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Grapple Smart Q&A: Help Passing 1/2 Guard!

Jared Asks: “I need some advice on passing half guard. Any would be appreciated!” >GS Answer: Hi Jared, great question! Here are a few tips that you can implement immediately and hopefully immediately improve you’re ½ guard passing. 1. GET THEM FLAT ON THEIR BACK. Just imagine you’re in half guard the worst place u…

My Goal 4 U! (from Twitter)

From Twitter: Follow me @GrappleSmart My twitter goal is to help people be successful in #BrazilianJiuJitsu or any form of self-defense for that matter. #BJJ is a very practical and effective art for protection in real world scenarios where a smaller individual is often attacked by a larger stronger person. Although BJJ and Aikido are…

Avoiding Mat Bugs – It’s deathly serious!

If you’re an experienced grappler or Jiu-Jitsu player then you know about these invisible nuisances on the mat.  Bacteria is constantly lurking on your skin and on the mat just waiting for the right time to attack.  In order to keep yourself safe you must be aware of the dangers these pests present and how…

Can training inefficiently be beneficial???

Ok, so I’ve been posting my weekly goals on Twitter and I thought I’d post them here as well.  You’re welcome to follow me at @GrappleSmart on Twitter! My #BJJ/ #BrazilianJiuJitsu goal for this week is to be inefficient!  That’s right inefficient when I train.  Far too often I catch myself utilizing as little effort…

Q&A: To Gi or Not to Gi? Why did you go to Gi grappling?

Question: from Twitter: Wayne (@vinson06) asks: Why did you go to Gi grappling? Answer: Hey Wayne n Bruce.  My transition to mostly Gi BJJ occurred when my PB instructor, Tyrone Glover, introduced GI work into City Boxing which at the time was nogi all the time.  Over time I began to realize that I had…