In this video you’ll learn an easy and reliable escape you can use against the dreaded D’Arce choke. Thanks to Ritchie Yip for sharing his favourite D’Arce defence with us!

The butterfly guard is a very powerful position, but if you know what to do, then you can defend the sweep, smash the guard, and take the back. This technique from the Rolling Backtakes for Everyone instructional (https://www.grapplearts.com/rollingbacktakes) is one of my very favorite ways to do just that, and if I can do it as a 54-year-old man with a hip replacement, then you can do it too!

Knowing how to escape the back is critical if you don’t want to get choked silly in BJJ. Here Ritchie Yip shows how to do 3 of his favourite escapes…
00:09 Back Escape to the Underhook Side
00:59 Back Escape to the Overhook Side
02:12 Knee Pit Grip and Spin Back Escape

Check out Ritchie’s blog (https://www.infighting.ca/blog/) and Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/infightingmma) for more great technical jiu-jitsu breakdowns!

Here are some techniques and strategies you can use to keep on training and improving your BJJ skills even when you have a knee injury. Ritchie Yip is a BJJ black belt who runs Infighting MMA (https://www.infighting.ca) in Burnaby, BC, Canada. The three main techniques covered are as follows…
00:00 Introduction
02:16 The Biceps Push
03:49 The Triceps Push
05:35 Octopus Guard

Stephan Kesting shows the easiest way to learn the swinging Kimura backtake. Download his free BJJ checklist at https://www.grapplearts.com/book

The Kimura isn’t just a submission; it’s also a great big bloody handle you can use to manipulate your opponent’s body in space and to swing yourself around him. The swinging Kimura backtake is a showboat move but it is actually quite high percentage especially if you use the Kimura to tilt his body sideways towards the ground (which also prevents him from stepping over you and doing an armbar counter). Give it a try!

Here’s how to use positional drilling in your BJJ training to get really good at certain positions and techniques as fast as possible. Go to https://www.grapplearts.com/masterapp to grab my free app for BJJ with more than 457 minutes of free black belt techniques.

The grappling to boxing transition is a tough one, and many grapplers never do it correctly. Ritchie Yip from https://www.grapplearts.com/kickboxing breaks down the 5 biggest mistakes grapplers make when they add boxing to their BJJ

In this video Ritchie Yip and I share two different ways to debug the single leg x guard and make it more powerful instantly. Get single leg x guard sweeps and counters here: https://www.grapplearts.com/single-leg-x-guard-masterclass/

A relatively easy-to-learn throw that leads straight into a submission by Ritchie Yip. This Sumi-Gaeshi to kneebar combo comes from Sambo and works great! Get my best BJJ tips for free at https:/www.grapplearts.com/book

This is a drill that isolates the ‘dig’ aspect of the heel hook, i.e. getting your wrist and forearm into the correct position to correctly apply the heel hook. For a deep dive into leglocks check out my leglock plalist on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INJ1HhOaDRk&list=PLyknAhj6gPvKFRD0BzuLmGq1a6hklUfwy

How to counter the leg weave guard pass, and catch your opponent in an omoplata at the same time! Follow Ritchie at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJs7SzJiKO0HyR8MZQ-IPag

How to escape the crucifix is something you need to know if you’re doing BJJ, otherwise you’re going to get armlocked, choked, and maybe even neck cranked. In this video Ritchie Yip shows you several different crucifix variations and a step-by-step escape for getting out of them. It’s not going to be easy – this is a TOUGH position – but at least now you’ve got a chance!

How to do the simplest, easiest single leg takedown with or without the gi by my friend and training parter Ritchie Yip. Please note that the ‘head outside’ single is considered a foul in IBJJF competition for whitebelt and under age 16 competitors.

Find out more about Ritchie Yip at his website http://www.infighting.ca or on his Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/infightingmma/videos

Get the latest IBJJF rulebook at http://ibjjf.com/rules

Ritchie Yip shows a very effective straight armlock submission that he sets up from the top of half guard