The Collar Choke From Closed Guard by Chris Derr
Last December I gave a seminar at Chris Derr school, in Tulsa Oklahoma. Chris is a Black Belt from Jean Jacques Machado, who is a legend in our sport. So I asked Chris to show me one of his favorite moves that he learned from Jean Jacques. He showed me an awesome choke from the […]
The Best Sweep vs Bigger Opponents by 8x World Black Belt Champion Bruno Malfacine
If there is one guy that I have TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR IN THIS BJJ WORLD. The guy below is the one I’m talking about. Imagine that you are the smallest and lightest guy in the class, but now imagine that you are also the toughest and biggest champion in the class, wait a second, not […]
How To Beat Wrestlers Using The Kimura by “Mau-Mau”
Many times training or competing against a good wrestler can be a very tough task, just because they are normally stronger than us, and they also have a very good base, which can make it very hard for us to sweep them. Also, against them we have to pull guard, because it can be very […]
The Most Dangerous Position In BJJ
In your opinion what is the most dangerous technique in BJJ? Well, I bet many people would say heel hook, knee bar, some crazy takedown, or something like that. But there is one specific position in Jiu-Jitsu, that I never see too many people talking about and thankfully IBJJF made it illegal. In my opinion […]
The Armdrag Trap From Butterfly Guard
One of my favorite techniques in no-gi is the Armdrag. I love to do armdrags from the standing and also from the ground. For this blog post I made a video showing how to do the armdrag from the butterfly. Even though the butterfly guard is not my favorite position, I believe that for no-gi, […]
How To Do The Front Hip Escape
Everyone who has ever trained BJJ has done the Hip Escape. For many of us this movement was learned in the first class we ever attended perhaps it was even the first movement in BJJ that you ever learned? What about the Front Hip Escape? Some of you reading may not even know what a Front Hip […]