Quick Answer: The rear naked choke in no-gi requires seat belt control first, not the choke. Once you have that, the arm goes under the chin, the blade of your wrist presses the carotid artery, and the other hand locks behind the head. Most failures happen because grapplers skip the control step and reach for…
ADCC 2026 locks in 128 competitors for Krakow with Gordon Ryan retired and three champions absent. Plus Polaris 38 results, the FloGrappling-ONE Championship partnership, Chase Hooper’s submission clinic, and Hyperfly’s Copa Collection.
The body lock pass is no-gi’s most dominant guard pass. Learn the entry, the finishes, and the mistakes that kill it — the Gordon Ryan way.
Quick Answer: The ADCC 2026 fight card is set for September 12–13 at Tauron Arena in Krakow, Poland — the first time the sport’s biggest no-gi event lands outside the United States since 2017. Three reigning champions (Diogo Reis, Mica Galvão, Giancarlo Bodoni) have been pulled from the roster, the Ruotolo twins and Nicky Rodriguez…
Ashi garami is the gateway to no-gi heel hooks. Master 7 leg entanglements from single leg X to inside sankaku used by Danaher, Cummings, and Gordon Ryan.
The rear naked choke no-gi is the highest-percentage submission in modern grappling, and the math isn’t close. At ADCC 2024 in Las Vegas, back-takes were recorded 43 times across the bracket and the rear naked choke finished more athletes than any other technique on the mat. Strip away the gi and the neck is suddenly…
North south choke broken down: 7 no-gi steps Marcelo Garcia uses to finish ADCC opponents in nine seconds.
The heel hook BJJ tap window is roughly 1.4 seconds — that is the average gap top instructors report between the moment a competitor feels real torque and the moment a ligament gives way. Miss it, and the next sound on the mat is a wet pop you do not forget. A heel hook is…
ADCC 2026 invite list pulled, ticket sales crawl at 4 per day, Gordon Ryan calls Krakow a waste of time, Kade Ruotolo readies biggest MMA test, and B-Team pivots to MMA after Craig Jones split. Your no-gi weekly roundup for May 4-10, 2026.
Chael Sonnen brings back Submission Underground, UFC BJJ 8 locks Musumeci vs Dantzler, ADCC West Coast Trials aftermath, Gordon Ryan retirement fallout, and Progress drops its 2026 ranked rashguard line. Your no-gi week in full.
Gordon Ryan is widely regarded as the greatest no-gi grappler of all time, and his March 2026 retirement brought that debate to a close for many in the community. Over a decade of competition, he redefined what was possible in submission wrestling — building a record that may never be matched. Whether you watched him…
ADCC 2026 heads to Kraków, Poland on September 12-13 with a stacked roster of world-class no-gi grapplers. Here is every confirmed athlete, weight class breakdown, Super Fight speculation, and everything you need to know about the biggest submission grappling event of the year.