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How to Set Up Submissions So Your Opponent Gives You His Neck, Arm, or Leg on a Platter

January 8, 2023 by Stephan Kesting

How to Set Up Submissions

A reader of my free email newsletter recently had a question about how to become better at setting up his submissions.  The thing is, once you get past white belt, submissions don't just happen anymore. Chokes and joint locks need to be set up, which means taking your opponent out of alignment somehow and breaking his base, posture or structure.  Once his alignment is broken, it's 100 times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Training Tagged With: Armlocks, Heel Hook, Kimura, North-South Choke, Strategy, Submission, Techniques, Video

How To Do the North South Choke

December 30, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

How to do the north south choke

The north south choke is a powerful choke that you can apply from the top of sidemount or the north south position. This submission looks a bit like an upside-down guillotine choke but the mechanics of finishing the choke are quite different. Given that this technique works both with and without the gi I think everyone should experiment with it, at least enough to recognize when someone is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Chokes, Marcelo Garcia, North-South, North-South Choke, Techniques, Video

Submissions and Attacks from the North South Position

May 14, 2020 by Stephan Kesting

north south chokes, armlocks and attacks in bjj

The north south position is a variation of side control where you're lined up at roughly 180 degrees to your opponent; your head is pointing towards his feet and vice versa. If you're skilled at the north south position you can make life hell for your opponent, especially since many of his standard side control escapes won't work in this configuration. And it also opens up some very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Kimura, North-South, North-South Choke, Rear Mount, Rob Biernacki, Techniques, Video

The 6 Steps of a Good Submission

October 11, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Heel Hook Submission

Did you know that there's an actual physics and biomechanics-based procedure that'll definitely help you tap out many more people in BJJ? At a high level there's so much more more to getting a choke or an armlock than simply seeing an opportunity and jumping on it. That approach rarely works against good people. Instead it's about gradually manoeuvring your opponent into worse and worse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Podcasts, Training Tagged With: Anaconda Choke, Armbar, Baseball Choke, BJJ, Bow and Arrow Choke, Brabo choke, Chokes, Collar Chokes, Cutting Armbar, D'Arce Choke, Guillotine Choke, Head and Arm Choke, Interviews, Kimura, North-South Choke, Rear Naked Choke, Reverse Armbar, Rob Biernacki, Sleeve Choke, Submission, Submission Grappling, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Triangle Choke

The Step-by-Step North South Choke

December 6, 2017 by Stephan Kesting

The north south choke from sidemount

The North-South Choke is undeniably effective. Properly applied it's incredibly difficult for your opponent to escape before you put him to sleep.  And it's proven at the highest levels in both gi and no gi competition, which is why it's one of the 10 key tactics of many time world champion Marcelo Garcia. That being said, even after having been a black belt for many years I still have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: BJJ, Chokes, Mike Zenga, North-South, North-South Choke, Techniques, Video

10 Key Techniques and Tactics of Marcelo Garcia

November 17, 2016 by Stephan Kesting

The techniques and tactics of Marcelo Garcia

Marcelo Garcia is probably the most dominant jiu-jitsu athlete of the last 15 years. When he was competing he owned both the gi and the no gi divisions (4 x ADCC champion, 5 x Mundial World Champion).  As if that wasn't enough, his amazing performances in the absolute division against giants like Ricco Rodriguez have ensured his place in grappling history. It’s always a good idea to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Featured, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Arm Drag, Armbar, Butterfly Guard, Gameplan, Guillotine Choke, Inspiration, Marcelo Garcia, Marceloplata, North-South, North-South Choke, Rear Mount, Rear Naked Choke, Reverse Armbar, Single Leg X Guard, Strategy, Submission, Video, X Guard

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