Marcelo Garcia is one of the most sought-after and respected Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructors in the world. In a recent video, Garcia shared his approach to defending leg locks. As with any other aspect of jiu-jitsu, Garcia starts with ensuring he is in a safe position. If he approaches a seated
Read moreRicardo Cavalcanti is a BJJ black belt under Carlson Gracie himself and with nearly 50 years of grappling experience, he has more knowledge of the sport than most people on the planet and he’s happy to share some of his most effective leglocks from Side Control. Cavalcanti is an important
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Lachlan Giles is renowned for the magic he can produce when it comes to leglocks and the Australian grappler has proven his phenomenal ability time and time again. He started to gain notoriety as a frequent competitor at No Gi events around the world and for being the coach of
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John Danaher, and I’m sure many others, have noticed a fundamental area of BJJ is being neglected by an increasing number of fans of the modern leglock revolution, guard passing. A lot of this is down to the thought process that being good at the leglock meta replaces the need
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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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Even though Dean Lister has been around for decades, I feel like I’m just now discovering him after watching his new leglock course on Gold BJJ Online. Not only did I love the material in his hour long class, but but the end of it I found myself pulling up
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