December 30, 2023
Control your opponents head and shoulders between your knees and attack his isolated limb with your arms
Control your opponents head and shoulders between your knees and attack his isolated limb…
May 26, 2023
Combining two moves into one
Combining two moves into one: One well applied jiu jitsu can be a real threat - when two…
September 4, 2022
Position AND submission
Position AND submission: In most cases we distinguish between positional moves and…
June 14, 2022
Tie ‘em up with ya legs and attack ‘em with ya hands
Tie ‘em up with ya legs and attack ‘em with ya hands: Sometimes a simple insight counts…
April 3, 2022
Joint locks – take your time
Joint locks - take your time, Feel the relationship between joint, lever and fulcrum:…
March 1, 2022
When you have one – you have the other
When you have one - you have the other: There are certain submissions where if you have…
December 9, 2021
When you’ve got one – you’ve often got another
When you’ve got one - you’ve often got another: We tend to think in terms of what’s right…
November 13, 2021
When you’ve got a choice…
When you’ve got a choice… Very often the scenario we find ourselves in presents a choice…
October 25, 2021
When you control the head
When you control the head…An old cliche in grappling is that if you control the whole…
October 10, 2021
One move – many variations
One move - many variations: When we begin Jiu jitsu we talk about a given move in the…
September 29, 2021
If you can trap an opponents head and arm between your knees
If you can trap an opponents head and arm between your knees, you will immediately be in…
August 26, 2021
Angle
Angle: Mount and closed guard are essentially inversions of each other (as far as…
June 15, 2021
Position AND submission?
Position AND submission? Usually we think of positional skills as distinct from…
June 12, 2021
Triangles – Making two good choices into one great choice
Triangles - Making two good choices into one great choice: Among the submission holds in…
October 18, 2020
Most times you have a juji gatame arm bar you also have a triangle available
Most times you have a juji gatame arm bar you also have a triangle available: The…
Triangles,Principles: Weight, Connection, Posture, Grips, Kuzushi...,Armbars
August 25, 2020
The path to powerful arm bars is through the head and shoulders
The path to powerful arm bars is through the head and shoulders: Ostensibly the juji…
August 25, 2020
My instructional video Arm bar
My instructional video Arm bar: Enter the System (Juji gatame) is featured on BJJ…
July 20, 2019
When working arm bars from underneath a strongly resisting opponent – get your hips pointing in the same direction your opponent is facing
When working arm bars from underneath a strongly resisting opponent - get your hips…
April 13, 2019
Building a devastating arm bar
Building a devastating arm bar: I always encourage my students to focus hard on the…