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Bernardo Faria is a four-time IBJJF World Champion and has won numerous other IBJJF tournaments at both Heavyweight, Super-Heavyweight and in the Absolute division. He’s also the proud co-owner of the world’s most popular BJJ Instructional site, BJJ Fanatics, and he often shares his insights into the world of BJJ
Read moreRobert Drysdale is a fourth degree BJJ black belt and one of the greatest American grapplers of his generation. He has medalled at the IBJJF World Championships several times, including taking gold back in 2005, and then winning the ADCC World Championships in the Absolute division in 2007. These accolades,
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This article is the latest in a series on BJJ Fundamentals, looking into the clinch. For the rest of the series, click here. The third topic in our multi part series on fundamentals in jujitsu is how to effectively use the hands and arms to gain dominant position and then
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This article is the latest in a series on BJJ Fundamentals, delving into the standing game. For the rest of the series, click here. *in this discussion “wrestling” is an umbrella term for all styles such folkstyle or Greco-Roman etc. Enough With The Butt-Scooting The latest in our multi-sectional study
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Kit Dale is well known as the funniest grappler in Australia (Sorry Craig) but he’s also running an instructional site to spread his training methodology. It’s one of the first things you’ll find out when searching for information on Kit Dale, the man does not believe in what most people
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In any art, whether ballet, cooking, drawing/painting, carving, BJJ or any martial arts (just to name a few), proof of knowledge of the basics, and the learning of fundamentals is paramount before a student can be considered for entry into deeper levels of the art. This is different than a
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The IBJJF is undoubtedly the biggest BJJ organisation on the planet and despite many promotions putting on “World Championships”, the IBJJF World Championships are widely regarded as the truest form of that phrase. It’s strange then, that the IBJJF flatly outlaws reaping the knee at all belt levels. The IBJJF
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Rolling vs drilling is one of the most consistent debates in modern BJJ. How BJJ Works defines rolling as, “an all-encompassing term for sparring or drilling at varying degrees of intensity.” In case you didn’t know, drilling is where you go over a move. In most classes, the time spent
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No matter when you start BJJ, No one has the same expectations. Some have trained something else before, like wrestling or Judo. There are those who are combat sports fans or have done their research ahead of time. And some have no idea what they’re walking into. When I started
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My name is Josh ‘Kintanon’ Wentworth, I am a 4 stripe brown belt who has been training BJJ for 13 years as well as 10 years of Taekwondo and 2 years of wrestling and I recently built a gym from scratch. After 25 years of dreaming about running a martial
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