Knockouts in BJJ – What happens when you don’t protect your rolling buddies

I don’t even know what happened. I had to have other people tell me what they saw and then piece the story together.
It was about 7 of us. We jogged, stretched, performed some calisthenics and then I decided that I would demonstrate some take-downs. I showed the guys a double-overhook outside leg trip, a version [...]

Sometimes it’s the Simple Things….

Recently, I have been analyzing a lot of videos to learn more intricate techniques. However, watching this clip of Marcelo Garcia reminded me that often simple techniques is all it takes to be dominant in BJJ. 
At the 42 second mark of the video he captures his student in a rudimentary wrist [...]

Working from Positions & a little bit of Boxing After BJJ (17)

I didn’t write up my last class, but that day Carlos had us work on the baseball bat choke and a couple of variations. I realized that the baseball choke is what Smiley has submitted me with a few times (and a random purple belt who came to class once). The subs were so quick [...]