Fight Video

The only thing better than passing the BJJ half guard is taking the back in the same moment, as shown here by Brazilian World Champion, Caio Terra.  For its instruction on shutting down the knee of the bottom-side half guard player alone, this video is excellent.  Another great nugget is Caio Terra’s use of leverage [...]

If you want to catch the triangle from guard, Ryan Hall might be one of the best teachers you can find.  This accomplished BJJ player is renowned for his guard and his triangle choke from guard (and almost everywhere else).  He also has a very smart approach to brazilian jiu jitsu, and that comes through [...]

This jiu jitsu sweep from guard is known as the “sit-up” or “bump” sweep.  The premise is super simple, but timing and set up are crucial.  Notice how when the narrator begins his jiu jitsu sweep from guard, his opponent’s weight first comes down, then he follows him as he sits back up.  Very high [...]

Breaking the legs and passing the closed guard in BJJ can be a challenge.  With the legs closed around your hips, your opponent has a lot of control over your balance, and has numerous guard attacks you’ll have to watch out for.  By breaking the legs and passing the closed guard, you change the game, [...]

The ankle pick is a seriously effective, extremely simple takedown, whether in wrestling, street or MMA application.  When you are in a typical MMA standing clinch, the foot seems miles away from your hands, but this video shows you how to set up the ankle pick on both sides for the takedown.  Watch carefully for [...]

Here are a couple of nice “duck under” clinch takedowns by Randy Couture – a far side duck under and a near side duck under.  These are based in wrestling, but are good moves in an MMA situation as well.  Clinch takedowns determine the rest of a real-life fight in most cases as well, insofar [...]

The One Inch Punch, made famous by Bruce Lee, is thoroughly explained and discussed in this documentary.  Many of us have long heard about the one inch punch, but hear some greats from within Wing Chun and Jeet Kun Do discuss and demonstrate it here. Documentary begins immediately. Please give this fight video a star [...]

This video series explains slowly, in detail, from the beginning, what the De La Riva guard is.  Hand and leg positioning are outlined for the viewer who is new to the De La Riva guard, and how to utilize this position to set up sweeps and submissions is covered in detail over the 2 videos [...]

This is a very thorough description of how to do two bjj guard sweeps (a flower sweep variation and the pendulum sweep) by Pedro Sauer brown belt, Bill Jones.  He is very specific about details that are crucial to making the sweeps work.  One of the best descriptions of these moves I’ve seen. To the [...]

Clinching in a fight, and being able to use good clinch techniques is key.  By closing the distance and clinching, we attach ourselves to our opponent, which helps when he is bigger than us, a better puncher and kicker, or a less skilled grappler.  Muay Thai elbows and knees from here are extremely effective, as [...]