Know How to Get the Tapout from Side-Control without Losing the Position?
When you've made it past guard and are chest to chest with your opponent, you've reached side-control. What now? The key to stabilizing the position…
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Robert Drysdale finishes from mount and notches 5th MMA win
The only challenge Robert Drysdale faced in headlining the Legacy FC 15 card this Friday was making the 93 kg (205 lb) weight limit for…
Learn the basic sweep that won absolute gold in Piauí
Anyone hoping for a hotly disputed contest wasn’t disappointed by Copa Predador, a tournament held last weekend in Teresina, a town in the Brazilian state…
Leandro Lo comments on Worlds: “The sweep failed and I couldn’t recover”
Leandro Lo was winning it all this season, but at the No-Gi Worlds, the Cícero Costha student came up short twice. He had the following…
Tanquinho explains mount on Leandro Lo and advantage over JT in final
Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes seemed to just refuse to lose at the 2012 World No-Gi Championship last Saturday. He rallied back to beat Leandro Lo in…
Herbert Burns: “The key to Jiu-Jitsu is continuous motion”
In winning the featherweight division at the Brazilian No-Gi Nationals last weekend in Rio, Herbert Burns had the perfect campaign. The brother of world champion…
Know how to escape mount when the pressure rises?
Ricardo Cavalcanti is a GMA of ours and the leader at Carlson Gracie Las Vegas, Nevada. “At every seminar I teach, I learn as well. Everyone has…
The submission that worked at the Miami Open
A regular at IBJJF tournaments, Daniel Beleza of SAS/Academy of Combative Arts notched his second Miami Open title last Saturday. The black belt put in a stellar…
Miami Open: get up to date on chokes with Roberto Cyborg
This Sunday at Miami Dade College, Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu set the mats at the Miami Open alight. The black belt won the championship's absolute division…
Learn a No-Gi sub to use at first European No-Gi Championship
This weekend London will host the inaugural installment of the IBJJF European No-Gi Championship. And set to be there at the Crystal Palace National…
A competition-filled October to test your Jiu-Jitsu
The month of October has four competition- and challenge-packed weekends in store for you. From Long Beach to Tokyo, Miami to London, practitioners have more…
Léo Santos’s quick and smooth finish on MMA return
The owner of one of the finest Jiu-Jitsu guards at the turn of the century, the black belt Leonardo Santos (11w, 3l) added another superb…