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Pedro Sauer BJJ Brown Belt, Tony Rinaldi demonstrates a butterfly guard pass for the gi (although he says it will be fine no-gi too). Something to try out on the mats! The gi (or shorts) grab isn’t very clear and I’ll likely mess that up…but not before all the guillotines (a weakness of mine) I [...]

I couldn’t find any tutorial videos for the exact variation of the fireman’s carry that we did in BJJ class 162. All the videos I found were either a standing or kneeling variation, while I would describe the one we did as a “sliding, sitting” fireman carry. This blurry Spanish video is wrestling oriented, but [...]

Skipped BJJ class. I have a policy – if wounds sting after a shower – I’m not going to BJJ. I’m not risking infection with open wounds!! I did get to find this nice no-gi guard pass. A lot of useful tips in this video. Enjoy!

My incapacity to pass no gi lately is really bothering me. So I decided to go look for videos on no-gi guard passing. Here’s one I found Like many BJJ classes lately, this videos has a few of those “Aaha, that’s the trick!!” moments in them. It’s when you keep trying something and you’re not [...]

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Hmmm, somehow I missed a whole week of training… I’ll be back on the mats again! In the meantime, here’s Saulo on defending the back..enjoy!!

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Here’s the second technique we went through in BJJ Class 141.  Sorry, I haven’t decided what to name the new snowboard instructor just yet… Noob and Boarder both standing.  Boarder has a deep grip on Noob’s lapel. Boarder jumps up to pull guard.  Right leg first… …then the left leg just a split second behind, [...]

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