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Probably the single most common requests I’ve received over the years are about escaping

Here’s a common frustration from side control bottom you may relate to… Your opponent is giving you a heaping helping of shoulder pressure with their crossface, but you manage to get your far arm into an underhook position. Yes, in most cases that underhook is the superior lever to use from side bottom. It’s mechanically […]

I got this message from one of my online students asking about the next best topic to study: Bottom line: positional defense and escapes are obviously a massive part of the game, and prioritizing learning them over learning submission defense would almost always provide more instant gratification… BUT from a long term perspective, there is […]

Some submission defense nuggets… How to solve complex problems through application of first principles.

I wanted to give you a couple insights from my First Principles Open Guard

Like some of you, I spent the majority of last weekend (Fri-Sun) watching ADCC

Here are some images from my 5th annual seminar at Combat Fitness in Boise,

In this video I speak broadly about how to overcome common mental obstacles in

No one likes to be injured. And if you’ve followed me for a long

In this next video below, I share another clip from my “Smear Campaign” section at the SBG International Spring 2022 training camp, where I had the privilege of taking about 160-170 practitioners from white belt to high level competitive black belts through the theory and application of how to make cross body Americanas and straight […]

Most BJJ students learn the same “basic” arm locks from side control within their

First Principles Escapes: Back Mount The conventional wisdom I see a lot of today maintains that when an opponent is controlling you in back mount, your hands should be busy fighting off chokes while you “unwind” the position in this order… Hand fight as you: 1. Free your legs2. Rotate your hips3. Then get your […]

Phenomenal job by the SBG East Coast team yesterday at Grappling Industries! ⁣⁣In the

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