The crab ride is a no-gi back-take position where you invert underneath your opponent’s hips, hook both of their legs from behind the knees, and roll them onto their back without ever passing their guard. It grew out of the leg lock game — most entries start from outside ashi garami or a failed leg…
Three proven ways to escape turtle position in no-gi BJJ before your opponent finishes setting up hooks: the half granby, the sit-through, and hook-and-roll.
Escaping back control in no-gi comes down to sequence, not panic. Here are the 7 keys that actually get you out.
Sublimation, screen print, or blank fabric — the way a rashguard is printed changes how it slides under an opponent’s grip. Here’s what the ink is actually doing to your rolls.
Most men size a rashguard like a t-shirt. Elite no-gi competitors size it like compression gear — and the difference shows up the moment you scramble.
The best rashguards for BJJ and grappling in 2026 aren’t decided by fabric alone — ADCC, PGF, Polaris, and IBJJF each enforce different rules on sleeve length, fit, and patches that determine what you’re actually allowed to wear on the mat.
Behind every ADCC and PGF broadcast is a quieter story: why elite no-gi competitors choose the rashguards they wear, and what that decision reveals about fit, sponsorship, and grip fighting at the highest level.
A no-gi grappler’s rashguard gets more wear than any other piece of gear in the bag. Here’s how compression, sleeve length, fabric weight, and seam construction actually decide whether one lasts six months or two years.
The no-gi baseball choke replaces the gi collar with a gable grip or S-grip behind the neck, then finishes with the same scissoring hand position you’d use to hold a bat — one palm up, one palm down. It works from top side control, knee-on-belly, or turtle, and it attacks the trachea and both carotid…
Most ear guards that fail on the mat aren’t bad gear — they’re the wrong fit. Here’s how to size, test, and break in an ear guard so it stays put through scrambles.
The bulldog choke is a head-and-arm strangle usually hit from turtle or scramble position, sinking a guillotine-style grip around the neck while the far arm is trapped and pinned with the hips. It doesn’t need a gi lapel or four hooks, which is why it shows up more in no-gi and MMA than in traditional…
Cauliflower ear isn’t caused by a single hard shot — it’s caused by what you do (or don’t do) in the hours after. Here’s the actual biological timeline behind ear hematomas in no-gi grappling, and the narrow window where prevention still works.