Soul Roll

Learning new things can be a daunting task. Rarely do you knock it out of the park right away. Here you see working an a new takedown that didn't go well 🤣. Slippery mats, new movements, fear of failure, these are all contributing factors to the success/failure we experience when developing new techniques.

To us, the old saying rings truest: "It's not about how many times we fall, but how many times we rise back up" It also helps to keep a sense of humor in the face of failure, as you can see by the humorous response by both and .che 🤷‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

Regardless of the martial art, balance plays a critical role in your ability to succeed. From Boxing to Butt Scooting (Jiujitsu), the position of your head, your hips and your feet will lead you to success or failure.

In this video, I talk a bit more about the balance we used and how it translates to , , , and . Learn to take advantage of your balance while moving and you will find yourself in the best possible position to apply the necessary techniques to attack as well as defend.

Also, shout out to for the mats and cage wall and for my favorite shirt!

Lasso Guard Sweep

This fun sweep can be a sneaky addition to your gi game when you find the right timing.

We start by getting our grips in our opponents sleeves. Next, we create some distance and break his posture by putting our feet in the hips.

Now you'll notice that I lean away from the side that I want to secure my lasso. I do this so that that leg has a bit more mobility (tips to help those of us with less flexibility!). I then pummel my leg from the outside in (notice that I straighten my leg really getting my shin and foot deep into my opponent's armpit). To secure the position, I pull my foot back towards me, flare my knee out, and pull his sleeve onto my hip pocket. Keeping your elbow tight to your body really locks in tthe opponent's arm.

Now that you've secured the lasso, you're going to bait your opponent into passing on the opposite side by taking your free leg and tucking it between the two of you. When your opponent sees this, they will hopefully take the bait and begin to move to that side. As they do you'll want to take your hand off the non lassoed sleeve and grab his near knee. Now you'll want to flare your lasso out and down as you lift the knee up and sit up. This should take your opponent to his back and you should be able to come up and take your preferred sidemount.

This move can be sneaky when you're able to find the right timing when your partner is trying to pass!

Pressure and Balance


Your partner is in turtle position.
Put your chest on is back (we can't say the exact spot because during the practice you gonna find the spot where you are most stable and put the most pressure).

The first time, use your hands to give you the balance and try to put most of your weight on their back while you stay mobile and turn around.

When that start to be comfortable put your hands on your back and do the same things.

Individual Judo Drills

With the world being on lock down, we believe that this is a PRIME opportunity to upgrade some of our skills.

Thankfully, the world is out to help one another and people are really opening up their knowledge.

With that being said, .che and I have been really working to upgrade our foot sweeps. These short clips are some of the individual drills we picked up from both and . Both have excellent tutorials on .fanatics and .wrestling, respectively.

This is not an ad, but an example of how to evaluate your own skill set and find those who can help you elevate to a new level.

What do you need to work on? Can we help? Please share this and also comment on anything can do to help you with to upgrade the skills you're looking for!

P.s. give our budy .che a follow! He is a Thai National Wrestling Team Member as well at a member of our team and will be making more guest appearances with some great wrestling techniques!

Individual Judo Drills

With the world being on lock down, we believe that this is a PRIME opportunity to upgrade some of our skills.

Thankfully, the world is out to help one another and people are really opening up their knowledge.

With that being said, .che and I have been really working to upgrade our foot sweeps. These short clips are some of the individual drills we picked up from both and . Both have excellent tutorials on .fanatics and .wrestling, respectively.

This is not an ad, but an example of how to evaluate your own skill set and find those who can help you elevate to a new level.

What do you need to work on? Can we help? Please share this and also comment on anything can do to help you with to upgrade the skills you're looking for!

P.s. give our budy .che a follow! He is a Thai National Wrestling Team Member as well at a member of our team and will be making more guest appearances with some great wrestling techniques!

Bjj Pendulum Sweep

To accomplish this version of a pendulum sweep, there are two critical things that must occur; breaking your opponents posture and taking away there post. We'll look to accomplish both of these objectives by making a combination of small movements.

Here, you'll notice that is maintaining his posture by posting his hands on my hips. To break his posture, I'm going to take same side sleeve control grip with my right hand. Next, I lift my hips and take my left hand under his other post and take a secondary cross sleeve grip. This grip allows me to generate more grip breaking leverage. To complete the posture break, I fully extend my hips while pulling up at his post hand, breaking his grip. As I curl my body, using the power from my core and legs, I take Christophe's sleeve across my body and place it in my hip maintaining my cross sleeve grip.

Now, I need to secure the chest to chest connection by taking my right arm up and over Christophe shoulder and making a hook in his armpit. Once I feel the connection is secure, I'll release my cross sleeve grip and grab Christophe's pants, right at the knee. Now I'll begin to use my legs to rock he and I to gaining some momentum. When ready, I will do the following:

1. Open my legs at the top of my rock backward, when I'm on my shoulders.

2. Drive my legs down as l I scissor them, bringing my right leg low towards his knees and my left leg higher at his hips.

3. As we begin to roll, I will pull across his body with my armpit grip and pull up with my knee grip.

To complete the sweep and take good mount position, I take my knees up to his shoulder line and squeese them together securing the position.

Slipping an Opponent's Jab

This technique, specifically, is used when fighting an opponent whose stance is opposite of your own. Think Southpaw vs Orthodox.

We start off by baiting our opponent to throw their jab, by throwing our own jab multiple times. You'll find that techniques landed are often mirrored by your opponent.

Knowing this, you can anticipate your opponents reaction. Anticipating the jab, we first step off the centerline while driving our rear shoulder forward. Our return technique will then be the lead uppercut that comes under our opponents jab. When the uppercut lands, we then look to take advantage of our bodys natural rotation and throw a rear kick to our opponents body.

The body shot lands, because as you cut the corner and land the uppercut, your opponent has to make an adjustment in order to be position to throw return strikes. Knowing this, we aim to land the body kick as our opponents are adjusting their position.

Spider Walks

This drill is designed to help you keep your feet active while your hips are up.

To begin, lay on your back with your feet flat on the ground and your heals near your butt. Next, lift your hips as high as you can. From here, lean onto one shoulder and take small steps with your feet in the opposite direction (think about it like a hip escape but your keeping your hips high). Once you've hit around a 45° angle, switch your weight to the opposite shoulder and again, take small steps in the opposite direction until you hit a 45° angle.

This drill is best performed both backwards and forwards. Make sure you keep your hips as high as possible as the goal here is to have as little body to mat contact as possible.

Thinking about this in a practical setting, it's similar to a bridge and a hip escape combination. Remember, in jiujitsu it's rarely ever just one movement. Instead always look to combine movements that can help you create space and get on the attack!

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