Heelhooks – for Amateur or Professionals??

Heelhooks – for Amateur or Professionals??

By Prof. Martin Guggi Thinking about BJJ, talking with some friends about techniques and the evolution of our art one though came up: “Which techniques are for amateur athletes and which are for professional athletes?” Sparing in a gym is completely different thank...
regular Positions and Intermediate Positions

regular Positions and Intermediate Positions

By Prof. Martin Guggi   Right now, there is a lot of talking going on about Intermediate Positions. But it is hard to find a definition to this term. So, I tried to find a definition for myself.   Position Hierarchy We all know about the position hierarchy...

Eligibility not Entitelment

by Prof. Renato Migliaccio We decided to write this article to explain the belt systems and stripes acquisition at Sampa jiu jitsu so everyone is at the same page The first couple of belts in our school are not too hard to conquer, in fact they are more about showing...

Regulation of BJJ Training

by Prof. Martin Guggi   If you are training in BJJ you are constantly thinking about your progression. Do I improve? Is my game constantly developing? Is my timing getting more precise? How is my conditioning compared to last month/year? All these questions are...

Are leglockers bad grapplers?!

by Prof. Martin Guggi Of course, this might be a provocative question but I think it is time now to talk about this subject. And at the end of this articel I want to make something clear. If we think about bad grappling we need to answer another question first. What...