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…

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Combining two moves into one

Combining two moves into one: One well applied jiu jitsu can be a real threat - when two…

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Isolation

Isolation: Whenever you go to attack an opponents arm or leg, the vast majority of his…

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Position AND submission

Position AND submission: In most cases we distinguish between positional moves and…

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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…

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Joint locks – take your time

Joint locks - take your time, Feel the relationship between joint, lever and fulcrum:…

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When you have one – you have the other

When you have one - you have the other: There are certain submissions where if you have…

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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…

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When you’ve got a choice…

When you’ve got a choice… Very often the scenario we find ourselves in presents a choice…

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When you control the head

When you control the head…An old cliche in grappling is that if you control the whole…

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One move – many variations

One move - many variations: When we begin Jiu jitsu we talk about a given move in the…

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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…

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Angle

Angle: Mount and closed guard are essentially inversions of each other (as far as…

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Position AND submission?

Position AND submission? Usually we think of positional skills as distinct from…

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Triangles – Making two good choices into one great choice

Triangles - Making two good choices into one great choice: Among the submission holds in…

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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…

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My instructional video Arm bar

My instructional video Arm bar: Enter the System (Juji gatame) is featured on BJJ…

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Building a devastating arm bar

Building a devastating arm bar: I always encourage my students to focus hard on the…

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