MMA Stuff

Outside Leg Trip (Osoto Gari)

One of the simplest ways to get someone to fall is tripping them. If you want to be a jerk and trip your friend while they’re carrying a bunch of stuff or you need to take the fight to the ground, you can do it by tripping. I find when sparring, trip opportunities come up [...]

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Escaping the Clinch with Judo

I am a big fan of Judo when it comes to MMA. The trips and throws are great to get the opponent to the ground if they are a dominate striker. The problem is I don’t know much Judo because there isn’t any Judo classes at my MMA school. However, there is black belt judo [...]

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Judo vs BJJ – The Answer is Judo AND BJJ

Whether viewing websites or MMA, Judo, and BJJ forums, the subject of Judo vs. BJJ has become yet another classic debate, akin to that of the old “Gi vs. No Gi” debate. However, the question of Judo vs. BJJ is much simpler to answer because it is simply the wrong question in almost every applicable [...]

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