Ricardo

How to Escape the Mount Position in Jiujitsu I get it. Escapes are hard. It’s not easy trying to remember every single positional or technical detail your instructors are teaching…

Listen… I want you to believe me when I tell you I just recently had the biggest epiphany I’ve had in jiu-jitsu in a very long time. And before I…

I recall some years back listening to Danaher talk about how takedowns reduce one’s power dynamic. He gave the analogy of throwing a football and how one can throw a…

Are you having trouble balancing cross-training with jiu-jitsu? This is a question I get a ton and my answer is always more or less the same with regard to cross-training...

9/26 Fundamentals of Attacking, Understanding Guillotine Defense and Keys to Float Passing The Principles of Attacking: Understanding the First Steps [This will be a pretty dense topic and we’ll have…

Hey everyone, hope you’re hitting the 2021 ground running and getting in some excellent training so far. Below you’ll see a few questions from some folks on my email list…

THIS LITTLE-KNOWN DIET HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR ME As a Jiu-jitsu practitioner for over 10 years, I can guarantee I’ve almost tried every diet on the planet. There’s…

One of the major challenges to learning jiu-jitsu is understanding what it is in the first place. Often, I get an introductory student come in, try a class and during...