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Top 5 Half Guard Videos for the Modern BJJ Practitioner

Next to the closed guard, the half guard is one of the most widely used guards in BJJ. When implemented properly, you can sweep, submit and take the back of...

6 Top Selling Modern Jiujitsu DVDs

6 Top Selling Modern Jiujitsu DVDs

What is modern Jiujitsu? Stated simply, it's all a combination of movements and guards that weren't commonly seen until recent years. The beauty of Jiujitsu is that it's constantly evolving....

BJJ Tournament Tips From Seasoned Referees and White Belts

BJJ Tournament Tips From Seasoned Referees and White Belts

Everyone has to start somewhere when they are wanting to compete, so once you have honed your skills as best you can and have your white belt safely secured, the...

This Week in BJJ Episode 95 with Cesar Gracie black belt, Jason Manly

Budo Jake welcomes Cesar Gracie black belt, Jason Manly to the studio this week. Jason is focuses his efforts on teaching and training MMA in the Orange County area. In...

TWIBJJ 91 with Tyler Bishop & Sarah Black!

On today's episode of This Week in BJJ: Respect 2 Live PPV on Oct 17th! 16 superfights including Gianni Grippo vs Jeff Curran and Megaton vs Chris Haueter! Watch live...

TWIBJJ 87 with Red Belt Flavio Behring

Today's episode of This Week in BJJ is a very special one! This marks my first interview with a BJJ red belt. Flavio has been training for almost 70 years!...

TWIBJJ 86 with Atos Black Belt Tim Sledd

Topics on today's show are: A recap of EBI 4. The replay is available right here until the end of the month. ADCC 2015 will be streaming live from Brazil...

TWIBJJ 85 with Geo Martinez

Today's guest on This Week in BJJ is 10th Planet Black Belt Geo Martinez. Geo has been hitting the competitions hard in the past couple of years winning EBI 1,...

TWIBJJ #84 with Dave Kama

On today's episode of TWIBJJ, my guest is Dave Kama who runs Kama Jiu-jitsu in Laguna Niguel, CA. He's one of Rickson Gracie's first black belts in the US and...

TWIBJJ #83 with Chelsea Leah

On TWIBJJ #83 I had a chance to get to know Chelsea Leah who is an instructor at the AOJ academy in Costa Mesa, CA. She will be competing at...

TWIBJJ #82 with Keith Owen

On today's episode of This Week in BJJ I go over: Latest update on the 5 Grappling Super League (Aug 2nd) EBI 4 (Aug 15th) New Product: Loop Choke by...

This Week in BJJ #81 with Justin "Juggs" Dee

On this episode of This Week in BJJ I go over: Caulicure: The only way to bring your ears back to their natural beauty! Five Grappling's latest announcements regarding their...

TWIBJJ #80 with Yuki Nakai

Yuki Nakai is a guy that I've admired for a long time. Not only is he a Kosen Judo and BJJ black belt, he's a fearless warrior who went against...

Five Grappling Super League update July 2nd 2015

3 Announcements this week for the Five Grappling Super League. In the mens division we welcome Murilo Santana. Murilo joins Hector Lombard, James Puopulo, Yuri Simoes and Joao Assis. That...

Five Grappling Super League update 6.23.15

Two new athletes have been added to the Five Grappling Super League. This week we welcome Checkmat black belt Karen Antunes in the women's gi bracket as well as Judo...

Rolled up Episode 45 with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro plus bonus techniques

Rolled up episode 45 with the Ribeiro Brothers If you're a practitioner of BJJ and you find yourself in San Diego, there are a plethora of gyms from which to choose...