Poughkeepsie martial arts instructor Brian McLaughlin shows the fundamental butterfly guard sweep, a must know for all grapplers. Filmed at Precision Mixed Martial Arts – a Poughkeepsie martial arts school
Hudson Valley Martial Arts Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Flower Sweep This is an excellent sweep set up from the closed guard. The opponent is forced over to bottom mount based on leverage and momentum, this is an extremely effective sweep against even larger opponents. Filmed at Precision Mixed Martial Arts, a Hudson Valley Martial Arts School in […]
A great sweep to go from the guard to the mount, this sweep is popular at all levels Filmed at Precision MMA a Dutchess County BJJ School
From head and arm control you can catch the katagatame or arm triangle choke. You have the option to finish from mount or side This is one of my favorite submissions filmed at Precision MMA a Dutchess County BJJ school
This is one of my favorite passes, which my students and I use at my Poughkeepsie martial arts school. Here is a sneaky way to get out of your opponent’s half guard. The trick is in the underhook – traditionally the top man always hunts the far side underhook, however in this case we are […]
Here’s a pass made famous by Rustam Chsiev, a fantastic way to catch your opponent off guard and jump directly into the mount. Filmed at Precision MMA a Hudson Valley BJJ school
Here is one of my favorite guard passes, it combines two of the most popular ways of escaping the guard. I teach my students this pass at Precision MMA – a Hudson Valley BJJ School Hudson Valley BJJ
Bret Perchaluk shows us the Hari O Goshi Judo Throw. Bret is a judo black belt and a BJJ brown belt, with an admirable competition record, including medaling at the 2012 IBJJF No-Gi Pan Ams in the Brown Belt division.
Arguably the most important string of techniques from the guard is the armbar, triangle, armbar sequence. Here we show the transitions and cover important details for making your sequence smooth. My BJJ Tampa coach Rob Kahn would have us warm up with this drill to keep our guards sharp. This is the highest percentage guard […]
Here’s a great way to hit a triangle from the open guard. The key is keeping tension on your opponent’s sleeve and getting them to commit their weight too far forward causing them to fall into your triangle. The spider guard triangle is a fixture at my Hudson Valley BJJ School Precision Mixed Martial Arts […]