BJJ Techniques

While head and posture control are essential in Jiu Jitsu, taking care of your partner’s is more important. This article talk’s a lot about turning … Read more

The best way to perfect both your half guard and butterfly guard is repetition. Fortunately enough, a grappling dummy allows you improve your sweep and … Read more

We all have that one move or position that seems to be a pest no matter how hard we focus or train to get better … Read more

The wristlock is an under-utilized weapon in Jiu Jitsu. Some people think that they are lower-percentage beginner tricks. Some think they are “cheap.” While some … Read more

The Shaolin sweep is a favourite sweep of mine from half-guard. After my coach owned me with it repeatedly, I got him to show me … Read more

A Berimbau is a stringed instrument used in Capoeira. The Berimbolo is a sweep performed from the de la Riva guard used to take the … Read more

While Marcelo Garcia is rightly known for his excellent guard, his guard passing and ability to submit from dominant positions is equally impressive. First, let’s … Read more

The Single Leg X-guard is a very powerful guard that transfers well into the X-guard. I find that it’s good to enter the position when … Read more

It took the Jiu Jitsu world a while before they figured out that Marcelo Garcia was doing his guillotines a bit different than everyone else. … Read more

There are several different names for this guard (reverse de la Riva, spiral guard, Paraestra guard, Terra guard, standing half-guard, etc.), and several different modalities of … Read more