This is the fight I’ve discussed in my other video about protecting your groin when going for front headlocks/guillotines

Recently, various people sent me a video of a fight in what looked like military barracks.

In the video, one of the guys gets a guillotine and goes to the ground with it. in the ensuing grapple, the person getting guillotined manages to grab hold of the other person’s groin and begins to squeeze.

The person immediately lets go of the choke and begins to beg for mercy.

In this video, we discuss why this is a bad example of not adjusting your BJJ for real world scenarios and what are some steps the Guillotine should have done.

Recently, BJJScout posted a video of a person getting submitted by a forearm choke in an MMA fight (picture in the thumbnail).

They asked if this was a dirty move in training. To be specific, the move is simply where someone who is mounted on you presses down on your neck with their forearm.

What is mind-boggling to me is that anyone in BJJ would think this was a dirty move and wouldn’t allow it in training. There are of course moves I don’t allow during rolling but I still teach how to defend those moves.
Because it would be irresponsible for me not to. But, I’ve met a lot of students who didn’t learn how because their coach just said “don’t do that because it’s dirty.”

I find this instinct amazing for a few reasons:

* First, and foremost, this is absolutely one of the most common attacks an untrained person will do to you. And, if you’re not training how to defend it then you’re basically unprepared to deal with a common real-world attack.
So, if you are not training to defend this, then you really are unprepared for real self defense. This is what I mean when when I say BJJ schools are teaching people how to defend BJJ but not to defend against the real world.
But, this might be why I submit a lot of bjj people (who know how to defend all kinds of esoteric BJJ techniques) with this choke.

* It’s amazing and embarrassing that this guy didn’t know this very basic defense. It’s actually taught in the original Rorion & Royce tapes that many BJJ people say is too basic and outdated. And, yet, I’ve met very few BJJ people who know it.
A lot of much more dangerous techniques are allowed at many academies and are not considered dick moves. A forearm choke is certainly far less dangerous than an inverted heel hook.

* Many BJJ practitioners and schools portray themselves as Spartan/Gorilla/Viking/Sharks but having to deal with someone pressing their arm on your neck is a step too far?

So, here I show how to defend this submission. Again, I’m not teaching an escape (obviously an Upa is an option here). I’m teaching the Defense. First, you have to learn how to defend a move for when you can’t immediately escape.

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First, sorry about the audio – I have no idea what happened.

I cover the three aspects of this match between two of my favourite fighters: striking, clinch work/takedowns, and groundwork and how their strategies played out.

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It can be especially difficult to escape side control when your opponent switches their arm position. You’re also in constant danger of a kimura attack.

This effectively stops the re-guard – and if they’re keeping weight on you, you may not be able to turn over for the single leg escape.

Here, I show an option for when you’re trapped in this position. As with most reversals, it’s important that you practice your timing and getting the feel for when their weight is compromised.

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As my friend Black Belt Seth Shamp told me once, “you don’t pass a Guard, you untangle it.”

This really helped me start to think of breaking down the weaknesses and holes in guards as well as focusing on patience when figuring out how to pass guard.

Here, I deal with a particular tough version of DLR where they’re gripping the arm on the foot post side. This makes a lot of the standard passes difficult.

The usual plan is to break that grip but sometimes that’s difficult. So, I came up with a different way to untangle and pass.

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Defnding someone trying to tackle you to the ground is a core Self Defense requirement.

Here, I cover some details that will help immensely in stopping the person putting you on the ground and even helping you be able to get to a string finishing position.

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Note: This is a re-upload of a video I’ve posted before.
But, I’m re-editing some of my older videos and re-uploading them because I wasn’t happy with the way they looked (and I have better video editing equipment now)

Kesa-Gatame isn’t something that BJJ practioners use often which is why it can be so effective. Since, they don’t train it very often, they don’t train defending it very often.

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This is a sweep I really love to use.

I see a lot of people have trouble with it because they’re not maximising the force that they can exert into the sweep.

Here, I show some details to make it work better for you.

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This is a concept I have to explain over and over to people. And, some never seem to understand.

All the time now I see examples of this fallacious way of thinking of fighting, namely, that there are perfect or best/worst techniques.

You see videos like the “Perfect Mount Escape” or hear a coach say “this is the best way to do an armlock.”

To me, this shows a gift misunderstanding of fighting and self defence.

Here, I discuss why this is a really damaging way of teaching.

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A friend of mine asked me how I deal with a scissor sweep that fails.

So, I shot this video where I did a troubleshoot and worked out several options.

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The Omoplata is one of my favourite Positions.
Many People have trouble finishing the submission so use it as a sweeping position.
Here, I cover how to make it a more effective and powerful submission.

The scissor sweep is a core sweep of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Here, I cover how to think about dealing with opening the guard and how to defend and pass this sweep.

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This is a topic that comes up at some point in all BJJ Discussions.
Should there be tests as part of the Belt Promotion process?

I recently saw this topic brought up again in a forum and was debated with the usual arguments.

Here, I give my opinion which hopefully goes a little more in depth into the debate.

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