There have been lots of promotions at @ArtemisBJJ recently. That is often the case in March, as I use the Bristol Open as a final deadline for anybody who wants to get in one last comp before their next belt. 🌈

This one was my favourite: her reaction was so genuine, surprised and filled with glee, it cheered my cold, cold heart! 🤩

https://fb.watch/jt3KOeDae0/

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Well done to all the Artemis BJJ students who competed at the Bristol Open yesterday. I was proud to see our female competitors utterly dominate their division, to the extent they fought eachother in the final. 😎

But I'm equally proud of everybody else too, whether or not they compete. While winning is nice, my main goal is for my students to learn, regardless of outcome. As always, we'll be reviewing the comp vids at open mat, lots of handy stuff to work on. 🤩

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I may not be Danaher, but one of my proudest achievements as a BJJ instructor is that I know, for a fact, that my guillotine has been pressure tested on pregnant sheep. Oh yes. 🤩🐑🖖

https://www.reddit.com/r/bjj/comments/n0p14a/my_student_guillotined_a_sheep_ive_never_been/

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I love north south, but I've never been able to consistently land the north south choke. My friend Jorgen Matsi (recently interviewed on @bjjmentalmodels ) did a handy vid on that choke a few years ago. Based on that, I had another play with the n/s choke yesterday: so far, promising results! 😁👍

https://fb.watch/iscsBf5sju/

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I'm looking forward to trying these closed guard passing tweaks from Greg Wood, which he showed me at the recent #BJJGlobetrotters Winter Camp:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnR63gih0HV/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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I think this application of the backstep ('longstep' is a silly term, not descriptive enough 😁) epitomises what I was referring to as the mobile/dynamic passing style we were discussing with @jiujensu via the #BJJ hashtag a while ago.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmqkaFNhxGO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Not something I use in my own game, but it's a passing style I want to get better at teaching. I'm always keen to broaden my students' horizons. 😎🖖

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🎁 FROHE WEIHNACHTEN 🎁 to all my fellow Germans and anybody else who does most of their xmas fun on the 24th. 🤶👍

This is one of my fave pressure passing combos, knee slide > leg squash. I'm currently at my parents in Aylesbury, so had some good #xmas #BJJ training just now with my instructor, Kev Capel. The RGA Bucks mats are overflowing with black and brown belts, even on xmas eve. 🎅🖖

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmjVsfdDl0G/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I think I'm getting the hang of subtitling reels on Insta now, managing to speak slowly enough the captions don't go nuts. 😉

This is building up to what will be a bunch of vids on mobile passing in #BJJ. Dynamic passing? Dynamic might be a better name. This first vid covers the basic backstep motion, which applies outside of passing too.

I'll teach a seminar on the backstep at my next Artemis BJJ camp. 😁

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmX1gzBIIO3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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One of the big advantages of using that stalking crouch position to approach the guard is stability. I drew some lines on this footage from last night's women only class, which hopefully clarifies the benefits of starting your pass this way. 🤓📊

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Back to testing #captions on #Instagram reels. Bit better this time, but I'm too hyper for the #subtitles to keep up. Soooo, still need some new footage where I slow it right down. 😉

This is the key part of the #BJJ class I was describing in the chat about passing with @jiujensu. Using this style of approach made such a big difference to my passing from purple belt onwards.

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmLLunQj0qv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Out of interest, do people prefer: