Fundamentals 4 – Headquarters v.s. De La Riva
In Fundamentals 3, we worked on setting up HQ from standing double ankle grips vs their open guard, stuffing the feet to make the HQ…
Fundamentals 3 – Escape Arm-in Guillotines
An often overlooked skill, arm-in guillotine is such a central position in grappling that escaping and passing this position is an absolutely essential skill. Using…
Comp Game – Hustle, D’Arce Quick Kill
Here is the drill for the position setup of the D'arce to Triangle-Mount pathway (Kazure-Kata-Gatame to Tate-Sangaku) from the opening Tachi-Waza (standup grappling). The "Hustle"…
Fundamentals 3 – Headquarters Passing Series
This is one of our most important drill series for passing the guard. What we need to understand conceptually is that, fundamentally, we have two…
Fundamentals 3 – Trap Guard/High Guard Tutorial
"Trap-guarding" Study Inside-control (High Guard) Hand-fight Triangle