Academy News

This week in CTA classes, we turn our attention to side control, one of the most common and critical positions in Jiu Jitsu. We’ll start by reviewing how to recover guard when an opponent is attempting to pass, as well as how to escape when they’ve already passed and are blocking our hips. We’ll place […]

This week at CTA, we’re continuing our focus on the powerful closed guard position. We’ll start by reviewing the sit-up sweep, a key move to use when you can’t break your opponent’s posture, allowing you to sweep or submit, and improve your position. Later in the week, we’ll train the scissor sweep—an easy-to-learn, effective technique […]

This week in CTA classes, we continue developing one of the most important positions in Jiu Jitsu—the closed guard. This guard allows the bottom player to take away speed and explosiveness, forcing their opponent to carry their weight and fight from a restricted posture. A well-developed closed guard offers control, safety, and constant offensive threats, […]

This week in CTA classes, we begin our focus on the closed guard—one of the strongest and most important positions in Jiu Jitsu. Closed guard allows the bottom player to control their opponent by breaking posture, carrying their body weight, and neutralizing speed and strength. It’s a position that gives smaller grapplers the ability to […]

Getting promoted with stripes or a new belt is an important indicator of our progress through Jiu-Jitsu. Often, people think that reaching the rank of black belt means you’ve finally done it, and your training is complete. While receiving a black belt is a rewarding accomplishment, it is only another step taken on a lifelong […]

Making mistakes is part of the learning process. Especially when you start Jiu-Jitsu, the movements feel awkward, the techniques are foreign, and the objectives of each position are unclear. As you gain familiarity and experience with the curriculum, you will begin to gain an understanding of what Jiu-Jitsu is. In order to learn, mistakes will […]