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The Answer to Your Jiu-Jitsu Problem is Out There

December 22, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

The answer to your jiu-jitsu problems is out there

So the other day in sparring I tried a variation of the berimbolo (an inverting backtake) that I don’t normally do. I was bigger, stronger, and much more experienced than the other guy. And all those stripes on my black belt should mean that techniques should work the first time I try them, right? Of course not. A black belt means that you're pretty good at some things but doesn't give you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Berimbolo, Techniques, Training

The Easiest Way to Do the Berimbolo

December 22, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

the easiest way to do the berimbolo

At the bottom of this post is a Youtube video I just created to show the easiest way to do the Berimbolo. Now if you're a Berimbolo aficionado then you've probably already scrolled down. But maybe you're on the fence about this move. Or maybe you don't even know what it is and why you should care about it. Well, give me a minute to put it into context for you... Over the last couple of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Berimbolo, Competition, de la Riva Guard, Drills, Guard Sweeps, Open Guard, Rear Mount, Techniques, Video

A Primer for Inversions in BJJ

March 29, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ Inversions

Inversions and going upside down have become part of mainstream jiu-jitsu. There are now many techniques where  you flip upside down temporarily to achieve your defensive or offensive goals Now can you train BJJ without ever inverting?  Absolutely! But can you compete at a high level without inverting?  Probably not. I think it's safe to say that every high level competitive blackbelt today … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Backwards Roll, Berimbolo, Brandon Mullins, Crab Ride, Drills, Guard Retention, Inverted Guard, Posture, Rob Biernacki, Rolling Backtake, Rory Van Vliet, Solo Drills, Video

A Powerful Heel Hook Leglock Escape

June 25, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Heel hook escape

Many grapplers treat leglocks as the black magic of jiu-jitsu. They fear leglocks and never use them.  Consequently never learn how to properly escape them either. The problem is that if you're doing any form of no gi grappling you will inevitably run into ankle locks, heel hooks, kneebars and toeholds - sticking your head in the sand like an ostrich and ignoring them is no longer an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Berimbolo, Escapes, Grapplearts DVDs, Heel Hook, Leglocks, Modern Jiu-Jitsu, No Gi

How To Do The Crab Ride in BJJ and No Gi Grappling

June 8, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

The BJJ Crab Ride

The Crab Ride is one of the hottest new positions in BJJ used by competitors like Rafa Mendes, Gianni Grippo, the Miyao brothers, Mikey Musumeci and more. It looks kind of like you're doing the butterfly guard on the back of your opponent's legs with your insteps behind his knees... except that you're upside down while doing it! The cool thing is that from that strange position there are a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Berimbolo, Crab Ride, de la Riva Guard, Inverted Guard, Rear Mount, Rolling Backtake, Strategy, Submission Grappling, Techniques, Video

Adding New Techniques to Your BJJ Game

February 21, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

de la Riva guard

I once posted a cool new technique by a famous jiu-jitsu fighter on the Grapplearts Facebook Page. Within the hour I got a text from a purple belt friend of mine who wanted me to show him how to do this technique and start using it. I said sure, but I also advocated caution... I told him that it was going to take a LOT more time to incorporate this particular BJJ technique in to his game. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Training Tagged With: Berimbolo, Open Guard, Teachers, Techniques, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Video

Which New Techniques Can You Learn the Fastest?

January 23, 2017 by Stephan Kesting

Which new BJJ techniques can you learn the fastest?

Note: The content in this article was drawn from a Youtube video and an audio podcast (Episode 042 on iTunes, Soundcloud, GooglePlay and Stitcher) on the same topic.  Check those out if you prefer your information in video or audio form! After a friend of mine saw a cool Rafa Mendes highlight video I had posted my Facebook page he announced that he wanted to add a berimbolo attack to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Berimbolo, de la Riva Guard, Rafael Mendes, Techniques, Video

The Miyao Brothers’ 5 Step BJJ Competition Strategy

January 4, 2017 by Stephan Kesting

by Jeff Meszaros Every now and then, someone comes along who takes a sport by storm and revolutionizes the game by playing it differently... The Gracies famously changed the world of martial arts by showing the importance of ground work. Wayne Gretzky changed hockey with his "go around the net" trick.  Mike Tyson dominated boxing by using a "peekaboo" style that hadn't been used like that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: Berimbolo, BJJ, Collar Chokes, Competition, de la Riva Guard, Gameplan, Gi, IBJJF, Joao Miyao, Miyao Brothers, Paulo Miyao, Rear Mount, Ricardo de la Riva, Strategy, Submission, Unorthodox Strategies, Video

Powerful Options and Variations for the Berimbolo

April 11, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

The Berimbolo is an incredibly powerful technique in modern BJJ. It's both a way of finalising a sweep and completely bypassing your opponent's guard with a single technique. Imagine not only being able to easily sweep your opponent from your open guard, but NOT having to fight your way past his guard.  Instead you directly teleport to a dominant, match-ending position such as mount or rear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos Tagged With: Android, Berimbolo, BJJ, Elliott Bayev, Grapplearts DVDs, Guard Sweeps, iPhone, Open Guard, Rear Mount, Spider Guard, Techniques, Video

Podcast EP23: Brandon ‘Wolverine’ Mullins on BJJ Training, Competition, Transitions and Evolution

September 27, 2014 by Stephan Kesting

I've got a super cool, super informative interview for you today! This is the first time in Grapplearts history that I’ve interviewed a person for a second time.  But boy, did my friend, BJJ black belt, and fierce competitor Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins ever deliver! (click here for the first interview). (Brandon and I originally worked together to create the highly acclaimed instructional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews Tagged With: Berimbolo, BJJ, Brandon Mullins, Competition, Draculino, Grapplearts DVDs, History, No Gi, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Worm Guard

Joao Miyao teaching the Ninja Armlock from Berimbolo

May 5, 2014 by Stephan Kesting

Here's some seriously advanced stuff for you: renowned black belt competitor Joao Miyao breaking down the Ninja Armlock from Berimbolo. In the exclusive Grapplearts Field Reports Video Miyao uses his bread and butter move - the Berimbolo sweep - from the leg lasso position to spin into an unexpected and hard to defend armbar. If you're completely new to the Berimbolo sweep then you might be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Armbar, Berimbolo, de la Riva Guard, Guard Sweeps, Joao Miyao, Miyao Brothers, Spider Guard, Submission, Techniques, Video

The 3 Steps of Berimbolo

November 30, 2013 by Stephan Kesting

Sometimes the best way to really understand something is to teach it. When it comes to jiu-jitsu, breaking a technique down into steps (not too many, not too few) and finding the best way to convey the underlying principles often helps clarify things in your mind. I've been doing a lot of this with the berimbolo sweep recently. For example, yesterday I was training with my friend Chad. He's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Berimbolo, Buchecha, de la Riva Guard, Gi, Guard Sweeps, Joao Miyao, Marcus Buchecha Almeida, Mendes Brothers, Miyao Brothers, No Gi, Open Guard, Paulo Miyao, Rear Mount, Reverse de la Riva guard, Rodolfo Viera, Single Leg X Guard, Techniques, Video

My Digital Reading List, May 23, 2013

May 23, 2013 by Stephan Kesting

I always say that this jiu-jitsu stuff is a marathon, not a sprint. Partially this is because it takes time to remodel your body so that it can do the things you want it to do. It's also because you need to find and incorporate hundreds of little tricks, tweaks and techniques that work with your body and your ever-evolving style on the mats. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conditioning, Grappling Techniques, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Berimbolo, Conditioning, Guard Sweeps, Inspiration, Keenan Cornelius

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