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 […]
Closed Guard: Breaking The Posture and Finishing With The Armbar By Dan Covel
Dan Covel is a black belt who trains here at Marcelo’s school with us. Dan is very well known about his tough closed guard. Even tough he is not heavy, he is normally feather or light weight, if you let him close the guard, its always a problem to get out from there without getting […]
Very Cool BJJ Warm Up
Every time I’m traveling for seminars, I always try to learn something new, it can be a different warm up, or a different technique, or something about managing the school, or some different way to teach, anything new makes me happy. In 2011, traveling to Germany I learned a very cool exercise to use as […]
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 […]
Bernardo Faria’s Over/Under Pass Study
This Blog post below was not written by me, it was written by Graham Barlow (www.bjjnotebook.com), who seems to be a big fan of my BJJ Style. So I asked him for permission to post it on my blog. I hope you guys enjoy it. OSSS Graham Barlow: “I’ve been playing about with this guard […]