How To Improve Your BJJ Faster
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is probably like any other thing in life. If we focus on it, putting all our effort to get better, we will always get better. But sometimes there are easier ways to improve faster than just training, going to the school and doing what everyone does. If you do what everyone does, you […]
5 Mistakes You Are Doing In Training
After many years doing BJJ, I have realized some very important things that we should avoid in training. To reach our full potential we need to correct these mistakes. Here is the list of my 5 most important things: 1 – Avoid having a big EGO: I believe the ego in certain level is important […]
5 Tips to Improve Your Omoplata As A Submission
Omoplata: Sweep or Submission? When you hit the Omoplata, do you go for the sweep or do you go for the Submission? The Omoplata is a “Submission” technique, although it is used by those who like to play guard primarily as a sweep. It is possible to also use the Omoplata starting from top positions. […]
5 Things to Avoid In the Half-Guard
5 Things to Avoid In the Half-Guard I have been doing Half-Guard since 2003, back when I was blue belt, and since then I have been studying all types of Half-Guard and every detail that jiu jitsu practitioners should know in that position. When I started playing half-guard, for example, I used to do what […]
5 Tips to Pass the Guard
5 Tips to Pass the Guard If you do BJJ there are 2 things that you really have to know how to do very well. These are: how to pass the guard and how to sweep. Basically because the fight goes around this: the person on top is trying to progress the position (pass the […]