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Your Opponent Won’t Know What’s Happening Until They Tap When You Use This Shoulder Lock

Humble opinion: unexpected submissions are the best kinds of submissions. And that’s just what you’ll be delivering with this creative shoulder lock. In this exclusive video, Jiu-Jitsu Times partner instructor Ray Lopez of NOLA MMA demonstrates a shoulder lock you can work on from the closed guard. Give it a shot and enjoy your opponent’s…

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Claudia do Val and Jackson Sousa shine at the Geneva Open

Jackson Sousa topping the super-heavyweight podium.  Switzerland’s second most populous city, Geneva, welcomed fighters and enthusiasts of BJJ at the 2018 Geneva International Open, held October 20–21. Among black-belt standouts, Jackson Sousa and Claudia do Val stood out some more, each winning quadruple gold. For Jackson, the blowout started as he took down the classical super-heavyweight…

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Getting To Know Checkmat’s Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle Poster Child Catherine Perret

Photo credit @catherinefp, Instagram “Some people find their vocation early in life,” writes Catherine Fuhro Perret underneath an Insta-posted portait of herself, beaming and sweaty, in a soaked-through gi. At just 28, the globe-trotting Brazilian and competitive jiu-jitsu black belt radiates the kind of joy one associates with turning a passion into a career in…

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