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Kenneth Brown
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A deep half micro battle
Years ago, one of my training partners (a fellow player of the deep half gyard), made a catastrophic blunder and paid for it. Yup, he ended up getting cross choked to the edge of oblivion. Why? It’s because he lost the crucial micro battle for head position and angle in the position. He allowed his …
Snatching the underhook away from bottom side control
This whole week, I’ve been teaching classes exclusively focused on escaping from absolutely horrible positions on the bottom. And last night, I taught a defensive sequence that starts with stealing the underhook away even when the guy on top gives you almost no space at all. Most interesting thing about it? A concept. And it …
A small grip that made all the difference
A few months back, two high profile matches happened almost side by side. They weren’t at the same event, but the time between them was almost inconsequential. What was interesting about them though is that at one point the same exact situation occurred, but the outcome was totally different. Why? It’s because of one small …
A straight up ridiculous grip
Almost two years ago, I attended one of Renato Tavares’ seminars. And on that day, he brought a special guest. It was a guy whose name you probably won’t know. His name isn’t often written on the web, and he’s no darling of social media. (If you want to look him up though, his name …