Sport BJJ is a team sport Sport BJJ is a team sport. No matter what anyone thinks, it takes a village to raise one to our highest levels. One of the greatest things about our sport is that it’s a team/Academy sport where the best athletes in the game work out daily alongside regular members […]
Make your opponent weak in BJJ Make your opponent weak in BJJ, this is a key to success. Futhermore, making yourself strong is good, but making your opponent weak is far better. The human body is set up in such a way that it can be impressively strong in some postures/positions, and embarrassingly weak in […]
Angles are your friend in Jiu-Jitsu Angles are your friend in Jiu-Jitsu. This is a lesson it takes a very long time to learn in our art, sometimes takes years. Gunning for submissions underneath a tough opponent is never easy work. But you can generally make it easier if you consistently look for side on […]
Passing the guard to back attacks in BJJ Passing the guard to back attacks in BJJ has very good percentages as far as eventually getting a submission. Try passing guard as a route to the back. When you first begin the study of Jiu-Jitsu, you learn to pass the guard into top control of upper […]
Staying calm in BJJ Staying calm in BJJ is an absolute must in order to escape. In a crises situation, everything begins with a calm mind. There is a huge amount physical stress associated with bad/inferior positions in Jiu-Jitsu. If your opponent knows what they are doing, they can make your life thoroughly miserable with […]
Path to powerful arm bars in BJJ The path to powerful arm bars in BJJ is through the head and shoulders. On the surface, the Jiu-Jitsu arm bar is an attack on the elbow. After all, that’s what will actually break if the opponent refuses to submit or tap out to the hold. However, your […]
No-Gi submissions from the mount No-Gi submissions from the mount are more difficult without the use of grips to choke the neck. Getting submissions from mount without the gi is often a very different position from just holding the mount itself. Normally when we aim to hold a tight mount, we stay roughly aligned with […]
Combinations a must in BJJ Combinations are a must in BJJ once you start training live. It may take a good 6 months plus to effectively work combinations but you can still train your mind to believe so. You must always think: What’s next? Because here is an unpleasant truth. The vast majority of moves […]
Have a goal and a plan for your BJJ journey Here is a huge tip: Have a goal and a plan for your BJJ journey. Know what you want – make a flexible plan to get there. People who know what they want usually get there. Those who know what they want and have a […]
Practice your shoulder rolls in BJJ It is so important to practice your shoulder rolls in BJJ. Every night, I yell out to my students during warmups to practice rolling forwards and backwards over BOTH shoulders. There is incredible value of variations of shoulder rolls for technical development in Jiu-Jitsu. Here is a fundamental truth […]
