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The Four Variations of the BJJ Technical Standup

April 20, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

Four variations of the BJJ technical standup

The technical standup is an absolutely essential movement in BJJ.  It's used to get back to your feet in self defense and MMA, but also for finishing guard sweeps, defending against guard sweeps, guard retention, and a thousand other applications. Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins, a BJJ black belt world champion, breaks the technical standup into four different variations... The Full Technical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Self Defense, Training Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Drills, Fundamentals, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Solo Drills, Technical Standup, Video

Sweeping an Opponent Who Has One Knee Up In Your Guard

September 21, 2021 by Stephan Kesting

one knee up in guard

Having problems attacking an opponent who's basing with one knee up in your guard? Even if he's adopted this defensive posture you can definitely still attack him with the double shin sweep from butterfly guard. This is a very powerful sweep that has been proven in many high level jiu-jitsu competitions! In this attack you insert yourself deep under his center of gravity, lift one of his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: BJJ, Brandon Mullins, Butterfly Guard, Guard Sweeps, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Techniques, Video

Taking the Back from the Ball and Chain Sweep in de la Riva Guard

November 18, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

How to take the back from the de la Riva guard position

Over the past few months on this blog I've been sharing a lot of de la Riva guard material. This series has been centered around the Ball and Chain Sweep which is one of the keystone de la Riva attacks that has been used by a lot of top BJJ competitors including Otavio Souza,  Pe de Pano, and Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins. In case you haven't seen it before here's a quick reminder of what the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Ball and Chain Sweep, Brandon Mullins, de la Riva Guard, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Rear Mount, Techniques, Turtle Position, Video

How to Connect Your Sweeps and Guard Passes in Order to Dominate More Opponents on the Mat

October 18, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Guard Sweeps That Lead Into Guard Passes

The concept of connecting your guard sweeps to your guard passes is incredibly useful.  Anytime you can use one technique to set up the next you have an advantage, yet many grapplers fail to follow up after a successful guard sweep. Let's go through both the theory and practice of this concept.  If you start trying to this then we can probably improve your grappling overnight... The Theory of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Ball and Chain Sweep, Brandon Mullins, Butterfly Guard, Concepts, de la Riva Guard, Guard Passes, Guard Sweeps, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Pressure Passing, Techniques, Video

Why You Need the de la Riva Guard

October 10, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

A podcast about using and training thede la Riva guard

In this latest episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk with BJJ black belt world champion Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins about why you need to have a long range guard, how to build a de la Riva guard game, and finding a way to win no matter what the situation is! Why You Need the de la Riva Guard, in Youtube Format Here's the video of this chat from my main Youtube channel... Why You Need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews, Podcasts, Training Tagged With: Ball and Chain Sweep, Brandon Mullins, de la Riva Guard, Interviews, No Gi de la Riva Guard, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Video

The Fundamental Movements of BJJ and their Advanced Applications

October 2, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ Fundamentals and their Advanced Applications

If you've ever gone to a single BJJ class then you've probably done some kind of warmup that included shrimping, bridging, rolls and other fundamental movements. Some of these movements were probably connected to techniques. The shrimping motion might have been connected to one method of escaping side control, the bridge might have been connected to a mount escape, and so on... But what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts, Training Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Bridge, Fundamentals, Interviews, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Rolling, Shrimping, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training Schedule

Butterfly Guard to X Guard Standup Sweep

September 30, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Butterfly Guard to Technical Standup Sweep

There's one particular guard sweep that I've hit more times than than any other in the last 10 years. When I start setting up this technique I always feel happy and confident because I know the odds of finishing it are very high. What's the name of this technique? It's the X guard standup sweep starting from butterfly guard, and it's one of the most powerful sweeping moves in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Butterfly Guard, Guard Sweeps, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Technical Standup, Techniques, Video, X Guard

A Secret That Makes Passing the Guard MUCH Easier!

September 24, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

The Margarida Pass, broken down by Brandon Wolverine Mullins

Passing the guard is one of the most difficult things to do in all of grappling. Against anyone who is even close to your own skill level it can be a real battle! But there's one simple thing you can do to make it MUCH easier. Ready?  Here's the secret... Begin your guard pass IMMEDIATELY after you sweep or throw your opponent! Don't sweep and then back out to reset your grips - it'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Collar Chokes, Guard Passes, Margarida Pass, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Techniques, Video

Your First Attack from Butterfly Guard

September 24, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Butterfly Guard Reversal, Step 5

The 'Butt Double" is a high percentage guard attack that's also a low risk way of guaging the distance, feeling out your opponent and setting up other attacks. It's called the "Butt Double" because a) you start sitting on your butt and b) you come up forward like you would in a double leg takdedown. You can use it anytime your opponent is backing up or drawing back from you in the open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Butterfly Guard, Guard Sweeps, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book, Techniques

Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu, the Number One Martial Arts Book on Amazon

September 21, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu is now the number one martial arts book on Amazon

I'm super stoked because I just found out that Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu is now the number one book in the Martial Arts AND the Wrestling category on Amazon.com!! And it seems to be creeping up the Exercise and Fitness section too. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT A COPY!! I appreciate your support immensely, because the risk to reward ratio of publishing a book is very high. Let me know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: BJJ, Brandon Mullins, de la Riva Guard, Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu Book

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