operating procedure…right? Imagine this scene: it’s dark – pitch black actually...
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13.5KNo-Gi Submission Spree With Garry Tonon
In the promotion of his match against Kit Dale leading up to Metamoris 4, we got a glimpse of Garry Tonon and...
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3.5KSide Control Sequences With Mike Diaz
Recently on a trip out to California we had the pleasure of meeting up with Mike Diaz and Allen Hopkins. In Issue...
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5.3KWorking The 50-50 Guard With Felipe Costa
50-50 is a controversial position; some people love it, some people hate it. As a BJJ competitor and coach, I prefer to...
