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There is nothing more frustrating in BJJ than to do all the hard work of getting to a dominant position only to have your partner escape immediately.
In this short video, BJJ black belt and Escapology BJJ head instructor, Tom Barlow shares a simple way to counter one of the most common escapes from mount; the hip escape.
You can watch the full 15+ minute video now at Escapology Online. Click the button below to learn more:
Despite leg locks being around as long as Jiu Jitsu, a lot of BJJ players find them scary. That’s understandable as being on the wrong end of a nasty leg lock can lead to very serious injury.
However, leg locks don’t have to be scary. In fact, like any submission, defending leg locks comes down to understanding the mechanics and what your partner is trying to achieve.
To help you get a better understanding of how to defend heel hooks, here is a great primer from Dennis Schindler.
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Grappling has been around for thousands of years. In that time, every way of possibly contorting an opponent will have been discovered.
As a result, I never say I invented anything. Instead, I prefer to think of rediscovering something that was lost or fallen out of fashion. This is exactly the case with the Sucuri.
The Sucuri is a submission / position I started using when my training partners got good at defending my attacks from the back. Unlike a lot submissions from the you don’t realised the danger until its too late and the damage is done.
The nice thing about the Sucuri is if your opponent does realise the danger, their way of defending will lead to either an arm bar or choke. Check out the video below to discover exactly what the Sucuri is and how you can use it to your advantage:
Warning: The Sucuri is a powerful submission when done correctly and puts a huge amount of pressure on your opponent. Please be careful when using it in practice as it can easily injury your training partner.
If you’d like to see the Sucuri in action, check out this breakdown of my first sub-only match
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In my humble opinion, there is one submission position above all others that is the most powerful. I know that’s a bold statement, but it’s true.
When you slap this position on your opponent, you have a plethora of submission options to choose from, but it’s insanely difficult to escape. Even better, this submission position works just as well in the Gi, No Gi, or MMA!
So what’s this wonderful position I’m talking about? Check out the video below to learn it now…
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I remember the first time I experienced the De La Riva Guard. The moment my train partner set in the De La Riva grips, I knew I was in trouble. My balance was weakened, my knee was buckling, and my posture was horribly broken.
Inevitably, he swept me moments later all while chuckling to himself. It felt like some sort of Jiu Jitsu magic. However, this was the early days of BJJ in the U.K. and closed guard and half guard where still considered cutting edge positions.
Over the years, the De La Riva guard has grown in popularity, and it’s now one of the most common guards in Jiu Jitsu. Go to any competition, and you’ll see white belts to black belts using it with varying degrees of success.
That’s because the De La Riva guard is simple to set up, and offers a huge variety of attacks.
The De La Riva guard is what Chelsea Leah taught during her recent seminar at my academy.
In case you don’t know who Chelsea is, here’s a quick bio: she’s a Black Belt under Andre Galvao, a Brown Belt World Champion, a Black Belt World, Pan Am, and European medalist, and she’s an instructor at the Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Here’s a video of her beating me and some of her training partners up:
As you can see, she has some serious Jiu Jitsu skills and she’s an excellent instructor. I want to share the whole seminar Chelsea taught with you now.
The first area Chelsea taught was how to control the De La Riva guard. After all, if you can’t control the position, you’ll struggle to apply any techniques effectively.
Here’s part one of Chelsea seminar. The section includes basic De La Riva Control, a recovery drill, and a simple sweep.
The Berimbolo has become one of the most recognised modern Jiu Jitsu techniques, not to mention a fantastic way to attack your opponent.
However, a lot of people struggle to learn the Berimbolo and give up on this technique.
Thankfully, there is a simple but very effective way to perform the Berimbolo. And don’t worry, it doesn’t require a lot of flexibility.
This simple way to set up the Berimbolo is what Chelsea shows in the second part of the seminar plus two ways to complete it.
As the Berimbolo has become more popular, people have gotten very good at understanding how to defending it. That’s why you need a backup plan if your opponent defends your new-found Berimbolo skills.
And when you can effortlessly combine your attacks and counters it becomes incredibly difficult for your opponents to defend.
In the third video from Chelsea’s seminar, you’ll discover how to use your opponents Berimbolo counter against them to either sweep or submit them.
The knee slide is an excellent pass to use against the De La Riva guard as it works against the week part of the position.
When you combine the knee slide with the Baseball Bat choke you can put your opponent in a position where they’re either forced to tap or give up the pass.
This is what Chelsea’s covered in the final part of her seminar. Check it out below.
While Chelsea was here she film two full-length instructionals. One on her Guard Passing strategies and one on her Guard Attacking strategies.
Both instructional’s are jam-packed with techniques and concepts that will improve your Jiu Jitsu. Here’s what Chelsea covers:
In total, the instructional runs for around 40 minutes and each technique is shown from multiple angles.
This instructional runs for around 40 minutes and each technique is shown from multiple angles.
Like I said, both instructionals are packed with information and could easily sell for between $77-97. However, you don’t have to pay that… for a limited time you can get Chelsea’s instructionals for only
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