Videos

March 6, 2019

BJJ guillotine to Anaconda transition

IG: @santinodefranco (Please share if you like this) Here’s a choke sequence Ive been using lately. I transition from a head and arm guillotine to an Anaconda choke. Then I roll through and come up on top and either take the back or transition to my Walsh choke (guillotine with…

Feb. 14, 2019

Another ninja back take

IG: santinodefranco (Please share if you like this) Taking backs is what I love, so here’s one more variation from the far side head and arm grip. 🥋 The key to this move is keeping a tight grip on the head and arm and jumping far/hard enough to the other…

Feb. 11, 2019

The BJJ Game Changer

IG: @santinodefranco (Please share if you like this) This is THE Game changer! Master this, and you will never lose back control again never may be a bit of hyperbole, but you get the point) This move is rightfully named “the game changer” and it really will change your grappling…

Feb. 7, 2019

Taking the back from top side control

IG: @santinodefranco (Please share if you like this) Here’s another back take—this time from side control. Typically, we don’t take the back from side control because we don’t have access to an exposed shoulder, which is, generally, needed for a back take. But, we certainly don’t want to just wait…

Feb. 5, 2019

Tracy Mitts

IG: @santinodefranco Invicta fighter, Tracy Cortez, and I are working a mitt drill. First of all, I like to mix reactionary drills in with proactive drills. A proactive drill/combo is you punching your opponent—or doing something offensive. A reactionary drill is reacting to something your opponent does to you—this doesn’t…

Feb. 3, 2019

Rolling bjj back take

IG: @santinodefranco (Please share if you like this) Here is another back take from the far side head and arm. This is a great way to break your opponents posture down when he/she has a good base, and you can’t lift them up. The key to making this technique work…

Feb. 2, 2019

Taking the back from a far side head and arm part 1

IG: @santinodefranco Please share if you like this. I can’t think of a better technique in all of MMA/BJJ/Sub Grappling than taking the back—and subsequently finishing the rear-naked-choke. Here, I show a common way I like to take the back. Most people try to roll over the head or across…

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