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While it was once the most cutting edge guard in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), the X-Guard went through a temporary phase of obscurity as it was overlooked for some of the more dynamic open…

While it has experienced a recent uptick in its popularity, the front headlock is perhaps the most under-appreciated position in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling. Although the position’s origins can be found in…

There are few submissions as iconic in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) as the Triangle Choke. It is so widely utilized in the sport that you would be hard pressed to watch a day of BJJ competition…

If you’re like most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students, you’re probably looking for ways to take your BJJ game to the next level. When it comes to making your way through the BJJ ranks, nothing compares to…

Half guard is one of the first guards that a BJJ practitioner will master because it happens so often and it’s relatively easy to enter. There are also many variations of the half guard making…

The omoplata, which means scapula in Portuguese, is a highly effective Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ submission). Also called the ashi sankaku garami (leg triangle entanglement) in judo and the coil lock in catch wrestling, the omoplata…

The Kimura lock, which is also known as the double wristlock, chicken wing, and gyaku ude-garami, is a highly effective submission that has been successfully used in both BJJ and MMA competition. The Kimura works…