A Jiu-Jitsu Trick for Passing De La Riva Guard
If your training partner pulls de la Riva guard on you, it's time for those alarm bells to start ringing, gentle reader. That's right, because…
Sweep
Learn and Simple and Effective Sweep from our GMA Fabio Holanda
Professor Fabio Holanda is one of the many black belts helping to spread the ways of Jiu-Jitsu around the world with the help of our…
Learn 3 Ways of Escaping Side-Control in Jiu-Jitsu
A Jiu-Jitsu professor and a GMA or ours, Ricardo Cavalcanti teaches at Carlson Gracie Las Vegas. He understands that, in Jiu-Jitsu, few positions are more unpleasant…
Caio Monstro Teaches Sweep he Hopes to Use at UFC São Paulo
Jiu-Jitsu black belt Caio Magalhães (5-1) has been confirmed to fight on the card of UFC São Paulo, to be held Jan. 19 at Ginásio…
Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense: 5 Techniques to Make you Safer on the Street
What's the point of being a good guard passer, the king of sweeps, the lapel-choke hotshot if you don't know how to defend yourself against…
Sweep from Spider-Guard and Finish with Roberto Traven
When doing the spider-guard, the key to making it work is to get a good footing on the opponent's bicep for the sweep. But there…
Half-guard sweep to armbar finish, by Robson Moura
Often in Jiu-Jitsu, when an opponent manages to open your closed guard, he ends up in half-guard, with one leg stuck between yours. What now?…
You a White Belt? Check out 5 Positions You Need to Master
If you’re just getting started in the gentle art and plan on some day making it to black belt, as a competitor or not, you…
Is Your Opponent Stacking for the Pass? Surprise Him with a Sweep
Few guard passes are as classic and effective as the stack, a technique that even Anderson Silva makes sure to practice, as you can see…
5 Sweeps to Send Opponents Sailing
There’s a simple formula for getting good at sweeping, but it requires repetitions. You’ve got to get good at grip work, have an array of…
Rubens Cobrinha wants to teach you Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil
A four-time world champion of both Gi and No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu, Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” has got a full agenda. This week he was called on to…
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…