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…

3 Deep Half Guard Passes

The deep half guard is performed by holding one of your opponent’s legs with your two legs while he’s on top of you and trying to pass your guard. It’s a popular position because the deep half guard player has the ability to perform a multitude of sweeps, submissions, and…

3 Butterfly Guard Passes

The butterfly guard entails the guard player placing their feet between the opponents legs and hooking the inside of the legs with their feet. With these hooks the guard player can try to disrupt the base of the guard player, and look for a variety of sweeps and submissions. In this…

3 Omoplata Variations

The omoplata is a technique in which the attacking student’s legs and hips are used to extend an opponent’s shoulder joint past its normal range of motion. In this video 2x BJJ World Champion Teco Shinzato from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 3 variations of the omoplata submission.

3 Ways To Sweep From Worm Guard

The worm guard involves taking an opponent’s lapel and wrapping it around your own shin, then passing it underneath the leg of your opponent. Your foot will be placed on your opponent’s hip. This creates leverage and allows you to control your opponents movement, and opens up opportunities to sweep.…

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.

3 Lapel Chokes From Full Guard

In this video BJJ Champion Fabio Da Mata from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 3 ways to choke an opponent from full guard utilizing their own lapel.

3 Knee Bars From Half Guard

The purpose of a knee bar is to hyperextend the knee. This is accomplished by trapping your opponent’s leg in between your legs, and securing it with your arms so that your opponent’s kneecap is pointing towards your body. You then apply pressure with your hips to hyperextend the knee. In this video, BJJ…

3 Armbar Escapes

BJJ World Championship Silver Medalist Almiro Barros from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 3 ways to escape from an armbar.

3 Side Control Escapes

Side control is one of the most dominant positions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). It’s also one of the worst positions to be in when you’re on the bottom. If you find yourself on the bottom you will want to get out of there as quickly as possible. In this video, BJJ…

5 Submissions From Half Guard

In this video, BJJ Champion Valdir Rodrigues from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 submissions from half guard.

How To Do A Heel Hook

The heel hook is one of the most dangerous submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is widely utilized in competition no-gi BJJ. It is done by controlling the hip/knee, as well as the foot. This move applies torque to the ankle, and can result in serious ligament and joint damage if…

How To Do A Kimura From The Mount

In this video, BJJ World Championship Silver Medalist Thaigo Kozama from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates how to do a kimura from the mount position.

5 Solo Guard Recovery Drills

Keeping an opponent inside your guard limits their offensive capability, and prevents them from advancing to a more dominant position. Meanwhile you can look for opportunities to sweep or submit them. In this video, BJJ World Champion Silver Medalist Almiro Barros from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 solo guard…

3 Butterfly Guard Leg Smash Passes

The butterfly guard is a commonly used defense in which the bottom guard player uses his feet as hooks on the inside of his opponents legs in an effort to disrupt his base and balance. In this video, BJJ Champion Gamal Hassan from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 3 butterfly…

4 Arm Locks From The Turtle Position

The turtle position is common defensive position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In this video, BJJ World Champion Jucimar Eller from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 4 different ways to submit an opponent with an arm lock from this position.

3 Back Takes From Bottom Half Guard

In this video, BJJ Champion Valdir Rodrigues from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 3 different ways to take an opponents back from the bottom half guard position.

5 Submissions From Side Control Using The Lapel

Multiple-time BJJ World Champion Abraao Falcao from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 submissions from side control using the lapel.

5 Sweeps From Worm Guard

The worm guard is one of modern Jiu-Jitsu’s most popular positions. It involves utilizing an opponents lapel and wrapping it around your own shin. In this video, BJJ Champion Valdir Rodrigues from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 sweeps from from worm guard.

5 Solo Warm Up Drills For Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

BJJ Champion Fabio Da Mata from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 drills that you can do alone to warm up and increase your agility for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

5 Chokes From Turtle Position

BJJ Champion Fabio Di Mata from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 different chokes from turtle position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

3 Back Takes From Closed Guard

BJJ Champion Vitor Ribeiro from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates how to take an opponents back from the closed guard position.

5 Takedown Counters

BJJ Champion Valdir Rodrigues from the EVOLVE Fight Team demonstrates 5 ways to defend and counter a takedown.

5 Submissions From The Mount

The mount is one of the most dominant positions in MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, second only to the rear mount. Full mount involves sitting on an opponent’s chest, with the knees pinched against their sides. One advantage of full mount is the ability of the person in the top position to…