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June 16, 2024 by Stephan Kesting

Perseverance, on Amazon

After 4 years of writing my book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic is now available for pre-order. This is an adventure story about my 1,000-mile solo trip from the boreal forest to the windswept tundra of the Arctic after a life-saving kidney transplant. Bears, forest fires, rapids, storms... it all happened on that trip. Early reviewers have been unanimous in their praise … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instructional Videos, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Books, Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Perseverance Book, Stephan Kesting, Video

Don’t be that Peaked-in-High-School Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner

March 27, 2024 by Stephan Kesting

Omoplata and the Dynamic Guard vs Omoplata 2.0

I don’t think we can deny that jiu-jitsu is evolving really fast. Whether it’s the false reap, the buggy choke, the Aoki lock, the berimbolo, the roadhouse choke, or the upside-down-inside-out-caterpillar guard, new techniques and strategies are popping up all the time. Even if you don’t want (or can’t) learn the berimbolo (or whatever) shouldn’t you at least know how to counter it? So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, History, Omoplata

New Product – Cutting Edge Leglocks!

March 30, 2023 by Stephan Kesting

Cutting Edge Leglocks

Leglocks have changed the grappling game forever, and leglock attacks have never been more effective! But this area of jiu-jitsu is evolving FAST. In the last 5 years, a TON of new techniques, tactics, strategies and counters have been developed. So most grapplers need a bit of help to keep up with the times and avoid being left behind. Help is on the way... In our BRAND NEW, JUST … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos Tagged With: Cutting Edge Leglocks, Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Leglocks, No Gi, Rob Biernacki

Podcast Episode 116 – To Pull Guard in BJJ Competition, or Not?

December 9, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Should you pull guard in BJJ competition or fight doggedly for the takedown.  You'll get some answers to this perennial question in my  conversation about pulling guard with BJJ black belt Rob Biernacki. To hear this podcast episode in full, you have a couple of options. The first one is to just press play on the embedded player below - easy as 1, 2, 3! The second (and better!) option … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts, Training Tagged With: BJJ, Grapplearts, Interviews, Pulling Guard, Rob Biernacki, Stephan Kesting, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Don’t Concede the Initial Grip!!

March 11, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

Don't let the other guy get the first grip

When people are playing from the guard it's WAY too common that they just let their opponents get whatever grip they want. Once they've given the other guy the grips they're now on the defensive and have to fight out of whatever passing position they end up in. That's why the first thing you should do when you end up in the guard is to gripfight like crazy. Whoever dominates the grips is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Gi, Grapplearts, Gripfighting, No Gi, Rob Biernacki, Strategy

New Release: The Open Guard System featuring Jon Thomas!!

July 17, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

The Open Guard System with John Thomas

As of a few minutes ago The Open Guard System featuring Jon Thomas is now available! The whole idea of this instructional is to give you a connected set of plug-and-play systems for the open guard so that you'll always know how to stay safe, advance your position, and then sweep and submit your opponent. Systems are much more powerful than individual techniques because they link techniques … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Jon Thomas, Open Guard

Not Training Right Now? 50% Off All Instructionals

March 31, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

So everyone's all cooped up and it sucks. We want to train but we can't. Thank you Covid-19 :( But by staying inside, by not mingling freely, we're literally saving lives (including those of the nurses and doctors all across your country who could soon be dealing with New York style numbers soon). To help people with their quarantine I've recently given away more than 10,000 instructionals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Covid 19, Grapplearts, Grapplearts BJJ Master App, Grapplearts DVDs

Stephan Kesting and Grapplearts Free Instructional Giveaway

March 18, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Grapplearts Online Instructionals

Hey guys, I'm super-concerned about the coronavirus AND the effect of the coronavirus on the art of BJJ. There's just no better way to transmit this friggin virus that rolling around on the ground with other people, so we have to stop training and quarantine for a while. View this post on Instagram THANK YOU to everyone who had taken a leadership position in this crisis and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Miscellaneous, Training Tagged With: Covid 19, Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs

No Gi Leglocks in App Format for Apple and Android

March 2, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

How to Get No Gi Leglocks Onto Your Phone in App Format

BRAND NEW INSTRUCTIONAL!! People have been asking me if they can get the bestseller instructional No Gi Leglocks with Oliver Taza in app form, and the answer is now YES! In No Gi Leglocks Oliver Taza shares the innermost details of his leglocking system honed sparring the monsters of the Danaher Death Squad and competing against the best grapplers in the world. I worked with him one-on-one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instructional Videos, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Android, Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Heel Hook, iOS, Leglocks, Oliver Taza

Announcing No Gi Leglocks with Oliver Taza!

March 2, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Attacking from a leg entanglement

Some super-exciting news for you... Today I've just released No Gi Leglocks featuring Oliver Taza! Oliver is a phenomenal grappler. He trains with the Danaher Death Squad in NYC and with Firas Zahabi (Georges St Pierre's trainer) at Tristar in Montreal. Oliver has used his DEEP knowledge of leglocks to amass wins at Polaris, Metamoris, the ADCC Trials, the No Gi Worlds, and many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos Tagged With: Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Heel Hook, Leglocks, Oliver Taza, Strategy, Techniques, Unorthodox Strategies

The Guard Retention Formula in iOS and Android App Form

February 3, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

People have been asking me if they can get the bestseller instructional The Guard Retention Formula with Rory Van Vliet and Stephan Kesting in app form, and the answer is now YES! This instructional is a step-by-step system for frustrating and shutting down your opponent's guard pass attempts. Once you have a strong defense you'll find that your confidence in your own guard attacks- both sweeps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Android, Grapplearts, Grapplearts DVDs, Guard Retention, iOS, Rory Van Vliet

The Ultimate Lapel Guard

January 24, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Lapel Guard

It's 2020, and the game has evolved. If you don't add this lapel variation to your game IMMEDIATELY then you're destined to be left irretrievably behind, choking on the dust cloud of the sport. Check it out... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeRn8mPAmeI All kidding aside, I've got something important to tell you about... How to Develop an Impassable Guard To help you make your guard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques, Miscellaneous, Training Tagged With: Gi, Grapplearts, Grapplearts Gi, Guard Retention, Lapel Drag, Techniques, Video

3 Huge But Easy-to-Fix Kimura Armlock Mistakes

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Here are 3 tweaks that you can implement immediately to make your Kimura armlock MUCH more effective right away! Add these modifications to your Kimura and you'll find that you tap out a LOT more people. The main mistakes and how to fix them are covered in detail in the video below, but here's the overview... Problem: losing control of the arm you are attacking.  Solutions: first choke … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Armlocks, BJJ, For Beginners, Grapplearts, Kimura, Techniques, Tips for Beginners, Video

The 2 Most Important Things For The Absolute BJJ Beginner

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Jiu-jitsu can be really confusing at first, but fortunately help is on the way! In the video below BJJ black belt Ritchie Yip shares the 2 most important things every white belt beginner should know.  https://youtu.be/oeXg51hrgqE   The Basic Positional Hierarchy of BJJ in App Form... For Free! Did you know that I have created an app for iPhone and Android phones and tablets that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: BJJ, Grapplearts, Ritchie Yip, Tips for Beginners, Video

The ‘Head Mount’ – A Secret Position to Pin a Squirmy Opponent Flat on his Back

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Don't you hate those super-squirmy guys? Even if you pass their guards they just shimmy their flexible gumby legs around and you're right back in guard where you started from. Here's one of my biggest tips on how how to shut down their game and pin them to the floor like a butterfly on a lepidopterist's museum display board! The central concept is to pike up and use what I call the ‘Head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: BJJ, Drills, Grapplearts, Guard Passes, Head mount, Solo Drills, Techniques, Video

“Jiu-Jitsu Nowadays Is Much More Effective”, Fabio Gurgel on Old vs Modern Jiu-Jitsu

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

In this clip of my epic talk with BJJ black belt legend Fabio Gurgel on The Strenuous Life Podcast he talks about whether old school or modern BJJ is more effective in competition, MMA, and in a real fight. He argues quite convincingly that new school jiu-jitsu is now MORE effective than it's ever been, that there are now MORE submissions in competition, and that reminiscing about the good old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: BJJ, Competition, Fabio Gurgel, Grapplearts, History, Interviews, Jiu-Jitsu, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Video

A Guard Passing Drill You Can Do At Home on a Heavy Bag

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

It's hard when you want to train but there aren't any bodies handy right at that moment. Here's how you can drill a guard pass called the kickpass (aka X pass) by yourself. This is a standing guard pass where you force your way into a loose half guard position and then use a dynamic backwards swinging kick to free your leg and come forward directly into a dominant position like knee … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Miscellaneous, Training Tagged With: BJJ, Conditioning, Drills, Grapplearts, Guard Passes, Solo Drills, Training, Video

Back Attacks 7: The Most Powerful Chokes from the Back Position

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Rob Biernacki with the highest percentage chokes you can use when you're on someone's back in rear mount. This is part 7 in a series on the so-called 'weak side' of the back we're releasing on Youtube and is a small part of the Back Control module of the BJJ Formula instructional. You can get The Back Attacks Formula (including the NEW weak side material) in several different ways... 1) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: BJJ, Chokes, Grapplearts, Rob Biernacki

Back Attacks 6: How to Transition to the Crucifix from Rear Mount

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

The crucifix is an absolutely terrible position to be caught in when you're doing BJJ, No Gi or MMA. Here's Rob Biernacki of BJJ Formula fame showing exactly how to apply the crucifix on your opponent!! This is part 6 in a series on the so-called 'weak side' of the back we're releasing on Youtube and is a small part of the Back Control module of the BJJ Formula instructional. You can get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: BJJ, Chokes, Crucifix Position, Grapplearts, Rear Mount, Rob Biernacki, Takedowns

Back Attacks 5: How to Switch to an Armbar Submission When You’re on the Back!

August 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Many people are surprised to learn that the straight armbar is a reliable, high-percentage, and super-powerful submission, from the back when you're grappling in BJJ, No Gi or MMA. Here's Rob Biernacki of BJJ Formula fame showing exactly how to do that. This is part 5 in a series on the so-called 'weak side' of the back we're releasing on Youtube and is a small part of the Back Control module … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Armbar, Chokes, Grapplearts, Submission, Techniques

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