Sometime ago, I invested some time in watching tape, and I found one match in particular interesting. It was the latest in the Xande Ribeiro vs Felipe Pena mat battles, and it came down to a razor thin margin. In fact, no point were scored at all. But I was riveted because of the lessons …
Category: Concepts
This section is all about concepts that can be applied to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. If you understand the concept, you can create the methods.
Crossface ain’t shyt
A few days back, I yapped about how preventing the cross face used to be all the rage among half guard “aficionados”. That tactical choice stemmed from two things. First of all, they hated being crossfaced, and that’s completely understandable. Good guys can make that position absolutely horrible. (Feeling that shoulder grinding hard into your …
Handing out punishment in the tilt matrix
Sometimes, it astounds me how many people to still fall victim to my hip tilt trickery. Yes, yes I know that I make them react to the wrong thing, but still… sometimes it just seems like cheating. And there is sooo much that can be done off of that one threat too. For example, as …
In a bitter battle, the elbows clash against the knees
A few years back, Nic Gregoriades crossed the Atlantic and eventually found his way to Delaware to teach a seminar. If you don’t know, he received his black belt from the all time great, Roger Gracie, and he is the major creative force behind the Jiu-jitsu Brotherhood. I happen to like his style (its very …
A troof for the ages
Behold… One troof you’ve probably not heard anywhere near enough is that: Technique is only as good as the conditions that you drill in. Case in point: These days, even the best shrimp escape for side control isn’t enough to make me give up control. You ain’t getting back to closed guard that easy, son. …