Demian Maia Week

Demian Maia versus Gabriel Napao at the World Jiu-Jitsu Tournament. At the beginning of the match you can see as Maia defends the guard pass as you saw in the previous video that I posted. Maia looks so comfortable on his back and it seems as though he spends nearly the entire match there working his guard. Maia takes the the back at the end of the match and nearly pulls off a nice collar choke. Look for Maia at UFC 109 as he takes on Dan Miller.

Scissors Sweep

This is one of the most basic sweeps and is taught to all beginners in jiu-jitsu. Its tough to get at first and you will get stuck half way through the move at times but keep practicing and you will hit it on people. The best bet is to use it with combinations that usually catches your opponent off guard. Rodrigo Gracie shows us the intricacies of this sweep. You may have seen in a small mma promotion called Pride a few years back. Enjoy!

Happy weekend!! Here on the Northeast of the U.S. looks like we will e snowed in for the night. So I will be going to train some Muay Thai today. But here is a video from Mario Sperry. MArio Sperry is co-founder of Brazilian Top Team and trained under Carlson Gracie. Here he shows us how to break the Spider Guard grip and pass the open guard.

Passing the Guard Week

Guard passing week continues. Today you get a special three guard passes in one video. As you can see controlling the opponent's gi pants and getting a nice tight grip is essential. I have found in my training that the slightest error in footwork here can get you caught in half guard. You may have improved your position but you want to advance to side control with these passes.

Saulo Ribeiro Opening the Guard

This is great. Saulo Ribero is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt. He is the owner of Jiu-Jitsu University, which is also the name of the book he published. The book helps with many techniques. As for this video Ribeiro shows us how to open the opponents guard. Always helpful before we attempt to pass ones guard.

Passing the Guard

Check out this first video of the week on passing the guard. This guard passing technique is one of my favorites. The explanation is pretty good especially when the brown belt explains the technique in great detail. Try this guard pass you will see that it works. And no I did not spell favorited out.

Passing the Guard Week

For the rest of the week here at Jiu-Jitsu Education we will focus on passing the guard. Enjoy the clips and learn as much as you can.