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Range and Distance in Guard

December 14, 2019 by Stephan Kesting

Long range to close range guard in BJJ

There's just something about jiu-jitsu that leads to a proliferation of styles of guard.  From Z Guard to X Guard and from Spider Guard to Half Butterfly there are many, many different forms of closed, open and half guard, and new variations pop up all the time. How do you know which type of guard to use when? The Concept of Range in the Guard There's an organising principle that brings order … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: 50/50 Guard, Butterfly Guard, Closed Guard, Concepts, de la Riva Guard, Deep Half Guard, Guard, Guard Retention, Open Guard, Reverse de la Riva guard, Rory Van Vliet, Video, X Guard, Z Guard

Cartwheels in BJJ and Submission Wrestling

January 31, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Wrestling cartwheel

So I saw something spectacular the other day... It was a clip from a wrestling match in which 125 lb Ronnie Bresser from Oregon State cartwheels himself over his opponent in a move called 'the Flying Squirrel' to get to a 15 point advantage and win the match by technical fall (thanks to "i like to wrassle" on reddit for giving me the proper name for it)! Here's the move: Of course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Cartwheel, Chokes, Drills, Guard Passes, Half Guard, Mark Mullen, No Gi, Omoplata, Video, Wrestling, Z Guard

A High Percentage Triangle Choke from Half Guard

November 2, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

half guard triangle choke - arm moved across

In this new video my friend, BJJ black belt and world champion Brandon ‘Wolverine’ Mullins shows how to set up and finish his favourite submission from the half guard. As you watch it pay attention not only to the details of the movement, but it's really the underlying pattern of bridging and shrimping that powers the whole technique. Breaking a technique down into its fundamental components … [Read more...]

Filed Under: android, apps, Grappling Techniques, iphone Tagged With: Android, Brandon Mullins, Fundamentals, Half Guard, iPhone, Submission, Techniques, Triangle Choke, Video, Z Guard

Podcast EP30: BJJ Q&A – Popular Reader Questions Answered

September 29, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

BJJ Podcast

I recently did the second-ever Grapplearts Radio Q&A format podcast.  In it I answered questions from my newsletter readers. In this particular podcast we cover many topics, including How to come back to BJJ training after an injury... and not lose your mind while you're rehabbing... Options for transitioning out of Z guard (and half guard in general) to open guard How to improve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Miscellaneous Tagged With: BJJ, Cardio, Conditioning, Drills, Guard, Guard Passes, Injuries, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Video, Z Guard

4 Tips to Pass ANY Guard

February 26, 2013 by Stephan Kesting

Passing the guard of a skilled opponent is one of the hardest things to do in BJJ. If you don't believe me, take a look at high level BJJ and submission grappling competition like the Mundials or ADCC. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: Butterfly Guard, Closed Guard, Deep Half Guard, Guard Passes, Half Guard, Open Guard, Spider Guard, Techniques, Video, Z Guard

A Fancy-Pants Z Guard Pass that Never Worked Until…

September 30, 2012 by Stephan Kesting

There's this one impressive, fancy-pants guard pass that I've seen in competition many times. It makes everybody go 'oooh' and 'aaaah', but despite its dramatic nature it's undeniably effective and has won a LOT of matches at the highest levels of competition. I tried to imitate this technique, of course, but it was always a complete disaster. I never managed to figure out exactly what these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques, Instructional Videos, Training Tagged With: Brandon Mullins, Cartwheel, Drills, Grapplearts DVDs, Guard Passes, Half Butterfly, iPhone, Techniques, Video, Z Guard

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