With just 15 minutes a day, you can become dangerous with any Brazilian jiu jitsu technique in under a year. Unfortunately, most new grapplers ignore this rule and waste years of their time before they become competent. Here’s the story. Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong titled his...

Breaking Down Lesnar’s and Couture’s Win: Details of the Head and Arm Choke The last two UFC’s have seen two powerful wrestlers finish with the head and arm choke. Brock Lesnar took out Shane Carwin with it at UFC 117. More recently, Randy Couture employed it at UFC 118 in...

Is it difficult for you to finish submissions from side mount? Do you have trouble holding side mount when you get there? If so, you may be ignoring a crucial aspect of side mount control. I call it the “Ping” effect. Here’s the backstory: During class this morning, a blue...

How to Beat the Bully Bench Press Do big guys ever toss you off like a rag doll when you get top side mount control? I call this the bully bench press, and it’s a favorite technique strong guys use to muscle around opponents. If you don’t know how to handle this, it’s...

Triangle Choke Mistakes – Overlooking The Heel Indicator I’ve got a little trick here that lets you know – for certain – if your triangle choke is going to be tight enough to finish before you sink it in. It’s called the heel indicator. Why an indicator? Because an indicator...

Why Leverage is NOT better than strength By Rob Gramer If you think Brazilian jiu jitsu is all about leverage…AND…that you shouldn’t use strength, then you are missing out on a HUGE invisible element of BJJ. Here’s the story… Way back in the day, the geeky scientist...

How the Butterfly Effect can Destroy (or Supercharge!) your BJJ Game BY bjjmemoir BJJ MEMOIR JULY 21, 2010 I recently had a painful realization. I should probably have my bjj black belt by now. In fact, if I knew what I’m about to share with you in this article when I first started…I...

Lesson from Dream 15: Side Mount Escapes and the Power of the “Rule of Three” I relearned a valuable lesson about escaping being pinned from side mount while watching lightweight champion Shinya Aoki rip Tatsuya Kawajiri’s ankle off at Dream 15 this past weekend. Yeah, I know...

5 Tips to Supercharge Your Side Mount Game If you want to open up a world of side mount control submissions and pin guys with ease, then check this out. When I first started jiu jitsu I spent a lot of time on top. Why? Because I’m a big/strong/fast guy and almost everyone else was...