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Tight Hips? Try This Hip Mobility Sequence For BJJ

In this short video, BJJ Black Belt, Tom Barlow shares mobility sequence that will help you develop you hip mobility and as a result water-tight defences, an unpassable guard, and devastating passing.

If this sequence is too challenging to begin with or you want to spend work your mobility further, you can start by working through each part of the sequence individually. This could mean going through the individual sequences or spending a couple of minutes holding each positions in the stretch position.

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The Ladder Concept

Have you ever rolled with someone who seems to have a tractor-beam-like attachment to you? No matter what you do, you can’t keep their weight off you, and it feels like you’re slowly drowning in concrete.

Braulio basically does this to me every time we roll, and I can assure you it’s a terrible feeling. By feeling it so many times (and asking him), the concept behind how to become a human tractor beam is pretty simple and can be used by anyone.

I call it the Ladder concept and want to share it with you now.

A lot of people think about passing (or any technique) as a single technique, but it’s not. A better way to think about passing is that you have to win a series of small battles.

Each battle is a rung on the ladder that finally gets you to your goal.

If your opponent prevents you from climbing to the next rung of the ladder, you stay there until you break through their defences. And if they break from one of your attacks, you only want to fall one rung of the ladder rather than to the bottom.

To illustrate the ladder concept, I want to share a short clip from the Cradle Masterclass where I talked about this concept. Check out the video below to watch it now:

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Hide Your Legs

How many times have you been happily passing away only to have someone jump on one of your legs and try to rip it? My guess is probably a lot.

Since around 2015 and the rise of people like Eddie Cummings and the rest of the DDS, leg locking has become a staple of the modern game.

In fact, the leg lock game became so powerful, a lot of people got scared of passing. I even heard some crazy folks talking about passing being DEAD!

Obviously, passing isn’t dead, but it is essential you understand how to hide your legs or it might be the death of you.

Hiding your legs is actually pretty simple. All you need to do is make sure you knee and ankle stay on opposite sides of your partners leg (or hook).

This is something I discussed during the Cradle Masterclass, and as it’s much easier to understand visually then in writing and check out the clip below now:

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It Ain’t Over

You’ve probably heard the saying, “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over!” A couple of weeks ago, there was a perfect example of why this is so true for BJJ at the Pan Ams.

You might have heard about the match between Adam Wardzinski and Fellipe Andrew. It was a super exciting match, and up until the 90 seconds, Wardzinski was down by nine points.

Usually, nine points is a death sentence in a BJJ match, even more so against a high-level opponent like Fellipe Andrew. However, Wardzinski had different ideas…

With just 90 seconds on the clock, Wardzinski sweeps passed to mount and equalised the score. Then with just 2 seconds left, Wardzinski sets up a cross choke and scored the winning advantage.

A lot of people would see a nine point deficit against the guy who just beat you in the finals of the euros as insurmountable odds.

But this is a perfect example of why you should never give up in a competition. When I grow up, I hope to have the same resilience as Wardzinski.

Check out the match below as even knowing the outcome, it’s full packed full of some great Jiu Jitsu and Wardzinski’s come back is incredible.

The Cradle // No Gi Masterclass

From Saturday 1st April, Tom Barlow will be teaching a master class all about the Cradle. The Cradle is an amazing position that gives you incredible control over your partners movement. Even better, the cradle and can be used for takedowns, passing, and setting up submissions.

The 2 hour seminar will focus on understanding the cradle position and how to use it to control, takedown, and pass your opponents. The seminar is limited to 30 people.

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(No Gi Uniform Rules apply. All registrations are non-refundable.)