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Nice details as always. They're definitely some of the best teachers around.

I don't know if it's a body type thing but I had a really hard time getting in the guard even when drilling it. Of course, once you do get it it feels very solid, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get the position in sparring.

I don't know Dominyka and I don't train at Marcelo's, but I really admire the dedication required to become a black-belt BJJ world champion. This means thousands of hours on the mat, literally pointing your entire life towards that one goal, and is only possible if you're a uniquely driven and...

You could check out that one-handed headlock sweep Jon Jones recently did in NAGA: Although personally when I already have one hand under the neck I just try and fight to get the other hand connected as well one way or another, either as a regular or arm-in guillotine. As long as you're...

I feel like that's the most common scenario, especially no-gi where it's easy to slip out and back to open guard. A lot of submissions happen when you commit too hard to something. On the other hand, if you stay on the defensive and are ready to transition back to a safer position when you feel...

Yes, we all know how women are incapable of making rational choices and can't help but put their love life above everything else. Let me guess, she was probably on her period too?

I loved the event except for the Japanese fighters, Imanari seemed like he didn't give a damn about being there and Minowaman was completely outmatched. I would love for Polaris to give their chance to younger, active Japanese competitors instead of trying to bank on Pride nostalgia.

I am saying right now you probably know nothing about the situation and should keep your mouth shut instead of speculating.

Congrats on your medal, and congrats to your wife too! Looking forward to meeting both of you when you're back in town :)

I wouldn't say it makes zero difference. My purple belt really clashes with my navy gi, so I'm hoping I get promoted to brown soon to get a better overall palette.

It's a stupid rule, but some gyms are like that yeah. Not much you can do about it, either compete or change gyms. Or don't worry about belts I guess…

If you can do a suplex in MMA, you should do it for the style points. Not sure there are many other reasons though…

I may be wrong, but the claim I've heard is that the Anaconda choke popularized by Nogueira in Pride was taught to him by Milton Vieira who himself has a Luta Livre background. From there the Darce/Brabo is basically just a reverse Anaconda. In any case, LL does focus a lot on nogi chokes...

How do you think all your favorite BJJ competitors are able to make a living and train full-time? If people didn't go to seminars, we would not have a professional BJJ scene.

Where do they have affiliate schools? Never heard of that. And don't get me wrong, I'd love to see all these guys fight again, I just don't see much reason for Rizin or whoever to bring them in.

Nobody knows who Galvao, Xande, and Buchecha are in Japan. Kron gets paid big money to fight there because of his last name, not because of his skills.

Seriously? He has a good guard but it's not like he was doing anything different from any other MMA guard player…

Watching this I wonder what Marcelo's game would be like if he went after heel hooks more. He was in good leg-locking positions a bunch of times but seemed focused on getting the sweep.

What's interesting is that Maia's BJJ is very wrestling-oriented, being based off getting the underhook and coming up for a single leg (as opposed to say, arm-baring and triangling people from guard). So he's beating both pure wrestlers and pure BJJ guys with his own mix of "sloppy" wrestling-jitsu.

Sounds good! Just preordered it. And I'll check out the other ones as well, thanks!