This video I overview the key aspects of a strong side control. I focus primarily on the key principle of using your chest weight to pin your opponents shoulders to the mat. Not only does this have a huge effect in side control but in all pinning positions in general strong chest pressure is so powerful.

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0:00 Intro
0:11 Leg Pinning
1:11 From The Leg Drag
2:05 Folding Pass
2:58 Folding Pass to Leg Drag
3:26 Knee Cut Pass
4:06 Crab Ride
4:43 Leg Drag Twister Hook
5:02 Sparring Narration

This video I breakdown the foundations of developing a berimbolo. There is so many different variations you can use I wanted to create a simple starting system anyone can use to start learning this sequence. In the future I will do a follow up video overviewing the crab ride and leg drag series as well.

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0:00 Intro
0:46 What is a Bolo
2:18 The Stomp Mechanic
4:17 Foot Stomp
5:02 Shin Clamp
7:22 Failed Bolo Position
8:03 Failed Bolo Position to Stomp
8:41 Failed Bolo Position to Foot Stomp
9:37 Full Bolo
12:33 Opposite Hip Grip Full Bolo
13:04 Early Far Leg Control
13:53 Dealing With Leg Pummel Late
14:29 Bolo When Opponent Turns In
15:36 Set Up DLR With Collar
19:08 Set Up DLR With Sleeve
19:41 Set DLR With Belt
20:42 Double Sleeve to Bolo
21:00 Collar Sleeve to Bolo
21:15 Bolo From Top of DLR
21:48 Bolo From Top of SLX
22:13 Stomp Bolo From Stack
22:45 Suggested Training to Develop Bolo
25:54 Promoting My Self

This video I go over the 5 biggest guard passing Mistakes. Passing the open guys is one of the hardest things in jiu jitsu because there is so many types of guard and body types. However there are some core principles that when you understand them make a huge difference in your ability to pass. Be sure to check out my passing play list for more specific systems for passing open guard positions.

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The Collar Sleeve Omoplata threat is one of the most foundational attacks in all of jiu jitsu. It’s very easy to establish collar sleeve control on your opponent and once you have those grip the omoplata threat will make your opponent expose so many other openings, DLR, Matrix, Triangle, and more. This video I show a simple system to apply this technique and include plenty of narrated sparring in the end to show it in action.

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0:00 Intro
0:24 Technique Breakdown
2:46 Sparring Narration

This video I go through in my opinion the most important pass to understand in jiu jitsu, the toreando pass. The toreando or bull fighter guard pass is so important because the first contact you will make with an opponent is dealing with their legs. Your ability to immediately attack allows you to control the pace of the match. I go through my system for understanding and attacking with this guard pass.

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This Video World Champion Sebastian Serpa shows one of his most effective systems for taking the back. Most people think of the X Guard as a purely sweeping position, but this system Sebastian used makes it so easy to take the back. The benefit is that if you have a really difficult opponent with a tough guard instead of having to pass after sweeping you can just end the match immediately by going to the back. We show his system as well as some of our favorite ways for setting up the single leg x position.

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This video I overview the Leg Drag control, often people think of the leg drag as just a guard pass, but its actually an extremely powerful control that can branch into so many other positions ( Back Takes, Crab Rides, Passes, Berimbolo ) Once you master this system its so easy to find it from everywhere and makes finishing the match super easy.

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Passing the open guard is one of the most difficult and frustrating things in BJJ. This video I show a basic system that can be used at every level. I focus on the principles of threatening passing the open guard before your opponent establishes grips. I discuss a game plan for how to approach every main position your opponent can be in. If you like this content be sure to check out my website as well for more organized content.

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This video I review the first youtube video I posted on this channel. Escaping side control is one the most important skills to have a good guard in gi or no gi. Often a few small details make a huge difference in your ability to escape this position. I go through the top 5 main mistakes people make in this video.

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This video I breakdown some sequences from my training over the last weeks. Learning by watching video was one of my main methods of improving through out my career. I find in this kinds of videos I’m able to give both broad and contextual advice in a fun way. Hope you like this format please comment and let me know what you would like to see in future videos. I cover Crab Ride, Matrix, Toreando, Knee Cuts and more in this video.

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This video I overview the idea of side tilting in guard. A lot of people play their guard flat on there back, and this can be very useful, but often playing on your side allows for many benefit. On your side it is easier to maintain distance, it is difficult for your opponent to flatten you to finish their pass, and you have a lot of momentum for setting up attacks. This can also make it easier to set up back takes, berimbolos, and matrix attacks.

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The cross collar grip is a very powerful control position from closed guard; here’s how to get it. This is an excerpt from https://www.grapplearts.com/closedguard The Closed Guard System, a step-by-step formula for developing a KILLER closed guard by Jon Thomas!

Make sure to check out Jon’s breakdown of how to finish the cross collar choke from this position too! That’s on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qByxp0TgNYM

Almost every submission requires you to be able to break your opponents posture. However this can be incredibly hard to do when you are fighting a strong opponent who constantly deadlifts. This video I go through my method for breaking down my opponents posture which allows me to start setting up submissions and sweeps.

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This video I go over the mechanics for finishing the matrix both for a more effective back take but also to prevent accidentally hurting your knee. Since the matrix has become a popular attack from guard I have seen quite a few people get injured attempting it, its important that if you go for this attack you have the right angles for your knee to prevent the injury.

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