5 Spider Guard Submissions
The Spider Guard involves gripping an opponent’s wrists or sleeves, and placing at least one of your feet on at least one of your opponents arms. The ball of your foot should be placed against your opponents bicep. This will give you control over your opponents posture, and give you the…
Butterfly Guard To X Guard Transition
The X Guard is a form of guard where your entire body is positioned between your opponent’s legs. The X Guard allows you to efficiently trap and control the legs of your opponent to destabilize and sweep them. In this video, BJJ World Champion Leandro Issa demonstrates how to transition…
Counter Choke From Kimura
On the higher levels of BJJ, in order to secure a submission often requires a number of transitions. It is hard to finish an opponent with strong defense on your first attack. You have to be able to quickly move to a second, third, or even fourth attack. In this…
Deep Half Guard To X Guard Transition
The X Guard is a form of guard where your entire body is positioned between your opponent’s legs. The X Guard allows you to efficiently trap and control the legs of your opponent to destabilize and sweep them. In this video, BJJ No Gi World Champion Bruno Pucci demonstrates how…
Leg Attack From Top Position
From the top half guard position, your opponent will commonly have their attention focused on preventing the guard pass and trying to sweep you. You can use this moment of opportunity to attack with a leg lock. In this video, BJJ No Gi World Champion Bruno Pucci demonstrates a leg…
Knee Bar From Closed Guard
Leg locks are some of the most devastating submissions in BJJ. The knee bar is the quintessential leg lock submission, and it can be secured from both the top and bottom position. In this video, BJJ No-Gi World Champion Takeo Tani teaches a knee bar submission from the closed guard.
Knee Bar From Inverted Half Guard
In order to be effective from the top position, you must be able to attack for submissions from every position. The inverted half guard is a transition from the half guard. In this video, BJJ champion Marcos Ratinho teaches a knee bar from the inverted half guard.
Inverted Triangle Lock From Single Leg
On the higher levels of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu it becomes increasingly more difficult to secure a submission. In order to submit a higher level opponent often requires fluid transitions among a variety of submission attacks. In this video, you will learn a transition from the single leg takedown to the inverted…
Triangle Choke From Back Control
The triangle choke is a versatile submission hold that can be applied from many positions. It also combines well with other submissions such as the omoplata and arm bar. In this video, BJJ No Gi World Champion Bruno Pucci demonstrates an entry into the triangle choke from back control.
Omoplata Escape
The omoplata is a shoulder lock submission that is secured from the bottom position. Once the opponent has locked in the omoplata it can be very difficult to escape. However, there are a few escapes from the omoplata that every BJJ practitioner should know. In this video, BJJ World Champion…
Single Leg Takedown Defense – Take The Back
Takedown defense is an important skill for every BJJ practitioner to master. Unless you want to always fight off of your back, you need to be able to defend against an opponent’s takedown attempts. Takedown defense can also include smooth transitions into submission attacks. In this video, BJJ champion Marcos…
Triangle Choke From Side Control
The triangle choke is a versatile submission hold that can be applied from many positions. It also combines well with other submissions such as the omoplata and arm bar. In this video, BJJ World Champion Leandro Issa demonstrates an entry into the triangle choke from side control.
3 Reverse De La Riva Pass Variations
In this video, 2x BJJ World Champion Teco Shinzato from the EVOLVE fight Team demonstrates 3 reverse De La Riva pass variations.
Omoplata Sweep To Triangle Lock Armbar
The omoplata is a submission technique that uses the legs to trap the opponent’s arm in a shoulder lock. From the guard position, this technique works well in combination with other submissions, and can also be used to sweep. In this video, BJJ World Champion Zorobabel Moreira demonstrates an omoplata…
Flying Arm Bar
The armbar is one of the quintessential submission holds in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. A high level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner is able to attack for the armbar from a wide range of positions using a diverse range of setups. In this video, you will learn a spectacular flying armbar attack.
Omoplata Escape Variation
The omoplata is a shoulder lock submission that is secured from the bottom position. Once the opponent has locked in the omoplata it can be very difficult to escape. However, there are a few escapes from the omoplata that every BJJ practitioner should know. In this video, BJJ World Champion…
Counter Knee Bar Against De La Riva Guard
Standing over your opponent in the open guard position, you have a number of options available to you. You can work to pass the guard into the side control position or look for leg lock submission attacks. In this video, BJJ champion Marcos Ratinho teaches a knee bar to counter…
Tornado Guard Spin
The tornado guard can be described as a variety of inverted half guard positions. It is most commonly used as an unorthodox method for sweeping an opponent and setting up submissions for sport BJJ. In this video, BJJ World Champion Zorobabel Moreira demonstrates a tornado guard sweep to set up…
Tornado Sweep
The tornado guard can be described as a variety of inverted half guard positions. It is most commonly used as an unorthodox method for sweeping an opponent and setting up submissions for sport BJJ. In this video, BJJ World Champion Zorobabel Moreira demonstrates a tornado guard sweep.
Butterfly To Swambo Sweep
Attacking in combinations is an effective way to stay one or two moves ahead of your opponent, and is essential when grappling with more advanced martial artists. In this video, BJJ World Champion Zorobabel Moreira demonstrates a combination from the butterfly guard to the “sambo” sweep.
Leg Lock From Open Guard
The open guard is an excellent position from which you can work for sweeps and leg lock submissions. As your opponent works to pass your guard from the standing position, the legs are often left vulnerable to attacks. In this video, BJJ champion Gamal Hassan teaches a leg lock submission…
Calf Lock From De La Riva Guard
Leg locks are some of the most advanced submission attacks in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Generally, they are secured from the bottom position. In this video, you will learn a calf lock submission from the De La Riva guard.
5 Triangle Lock Variations
The triangle lock is one of the most effective submissions in BJJ. It is a very versatile submission that can be applied from a wide range of positions. In this video, BJJ champion Almiro Barros teaches five of his favourite variations on the triangle lock.
Knee Bar From Closed Guard
In order to be effective from the guard position, you must be able to attack for submissions from every position. From the closed guard you can use arm locks, chokes, and leg locks. In this video, BJJ World Champion Leandro Issa teaches a knee bar from closed guard.