The best sweeps to learn first when learning closed guard
Get on top, stay on top, and finish with a submission. Other than survive as best you can, no...
3 simple principles for improving your loop chokes
For the past several years, the loop choke has become one of the strongest attacks in my arsenal....
Threats that seem to appear out of nowhere
One of the things I've been working on, while the quarantine in effect, is additional methods of...
6 grip variations for underhook half guard and why to use them
I've been playing underhook half guard for many years, and one of the things that helped me have...
Ignore the positions, focus on comfort
At one of the first tournaments I've ever did as a black belt, I had an unexpected conversation....
How I prefer to do the cross choke from mount these days
Eons ago (or at least it seems so) I learned how to do the cross choke from mount. My memory might...
How Abmar Barbosa approaches the pendulum sweep
Today, I stumbled upon one of Abmar Barbosa's old closed guard instructionals. And in it, he has a...
An interesting series of micro battles in the single leg x
We're trapped. We're trapped. But one good thing that comes out of this quarantine is that it has...
When one threat easily leads to another
Ever since the loop choke clicked for me several years ago, I've been exploring different ways to...