Nick Rodriguez is one of the fastest-rising talents the jiu-jitsu world has ever seen. After placing second place at the 2019 ADCC championships as a blue belt, Rodriguez has continued to compete and find success at the highest levels of the sport. Along with the notoriety that comes with a
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Top pound-for-pound no-gi grappler Gordon Ryan may be on an indefinite leave of absence from competition, but his instructional content isn’t going anywhere. So if you’re feeling stressed out by the recent news that the Danaher Death Squad was disbanding, cheer yourself up with a classic submission dilemma — a
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At UFC 264, Conor McGregor lost his rubber match with Dustin Poirier after suffering a gruesome leg break. But minutes before McGregor snapped his shin in half, he attacked a guillotine choke that proved to be a pivotal point in the fight. That guillotine — both McGregor’s attempt to apply
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Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is widely considered one of, if not the best lightweight MMA fighter of all time, and he did it all with a brutally crushing top game. The “smesh,” as it’s commonly known, led to victories over the likes of Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Rafael
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Garry Tonon is widely considered the most exciting grappler in all of jiu-jitsu. He is known for his high-paced, all-offense approach, but that doesn’t mean he’s lacking. A black belt under Tom DeBlass and a top Danaher Death Squad representative, Tonon is an expert leg locker. In the video below,
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In today’s jiu-jitsu, the De La Riva guard is everywhere. It is the starting point for popular techniques like the berimbolo and its a strong starting point for back takes, sweeps, and advanced leg entanglements. The De La Riva guard has evolved a great deal over the past few decades,
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Roger Gracie is widely considered the best jiu-jitsu player of all time — an opinion that’s even held by Gordon Ryan’s coach, John Danaher. So when he speaks, we listen. On a recent episode of the BJJ Fanatics podcast, Gracie touched on a number of technical topics ranging from the
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Gordon Ryan’s absence from competition doesn’t mean he’s been absent from teaching. Ryan’s recent instructional focuses on attacking from dominant top positions like side control and mount (“pins,” as he and his coach John Danaher call them). Check out the video below for a taste of this instructional, as Ryan
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John Danaher, arguably the best jiu-jitsu coach in the world, continues to pump out high quality instructionals. His most recent product focuses on the no-gi half guard — how to sweep, how to submit, and how to transition to other attacking positions. In a recent video with Bernardo Faria as
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Pedigo Submission Fighting (AKA Daisy Fresh) black belt Andrew Wiltse is rapidly becoming one of the best guard passers in the elite competition scene. Known for his “buzzsaw” guard passing in both the gi and no-gi, Wiltse specializes in relentlessly working his way through the guard, moving side to side
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