Longtime BJJ black belt and well-known instructor Stephan Kesting has been an outspoken supporter of science throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Kesting has used his vast social media following to spread information about COVID-19 and the vaccine, encouraging his followers to be vaccinated against the virus. On Wednesday, September 15, Kesting
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Wildfires, bear attacks, thirteen hour paddling. Stephan Kesting spent his fiftieth birthday facing death in the Canadian Wilderness.
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Escaping side control is rarely easy. In most cases, the grappler escaping side control is happy with simply escaping back to guard. But what if the side control escape leads directly into a submission for the bottom player? That’s even better. Check out the video below from black belts Stephan
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We are in the midst of a deadly pandemic and asked to do two things when around others: Wear masks and social distance. But Jiu Jitsu requires that you do neither. This has led to divisive measures on how to handle training. Consequently, Jiu Jitsu has hit a massive speed bump. Grappling is
Read moreThe Omoplata is one of the most fundamental submissions taught in BJJ, but also one of the easiest to escape as rolling forwards is simple, very effective and the counter isn’t commonly known. In the above video, a frequent instructor at BJJ Globetrotters camps, Brandon Mullins, demonstrates the counter to
Read moreThe slam knockout is one of, if not the most gruesome way to finish an MMA fight and after nearly 27 years of putting on incredible fights, the UFC now has plenty of examples. It’s a common mistake made by BJJ competitors to assume that slamming your opponent either requires
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The BJJ Online Summit, an 8 day online grappling conference, has been announced for the week of 4/21. As far as we can tell, this is the first ever event of its kind. Undoubtedly, most grapplers are struggling with the pandemic’s effects on their training. Maybe they have tried some
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The BJJ community is itching to get back on to the mats to roll and practice some drills, but unless you have garage mats or/and a grappling dummy, it can be difficult to try and practice BJJ at home. There are numerous things you can do at home for BJJ,
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It can often be frustrating: you feel like you are killing it in sparring but you can’t seem to translate this success to the competition mats. So how can you prepare for competition to maximise your performance?
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