Fight Video

In a street fight, there is probably almost nothing more common for your opponent to do (besides throw haymakers) than to try to get you in a headlock.  Here is how to turn that scenario to your advantage.  This particular video isn’t flawless in terms of form for this technique, but it’ll get you there.  [...]

Until the devastating body slam that ends it, this is a pretty run of the mill street fight, although the star here seems to outmatch his opponent (who started the fight).  Good to see some basic self-defense moves coming in handy, and boy did this headlock defense/body slam work wonders. Please give this fight video [...]

In this video, Cesar Gracie shows a body triangle defense.  There are few positions more demoralizing than the body triangle.  I remember the first time a tall opponent put me in one, before it was en vogue.  It just made the most sense to him, physically, and boy could I not figure a way out [...]

You probably shouldn’t have let your opponent get both arms in to begin this pass, but the “double leg stack-up” guard pass is possible to prevent, as illustrated here by Jay Bell (Marco DeLima Black Belt, and creator of Submissions Inc.), and can even segue into a finish for you. Instruction begins immediately. Please give [...]