Ricardo De la Riva Week

Sorry for the start of the video where they are trying to set the guys up to show the jiu-jitsu technique but none the less this is a great sweep from the guard. It also looks easy to do. Ricardo De la Riva shows us how to stretch the opponent out in order to effectively complete the sweep.

Ricardo De la Riva Week

Ricardo De la Riva week continues. This week I have been showing you a ton of BJJ guard sweeps using the techniques from De la Riva. Here is another great sweep that you will be able to catch someone with in your Brazilian jiu-jitsu training.

Ricardo De la Riva Week

In this video Ricardo De la Riva shows us a sweep from the open guard. In jiu-jitsu you will find yourself often with your guard open. You will have to open your guard in BJJ in order to attack. Make sure to make the right grips on the opponents gi or you will not do the sweep the right way.

Ricardo De la Riva Week

This week we will be taking a look at Ricardo De la Riva. De la Riva was a student of the late Carlson Gracie. He started his training when he was fifteen years old. Within six years De la Riva received his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt from Carlson Gracie. De la Riva is famous for what is known as the "De la Riva guard". This week we will be taking a look at some of his techniques. One is most well known students is Antonio Rodrigo Minotauro Nogeira, who received his BJJ black belt from De la Riva. Nogeira will be taking on Cain Velasquez at UFC 110.

Demian Maia Week

This is Damian Maia instructional from his Science of Jiu-Jitsu DVD. In this segment he shows us how to control the opponents back and make yourself comfortable and make your opponent work to escape. He then goes on to show us how to attack the persons back. Check out Damian Maia diplay his Brazialian Jiu Jitsu tonight at UFC 109 as he takes on Dan Miller.

Demian Maia Week

Here is a strictly Demian Maia jiu-jitsu highlight video. Notice that the whole video he is competing the Gi. There are some good submissions in this video. Watch as Maia tries to submit Dan Miller at UFC 109 this Saturday.

Demian Maia Week

Getting out of side control in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. This can be a hard thing to do in bjj. Demian Maia shows us how to set your opponent off balance so you are able to get yourself out from under your opponent. Love how he breaks down how to move your opponents head. Little details in jiu-jitsu go a long way. Demian Maia will be in the octagon against Dan Miller at UFC 109 this Saturday.

Demian Maia Week

This video is great. Damian Maia talks about jiu-jitsu in short interview at the beginning. The video goes on to as he rolls lightly in the gi with on of his students in BJJ. Then Maia goes on to show us highlights of his strength and conditioning program. Finally a clip of him teaching no gi. He looks so young in the last clip. Maia takes Dan Miller at UFC 109 on February 6 2010.

Demian Maia Week

Demian Maia in this video takes the time to break down the triangle choke. I have found that the little adjustments made to the triangle choke has made the difference in me catching someone in the choke and not catching them. That is how jiu-jitsu goes though, the slightest movement can make or break you. Breaking the opponent down at the elbow in order to bring the arm across is important, how many time do we get stuck trying to get that arm across our body. Check out Saturday's post of Maia highlight reel at about 37 seconds he performs a nice triangle choke on his opponent. Maia takes on Dan Miller at UFC 109 this Saturday.

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.

Demian Maia Week

Demian Maia's Science of Jiu-Jitsu is a great set of instructional videos. In this segment of the video Maia teaches us on how to defend ourselves from someone passing our guard. At the start of the video the theory of keeping your hips in a straight line with your opponent is key. After watching this video my guard game has become so much better. Oh yeas people still pass it but from what it was to what it is now the improvement from this one tip has been great. Maia takes Dan Miller at UFC 109 on February 6 2010.

Royce Gracie Interview #4

Sorry for the skipped day but here is the last part of the interview with Royce Gracie. Looking to add your training videos to the blog so if you have any please let me know and we will publish it to the world. Help grow the sport of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Royce Gracie Interview #2

Here is part two of the Royce Gracie interview.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Drills

This is a great drill, one of the best I have seen for jiu-jitsu. BJ Penn really simplifies bjj here. These are all basic moves and doing this drill will only commit them to your muscle memory. Penn calls it advanced basics, this is great for all those who are starting out in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Drills

Flexibility, flexibility!! When training jiu-jitsu you will need some kind of flexibility so you do not injure yourself. In Brazilian jiu-jitsu you will find yourself in some crazy positions at times. This short video will help you with your BJJ flexibility. I do some form of stretching every night to make myself more flexible so when I am on the mat I have less of a chance of injuring myself.

Guillotine Choke Week

Burton Richardson of JKD Unlimited shows us the head and arm guillotine for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and how to maintain your opponents head in the guillotine and not let it slip out for an escape. He goes pretty in depth with this guillotine choke. Renzo Gracie is an expert of the head and arm guillotine. It's what he caught Pat Miletich with in the IFL fight.

Guillotine Choke Week

This is one of the worst Jiu-jitsu guillotine chokes in recent history. Dan Miller, who actually just received his black belt in jiu-jitsu ends the fight in devastating fashion. It may be of interest this was when he was the Pitbulls of the IFL fighting under Renzo Gracie, a master of the guillotine.

Guillotine Choke Week

Here is another demonstration of the guillotine choke from the guard in jiu-jitsu. Here ther are multiple angles of the choke. Still going to be looking for the way to lock in the guillotine with your hands once you secure the neck. I will be on the look out.

Guillotine Choke Week

This week on Jiu-Jitsu Education we are going to focus on the guillotine choke. To start off I found a great video from the IFL as the famous Renzo Gracie shows us the technique for the guillotine choke. As we all know Renzo is the man when it come to the guillotine choke.

Simplify your Jiu-Jitsu

Many that start their training in jiu-jitsu always feel a bit overwhelmed with all the new moves they are learning. Also many new to the sport find to have some kind of anxiety of going to their class and rolling. These are all concerns for new students in jiu-jitsu.
There is alot to learn when you first start out taking jiu-jitsu. When I started, it was all no gi classes and I would get killed on the mat on a daily basis. I ended up stopping my jiu-jitsu training. A couple of years later I went back to training in jiu-jitsu but with the gi only and I love it.
When I started training again I would simplify the move. When practicing on the mat you should do the same thing. If they teach you an armbar from the mount break the move up into parts as you train it. Now you won't master the move your first night or even after taking a hundred classes. Step by step take each part of the move as you do it and focus on making sure that your positioning is right and that you are following the steps as closely as your teacher was when he or she was teaching the move. This will help you out in the long run as when you begin to roll live these movements will be embedded in your brain and you will be able to control you and your opponents movements.