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: Tuesday mount. Strangles and armbars.

: New week, new topic. We’ll be exploring the mount position in most classes this week and next. Come on in and brush up. – –

: Early morning, clean and quiet. We are open for all classes today. Come spend part of your day off training with us.

: I am excited to confirm fellow RGA teammate Jonathan Calestine @jon_calestine as this year’s guest instructor at the Workshop Jiu Jitsu Camp in New York City. He will be joining Jin Yung, Aaron Milam, and Larry Hope. Presently we have six seminars scheduled for the weekend. Camp attendees are also invited to attend Jin’s regularly scheduled classes. Come join us for a great week of instruction and training in New York city. Registration is open to students from all associations and to all belt levels. You can read more about our camps as well as register at https://www.workshopbjj.com/nyc-camp-2019/ – –

: Jiu Jitsu is not a seasonal sport. Summertime frequently breaks routines and can tend towards lazy days. While some people have had vacations and camps to attend, most of you have kept up your practice and really taken advantage of the summer. A few parents have commented on the huge growth they have seen in their kids over these last few months just from the consistency of training and keeping up a schedule. We have noticed it too. With summertime quickly coming to an end and the school year about to begin again, I just wanted to acknowledge the parents and kids who have kept the gym packed over the summer months. We’ll keep doing what we are doing, but we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you. – – rgapdx.com

: Kids grow up fast, and older kids need different things than the little ones. You can’t just throw them in with adults either though. Teenagers are a hard group. Starting September 3rd we will begin a program dedicated to teenagers age 13-16. Class will be two days a week in the gi. We are very open to adding additional no GI classes, particularly geared towards wrestling, if there is interest. Initially, please join us for the first day of practice on Tuesday September 3rd at 5pm to meet the team, the coaches, and see how you like training with us. Web link in bio for more information and class reservations. Rgapdx.com – –

: Teach kimuras for a few days and all of a sudden the whole room looks pretty good.

: Coach Tyler is starting the butterfly guard curriculum in the evening classes this week.

: We have some big things happening this week. Be sure to get in and train.

: Jordan is going for the record this week. He just finished his ninth class in three days. –

: Team. Friends. Tribe. Family. Whatever you call it, just surround yourself with good people. –

: Carsten put on a great seminar today sharing some of his bottom side control insights he has developed over the last few years. Everyone came out of the woodwork to support him and see him off. It was an emotional day, mixed excitement for his future and a sadness to see him off. Thanks for everything buddy, today and for the last five years. It’s been a pleasure and an honor teaching you and teaching with you. I’m looking forward to this next chapter. (One more week of beat downs) #@carstenbjj @renzograciedesmoines

: Carsten Carlsen @carstenbjj will be teaching a farewell seminar today from 1pm-3pm @rgapdx The seminar is no GI. The seminar is by donation, give what you can, but please don’t let cost deter you from attending. Everyone in the Portland jiu jitsu community is welcome. If you have trained with him over the years he would love to see you. There will be rolls after, and food and drink after that. If you can’t make it, Carsten will be in town for one more week before starting his road trip to open @renzograciedesmoines Head over and follow his new school page and give him a good review when you have the time.

: Saturdays are long, busy, and awesome days. We start with the 3&4 year old tumbling class, which is fun and noisy as a 3&4 year old class should be. The 10am kids class is something different and really sets the tone for the rest of the day. The kids pile into the gym excited for the weekend, excited to see their friends and coaches, and excited to train. They work hard. They focus, they laugh, they have fun, and when it’s time to wrestle, they wrestle. Our beginning adult class takes the mat right after the kids class. Every single day I see new adult students standing behind the row of proud parents, just totally wide eyed at the things the kids are doing. It’s fun, intense, and especially with the older kids, a technical level above what the adults have been exposed to. The kids are really, really good. The 11am adult fundamentals class begins with a sense of outright respect for the kids with this funny layer of borrowed playfulness. Some of the kids are now watching their parents train and will be sure to correct them after class. Having families train together is a special thing. I could draw on and on, really just to say that Saturdays are great, and I thank the kids for setting the tone of what it is. Have a great weekend everyone. – –

: The Chipman duckunder. Thanks for teaching us today Travis. – @chipmant14

: Friday morning. Bring your shoes. Wrestling class at 11am today. Happy Friday. Come wrestle – –

: Big guy pins.

: Underhook problems. – –

: Nothing says quality father-son time like an agressive cross face. – –

: Wrestling Mon and Fri at 11am

: Monday morning, back on the mats. Get in here and train, we have great things planned for this week – –

: Last buddy buddy shot of the trip. Heading home. See you all @reydiogobjj next month!

: Something from yesterdays training.

: Morning in LA. No GI seminar tomorrow at 10am. – –

: Russell.

: Los Angeles seminar flyer post I’m flying into LA early tomorrow, but on a slightly later flight than I thought. As it’s a tight morning, and I’m driving straight to the dojo from the airport, I pushed the seminar 30 minutes. It’s time enough for us both to have an extra cup of coffee and not worry about a bad Uber driver getting stuck in traffic. Sat 10:30am-12:30pm, GI seminar with Q&A to follow Sun 10:00am-12:pm, no GI seminar with Q&A to follow. See you all this weekend! I’m still taking topic requests. – –

: What a great class this morning. Thanks for putting in the hard work everyone. Have a great weekend!

: There were some great rounds in Carsten’s fundamentals class last night. – –

: No can defend.

: Early, still dojo. Clean and quiet, I’m thankful. My joints always hurt.

: Seek out a room full of friends to challenge you and keep you honest.

: I hope everyone had a great weekend and is ready to start the week strong. 6am jiu jitsu 10am fundamentals 11am wrestling 12 pm intermediate submission grappling See you on the mats in a little bit.

: I find myself teaching the kids classes more and more these days. – –

: Sometimes it works..

: Happy Friday. – –

: Great seeing you this week dude. Come back to Portland soon for more donuts and jiu jitsu.

: Early morning triangles.

: Los Angeles seminar flyer, take two. The first time Rey vetoes what I thought would be an obvious no GI seminar and told me I have to dress up. I convinced him to let me double up and do no GI on sun. August 3 and 4. To all my LA friends, come train and trade stories, then let’s eat good food. I hope to see you all next week.

: Kids randori is the best. – –

: We really are working on triangles this week. – –

: Dawn watch crew. 6am classes Mon, Wed, Fri for all levels

: If you missed the message, Daniel is back in town this week. Be sure to come and get some rolls with him.

: Today we worked on dealing with the underhook and other fun things. We have dedicated women’s classes throughout the week and are expanding the women’s schedule even more Aug 1. Come try a class and meet the team today. https://www.renzogracieportland.com/womens-only-jiu-jitsu/ Reposted from @rga_pdx_women

: Congratulations to coach Eddie Jamrog @eddie_jams and coach Hannah Sharp @grouse_armstrong @rga_pdx_women on their first place finishes yesterday. They will both be back in leading classes today. Women’s team training at 10am All levels jiu jitsu 1pm-3pm Photos shamelessly stolen from @eddie_jams – –

: Michael is in our 5-7 kids group. He was hitting some beautiful takedowns yesterday. – We have kids classes for different age groups six days a week. – – –

: A long day of great rounds. Congratulations to our new blue belts

: Dave has been putting in the reps on his toplock juji gatame. Today: Fundamentals drilling and women’s team training at 11am. Rounds at noon. Burgers, drinks, and gym social after class.

: Friday morning fundamentals. Closed guard and advantage guard work. Have a great Friday everyone.

: I’m excited to be heading back to my alma mater for this seminar. I started training jiu jitsu with Rey twenty years ago. It will be an honor to share some of my ideas with him and my old teammates. I hope for this to be the first of many regular trips down and my taking a greater involvement in the old team. Any friends in and around LA, please come hang out. Shoot me a message if you plan on attending, if there is enough interest, I may try to add a second class Sunday morning. Seminar will be in the gi @reydiogobjj

: The struggle for posture.

: Renzo Gracie Portland’s women’s team led by coach Hannah Sharp, Wednesday night training group. This team keeps getting better and stronger. To accommodate, we will be expanding our women’s jiu jitsu program next month, adding two upper level classes. Thursdays at 6pm and Saturdays at 12pm. This brings the program to now have six women only training sessions every week. It’s an amazing community and world class training. Come try a class and meet the team today. Be sure to follow coach Hannah @rga_pdx_women

: Workshop Jiu Jitsu – New York 2019 training camp October 10-13 Registration open soon

: Taking beatings for the greater good of helping white belts.

: Feels good to be back on my home mats.

: Travelling is difficult. While away, I often joke about the school burning down in my absence, and more generally about what I miss while away. I missed my friend Nathan’s competition this weekend, but was happy to see the team rally to support and coach him and see him walk away with the gold medal. Great work Nathan. @nathancrooks

: Nine days of seminars and training goes by really fast with friends. Thanks to everyone who supports my jiu jitsu and finds it interesting enough to have made this trip possible, it’s been another amazing time. See you all next year. _____ _____ @jon_calestine @matrixjiujitsu @renebeckerbjj @gametheory_jiujitsu @bjj_focus_camps @rgajeff @jitsvulcan

: And just like that, it’s Friday again. We have great classes all day long. See you all in the gym.

: Some really fun exchanges this morning. Thanks for coming in and training hard everyone.

: Carsten’s 6pm fundamentals class. Posture and penetration.

: Noon.

: LA so far. Early flight and weekend visit for Rey’s 55th. Summer belt promotions with the old team this morning. I was very happy to see my friend Rod promoted to black belt. Rey jokes he was a brown for 17 years, and it wasn’t too much of an exageration. @reydiogobjj

: Training with friends all day, and the day is only half done.

: The little kids squad. The littles (5-7) train four days a week. The big kids (8+) train six days a week. Contact us today to try a class and meet the team.

: gi and no gi classes every day.

: Thanks again for all the training this morning.

: Friday morning ashi drills and rounds with the fundamentals class.

: AC is on. Comfortable pajama fighting all morning. Come train.

: Tuesday training. Reverse ashi garami and rounds. Thanks everyone.

: Monday night fundamentals class. The students got a special treat of @trevortheshredder showing his butterfly guard and smash passing. –

: Changing tack this month, getting the fundamentals students playing footsie.

: Next month I’ll be heading back to Germany and Belgium to visit some of my favorite stomping grounds. Come train, eat, and tell stories. This will be my only trip out of the country this year. July 5 – Mainz – Transformers gym with Daniel Ackerman. July 6 – Kaiserslautern – Matrix Jiu Jitsu with René Becker. July 7 – Cologne – Game Theory Jiu Jitsu with Sven Groten. July 8-13 – Leuven – teaching with my New York teammate @jon_calestine at BJJ focus camp. ————- @matrixjiujitsu @renebeckerbjj @daniel.ackerman @gametheory_jiujitsu @sven_nogi_jj @bjj_focus_camps Illustration by @further_up design by @theblackbellco

: Friday morning. More mounted armbars

: Noon rounds.

: Patience and pressure.

: Thanks again @jitsvulcan for sharing your Jiu-Jitsu with us this week. It was a fun and insightful day of testing out shoulder mobility.

: The end of a long fun day. Thanks for flying all the way out here to share your jiu jitsu with us Priit. Safe travels home. I’ll see you in a month!

: Such a great day today from start to finish. Here we are at the rules meeting about to kick off our first in house kids tournament.

: Underhooks all Friday morning.

: Q&A with the little kids.

: The kids have all been training hard to prepare for their in house tournament this weekend.

: Genghis. @ahnom_

: Friday morning triangles.

: It was a brief stop in, but I was very happy to see my old teammate Jason yesterday. I learned a lot from Jason during my time in New York. One lesson that really influenced my game was some commentary made by @danaherjohn highlighting specific ways Jason level changes while playing guard, hipheisting and threatening to come up to leg attacks, in a way that forces the top man to respond with weight to keep him down and immobile. This little insight, and watching how Jason applied it, I feel, became one of my greatest strengths – creating opportunity of extended limbs and weight shift in my transitions from feet to floor and vice versa. Danaher also commented that if not for Jason being the smallest person in the room and of an extreme lawful good alignment, he would slaughter every one of us. I think the whole team recalled that conversation when he quit his legal job to be a butcher. When all this Jiu-Jitsu stuff is done for me one day, I just may have to go apprentice under Jason to learn how to cut up animals. Thanks for the visit and the memories man. Hopefully see you soon. (Second pic taken from Jason’s Facebook)

: Little kids (5-7) Pre class strategy session. @grouse_armstrong @eddie_jams Photo by MauiMan

: I met John and Amanda seven years ago while first visiting Portland and scouting the Pacific Northwest to see if it was a place I wanted to relocate my family to. They were my first friends in this city, and my introduction to the jiu jitsu community here. It’s always a great day when we are able to make time to train together.

: Noon.

: 20 years of friendship and instruction with this guy. Thanks for coming up to spend the weekend with us Rey, it’s always a great time. Hopefully I’ll see you down in LA next month. Reposted from @reydiogobjj – last weekend at Aaron Milam’s academy @rgapdx in Portland –

: Our training camp this weekend was a blast. Here are two of the group shots (maybe the only two) we took, one from Mike’s class Fri @renzograciewrestling, and the other from Rey’s @reydiogobjj on Sunday. Keep an eye out for the dates of our Fall camp in New York City.

: Casual guard

: My getting involved with BJJ Globetrotters was one of the best doors Jiu Jitsu has opened for me. I have been able to travel to some beautiful places, make many friends, and share my jiu jitsu with a far wider part of the world than would have been possible otherwise. One of the friendships I made along the way is with a crazy Estonian named Priit Mihkelson. We have been instructors together at a few camps and had a number of funny rolls where I got got bounce my glass cannon build off of his defensive skill set. It’s been fun. Priit’s long monologues and unorthodox ideas have earned him some internet fame and a few instructional releases on BJJ Fanatics. His travel schedule is nuts, but he had a 30 hour window free and decided to fly out to Portland for a day. I am happy to host my friend to share his jiu jitsu with Portland on Monday June 3rd. Priit will be teaching a morning seminar from 10am-1pm and in the evening from 6pm-9pm Details on topic and seminar cost to follow. You can join the Facebook event at the link below. @bjjglobetrotters @jitsvulcan https://www.facebook.com/events/303732330559263/

: Alright, alright, alright.

: Jin’s ashi and 50/50 flows will change everyone’s game.

: Jumanji flew all the way out here just for the privilege of being Jin’s uke.

: Mike Carpenter from Workshop Ann Arbor just got into town. @workshop.a2 We’re all looking forward to a great week of training. Training camp starts tomorrow morning at 9am.

: Jin and Mike couldn’t help themselves from jumping into kids wrestling class yesterday.

: Jin is in town. @workshop.nyc

: Wrestling with Mike. Day 1 @renzograciewrestling

: Workshop training camp week starts early, Mike @renzograciewrestling is in town running classes a few days before we start this Thursday..

: Huge crowd for the kids belts and stripes day. It’s incredible to hear Coach Hannah so beautifully describe and praise each and every one of her students. I’ve cried like five times. – Reposted from @rachelgessert

: Hey coach, is this a move?

: Carsten and Eddie demonstrating some leg dexterity drills for attacking the turtle and entering the truck.

: Having a team meeting before every class helps to break the ice by letting the kids tell us the most exciting moments of their life outside the gym. It also gets everyone on the same page for class expectations and goals for the day. Get more done, have more fun.

: Noon rounds. Triangle arm bars. Cat pants.

: Today started off as a GI class, but then everyone wanted to do heel hooks.

: The energy on Saturdays is always huge. Kids class is about to kick off the weekend. See you all in a little bit.

: Tomorrow @grouse_armstrong is teaching a seminar @10pspringfield. If you are in the area or are able to travel, she has some beautiful jiu jitsu and is a very good instructor. I believe the topic is arm bars. Don’t miss it.

: Hitting a snap down that takes your partner off his feet will always make you smile on the inside.

: Agressive north-south.

: A student’s nice triangle finish from competition this weekend.

: Genghis Sean channelling @epoh_lair with the superfluous wrist lock.

: The day after a tournament post. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who went out there and represented the team yesterday. Congratulations to all the kids who compete and medal at every tournament. The medals are great, but the compliments the coaches receive are for the true quality of your jiu jitsu and for how you carry yourselves with respect and maturity in victory. You all are the future of this school. Congratulations to all the new competitors who got our there and surprised themselves with the quality of their jiu jitsu. First competition – first place sets a high bar. I know you will all be back on the mat Monday morning even hungrier. Congratulations to the guys who have been chasing the gold medal for a while and finally got their 1st place. Hard work over time gets you there. Game of Thrones is on deck. See you all on the mats tomorrow morning.

: Workshop Jiu jitsu affiliation’s annual Portland training camp is coming up. Don’t miss out on this one once a year opportunity to train with Jin, Larry, Mike, and this year’s special guest Rey Diogo. This will be an amazing camp. Camp is May 9-12. You can read about it and register at workshopbjj.com Link in bio.

: These days some of the best insights I get come from observing these two train.

: Happy birthday dude. 48 and training every day.

: My oldest two training together yesterday. Pretty cool.

: Morning struggles.

: Top of the new week after a huge weekend! Don’t miss training today. We have classes all day to help you get in. All levels class at 6am 10am fundamentals, 11am wrestling, 12 noon intermediate Kids at 4 and 5 Fundamentals at 6 Intermediate at 7 See you on the mats.

: A few fuzzy shots from a very fun round yesterday with @carstenbjj

: The older kids working on their x-guard sweeps under the supervision of coach Eddie.

: Saturday’s crew.

: Noon class. @carstenbjj

: Shoulder tangle.

: The whole room is working side control escapes except for these two old guys heel hooking each other…

: Passing rounds.

: No fun.

: The camp roster is updated. My first jiu jitsu instructor, 5th degree Carlson Gracie black belt Rey Diogo will now be joining us for camp and teaching a seminar Sunday morning. Workshop Jiu Jitsu training camp May 9-12 in Portland, OR. Camp registration link is in my bio.

: Wrestling scrambles.

: The rain hurts my joints, I know training will be hard today. This picture makes me smile, I will train with Jesse today.

: Five years ago I was happy to have been able to get to LA and spend Rey’s 50’th birthday with him. (He really likes to sing). Rey called me up a few days ago and let me know he will be joining us for the May Workshop Jiu Jitsu camp (I selfishly put camp on my 40th birthday weekend). I’m really excited for his seminar and to have him there spending the weekend with the team and my family. I’m you are not registered for camp yet, everyone is welcome. Epic pig roast Saturday. Camp info and registration link in bio.

: Are you ready for the Friday morning wrestling block? Fundamentals at 10, wrestling with @nikdanhug and @alhughes at 11, underhook upside down stuff at noon with @rgapdx. Leg study and open mat tonight. Happy Friday all.

: It’s been an upside-down kind of week.

: Cross grip sweep fun this morning.

: Congratulations again to everyone who competed over the weekend, it was great seeing you back in first thing today.

: Sunday women’s team training led by Hannah Sharp @grouse_armstrong Reposted from @briistheshit

: The girls putting Travis to work.

: The end of our week of crushing mounts.

: Fun Tuesday morning.

: Fundamentals class this week and next is cycling back to the mount position. We are covering your first basic skill set, top and bottom. This is a great time to come in and start your free week trial.

: Registration is now open for our May training camp. May 9-12 at RGA PDX https://www.workshopbjj.com/workshop-pdx-2019/

: Varieties of half guard.

: Drilling on leg day.

: A year goes by faster and faster. I think I had to put two rolls of tape on the bum ankle just to get a few rounds in. Fun day though.

: Have the patience to only take exactly what you want. @grouse_armstrong

: Back to the leg stuff

: Starting the week off with leg drags and basic truck drills.

: I needed a faster shot to catch this one from Friday’s wrestling class.

: Saturday’s squad.

: Friday wrestling.

: Heading home with a ton to work on. What a week.

: Just thinking about you Jack. You should get back in and train. Larry showed us a ton of wristlocks. New meta.

: What a weekend. We wrapped up our first Hawaii camp yesterday. Four days of awesome people and training in a beautiful place. Thank you again to @boarsnest808 for the hospitality, of course to @workshop.nyc and @workshop.honolulu for coming together to teach with me. It was a pleasure to meet Larry’s team, you all have built a great squad of terrifying wrist breaking, anti-jiujitsu players. I can’t wait to come back, and you all are of course welcome to Portland anytime.

: Black belts on the mat this morning. Today was the final day of our training camp. Mahalo @kaiborggarcia and Leif Robinson @boarsnest808 for the awesome North shore hospitality. It was an amazing camp experience for everybody, largely thanks to you guys. Hopefully see you in Portland in May, and we can’t wait to see you here next year.

: Reposted from @eddie_jams – Hannah Sharp @grouse_armstrong wins the @subspectrum 135 lb. women’s bracket and $1,000 via three submissions. Thanks so much to @jordan_jitsu for inviting her and taking care of his athletes. Hannah is the women’s coach and head kids’ coach at @rgapdx Renzo Gracie Academy/Workshop Portland, a 2018 Adult Middleweight Brown Belt IBJJF No Gi World Champion, and a ADCC North American Trials bronze medalist. DM her for training inquiries and sponsorship opportunities. She still has no sponsors. –

: The final unpleasantry of the evening.

: Jin holding court this morning. Nobody was ready for this. Minds blown.

: Getting ready for camp day 2. View from the mats.

: What is sloth?

: Session two.

: Camp day one starting super fun.

: Larry’s elbows. Lol. Parts of this week are going to really suck.

: Workshop training camp begins tomorrow morning. We’re all excited to see what magic Larry has been up to. This is going to be one hell of a week.

: Train every day.

: Saturdays start with the kids.

: I got thinking today of the old pre-Workshop crew at 666 Broadway. I was hoping to find a larger and older team shot, but this is the oldest one I could find. Creepy-beardless Eddie cummings lurking behind me, Gunner Nelson to my right. Me, Jin, and Larry all in different places, all with schools of our own now. Sherif Bob runs ZOO BJJ in Missoula, Montana. Old teammates not pictured, Youssef just got his black belt from Marcelo Garcia. Rick Canstaneda has his black and runs a Gracie Barra just outside of Austin, Jason Park has his black running a school in Seoul Korea Ed Anthony runs Atlas jiu jitsu in New York. I feel like in this small sample of misfits, the number of blackbelts to come out of the room feels high, especially the number of people to go all in and choose to do it as a career. Thats it. Maybe the takeaway is just that if you stick with it long enough, that’s where you end up. I can’t help be a little proud of everybody though, and of us as an old team. Life happens, and we all go our own way, but an old picture like this brings a lot of nostalgia back. Miss you guys. I’m looking forward to seeing some of you at camp next week. Carry on. Happy weekend all.

: Wrestling to Jiu jitsu is a tough transition but @theorettix was really excited to get back. With such great coaches like @grouse_armstrong , @eddie_jams and @nottylercrain I have a feeling that once the newness wears off both Theo and Mina will be animals. … Reposted from @carlitoescobar – –

: Perhaps the best day of the week. Happy Friday everyone, see you on the mats. 10am fundamentals 11am wrestling 12pm intermediate 6pm leg focus seminar (part 2) 7pm open mat

: Next weekend.

: One week until the Hawaii camp. https://www.workshopbjj.com/workshop-boars-nest-2019/

: Dad class leg focus. Entrances to cross-ashi.

: Congratulations to my friend Sven @gametheory_jiujitsu with his savage smother finish in his superfight this weekend.

: Experiments with Russian Dan part 2. Camel Clutch to this thing.. What do we call this?

: We added a second dedicated wrestling class to the schedule. Now Mon and Fri 11am-12noon.

: Kids these days. Russian Dan didn’t know what a camel clutch was. @therealironsheik @grouse_armstrong

: Seeing my son finally get on the mats and have fun training is just about the best part of all this.

: Kids class learning some knee on belly surfing.

: For those of you who are not already members, I presently have 34 technique videos on the Grappler’s Guide site organized into subsections figure-four bicep, squirrel guard, grinding north/south, and power half back control. The table of contents is attached below. I will be reorganizing all of this content, filling in some blanks, and adding much, much more. The Grappler’s guide is an amazing community and study resource and I am proud to be a part of it. You can check the site out here: https://grapplersguide.com/amilam You can use code: AMILAM to get 30% off your membership cost. And thanks again to Jin for tollerating my nonsense as uke for these videos. — –Site content– — Figure 4 Bicep: Position Tips Triangle Choke When Opponent Posts On Mat Triangle Choke When Opponent Posts On Hip 2 Arm Drag Options Arm Drag To Back Mount With Trapped Arm Omoplata Belly Down Armbar When Opponent Hugs Leg Against Combat Base – X Guard Leg Position To Heel Hook Opponent Gets Combat Base – Arm Drag and Armbar Squirrel Guard: Position Introduction Position Tips Omoplata (Plus Omoplata / Kneebar Combination) Kneebar Leg Swing Sweep When Opponent Leans Towards Hooked Leg Counter The Ankle Grab To Armbar Leg Lace Armlock When Opponent Posts On Your Hip Opp Stops Leg Lace Armlock to Standard Armbar or Triangle Opponent Counters Kneebar With Hip Hug To Leg Lace Mir Lock Counter Defense to Kneebar Attack Counter Defense to Sweep or Outside Ashi Heel Hook Grinding North South: BJJ Globetrotters USA 2016 Camp – 20+ Minutes Position Tips Attacking Position Tips Additional Attacking Position Tips Low Kimura Upside Down Triangle (With Armbar) Open Their Arms With Leg Grind Open Their Arms On With Opposite Leg Grind Grinding North South to Spladle Power half back control: Power Half Back Mount – Position Tips Power Half Back Mount – Spine / Rib Lock Submission Catch Wrestling Style Submissions Power Half Back Mount – Guillotine

: Happy Friday. Come train. 10am fundamentals 11am wrestling 12 noon intermediate no gi 6pm leg lock focus seminar 7pm open mat

: I’m happy to announce that my initial collaboration with Jason Scully of The Grappler’s Guide was so well received by his community of passionate jiu jitsu nerds that we have decided to add even more of my content as he goes into overdrive growing his BJJ community and library from its already huge base of more than 7000 videos. In my opinion, it is just about the best study resource out there to help you improve your jiu jitsu off the mats. The present list of outside experts include: Craig Jones, Michelle Nicolini, Lachlan Giles, Mikey Musumeci, Reilly Bodycomb, 10th Planet Program, Vladislav Koulikov, Jared Weiner, Trenton Cooke, Michael Perez, Andris Brunovskis, Dan Covel, Aaron Milam, Travis Stevens, Shintaro Higashi, Jonathan Thomas, Wilson Reis, Emily Kwok… the site has a massive amount of high level content. I will be updating the material I have done with him already on the figure 4 bicep grips, my Squirrel guard, and my North/South and back system. I’ll be adding the hip harness system, my passing and pickups, looking at my tornado sweep, shooting some leg content, and whatever else is interesting to the community. I’m happy to be working with Jason to get my content out there and to help build the jiu jitsu community. Check the site out here: https://grapplersguide.com/amilam You can use code: AMILAM to get 30% off your ONE TIME membership cost Please let me know if you have any questions and what content you would like me to film with Jason. @jason_scully

: Workshop Jiu Jitsu’s Portland, Oregon training camp is coming up May 9-12. Jin, Larry, and Mike will all be returning to share their technique and train with us. This camp will be big. Registration will open soon. https://www.workshopbjj.com

: John was impressed with her matches this weekend, but it was the fanny pack that drew the most compliments.

: For some reason, some of my students don’t enjoy the honor of being uke. … For all of you who think it is too painful, I asked Rey to show a few mean spirited techniques. Revel in my discomfort. Videos will be posted in our student group.

: Back to the open guard grind.

: Weekend highlight. Driving around Los Angeles with Rey Diogo. Windows down, sunroof open, speakers blasting Dirty Diana and Rey shamelessly sings every word. It was awesome.

: ADCC weekend followup. I had to wait to get these awesome pictures from Janine because Hannah and Eddie already broke the news and used all the photos. At the end of the weekend Hannah Sharp came away with a bronze medal at the ADCC west coast trials. Five matches, three submissions, including victories over a sambo national champion and two black belts. We’re all incredibly proud of you and everything you have accomplished as an athlete and coach and daily stoked to share the mats with you. Congratulations. @janinebl14 @grouse_armstrong @eddie_jams

: Morning session with the king. ADCC trials tomorrow.

: Senpai David Koda kicked my ass again. I train for 20 years and just can’t catch up to this guy.

: The 5-7 group learning how to be a proper backpack. We have kids classes six days a week.

: There are two more days of early bird registration for this camp. Reposted from @bjj_focus_camps – LEGLOCK training camp in Leuven,Belgium, with Aaron Milam and Jonathan Calestine. 8-13 juli. 25 hours of technique and 15 hours open mat. 200 euro. For more information visit our website focuscamps.jimdofree.com – –

: Noon class was fun.

: Some of our 6am jiu jitsu crew just finished their morning training before my week has gotten started. 6am classes Mon, Wed, and Fri.

: Happy Friday.

: Mounted unpleasantries

: Still going, 30 minutes after everyone else has gone home.

: More guard.

: Break and pass.

: Guard building. All week.

: Earlier in the rounds before it became too slippery to shoot.

: Help me…

: Reposted from @bjj_focus_camps – LEGLOCK training camp in Leuven,Belgium, with Aaron Milam and Jonathan Calestine. 8-13 juli. 25 hours of technique and 15 hours open mat. 200 euro. For more information visit our website focuscamps.jimdofree.com –

: More work on cauliflower growth and half guard passing.

: This week everyone’s half guard passing will improve. Everyone will also make great progress on their cauliflower ear.

: You can’t watch these kids train and not be impressed. The coaches ask a lot of them and they do it. Frequently they have to work harder than they thought they would have to, but they always get the job done. The kids who have been here a while have a maturity and work ethic that is very rare to see in people without their without having something like jiujitsu in their lives to nurture it. Some of them have been here four or five days a week, for years. They are great kids. If you have kids, you really need to look into getting them into a jiu jitsu program to see how it can help them grow, as martial artists, as athletes, and just as maturing, responsible people.

: Friday morning wrestling.

: Twenty years doing this thing, and pushed to the question, I still always say what keeps me doing this are the people I train with and the special way that jiu jitsu become my creative outlet. Moving from LA, to New York, to PDX has been challenging for me, losing coaches, moving away from teams, and having to build new communities. I’m very much a creature of habit, and the break in momentum that moving caused was jarring for my relationship with jiu jitsu. When I left NYC, I had been teaching for nine or ten years, but Jin and I had really just taken that group of students, printed some t-shirts, and formed Workshop Jiu Jitsu. I struggled with what to call my new school in Portland, and though I decided to open a Renzo affiliate, Workshop was always an awkward hyphenated subtext part of it. That said, Jiu jitsu has still given me my strongest friendships and allowed me to travel all over the world. It has been a growing process seeing how other groups live their jiu jitsu, form friendships by sharing technique and then destroying each other, and figuring out ways to keep up those relationships over great distances.The positive reception and excitement I received is still surprising to me, even more so that people have asked to affiliate with me and my team. Going into 2019, Workshop Jiu Jitsu has become something a bit larger than just Jin and I leading a group of lost boys in a New York basement. It has grown to be five schools now. Jin running the original team in New York, me in Portland, our first black belt Larry Hope and his team in Honolulu, and my first two affiliates – Kindred Jiu Jitsu, just north of Seattle, WA, and Final Round training center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’m excited for the new year, for the camps, seminars, and competitions with the team, for building this new community, and learning from each other. We’ll keep doing what we’ve always been doing, just with a few more friends on a bit larger of a team, all appreciative of how jiu jitsu brought us all together and continues to give back.

: Sunday January 6th, the first weekend in 2019, Renzo Gracie Portland is offering two free 2 hour seminars to the community. These seminars are aimed towards brand new, never trained before students, but will also be suitable for those long away from the art or freshly started. 10am-12noon is a women only seminar. 1pm-3pm is a co-ed seminar. Both seminars will begin with a brief warm up and then quickly move to instruction and drilling of some fundamental movements and techniques of jiu jitsu, both standing and on the ground. At the end of the seminar the coaches will be available to answer any questions you have. Whether your interest in the art is self defense, competition, community, or fitness, these weekend seminars are a great opportunity to start the new year strong. Please visit our website to reserve your spot. We are happy to answer any questions you may have before next weekend. https://www.renzogracieportland.com/2018/12/30/free-introduction-to-jiu-jitsu-seminars-jan-6/ Happy New Year. We hope to see you on the mat.

: Sunday January 6th, the first weekend in 2019, Renzo Gracie Portland is offering two free 2 hour seminars to the community. These seminars are aimed towards brand new, never trained before students, but will also be suitable for those long away from the art or freshly started. 10am-12noon will be a women’s only session taught by brown belt no gi world champion Hannah Sharp. 1pm-3pm will be a co-ed class taught by multiple staff. The two hour seminars will begin with a brief warm up and then quickly more to instruction and drilling of some fundamental movements and techniques of jiu jitsu, both standing and on the ground. At the end of the seminar our staff will be available to answer any questions you have. Whether your interest in the art is self defense, competition, community, or fitness, this weekend seminar is a great opportunity to start the new year strong. Please send us a message here to reserve your spot or to have us answer any questions before next weekend. Happy New Year. We hope to see you on the mat. Reserve your spot now. link in profile.

: Deer was back today. Everyone was stoked. Miss you dude.

: Portrait of a wrestler.

: Wrestling class highlights @nikdanhug

: Fun noon class reappraising my old guard habits.

: A few months ago when I was teaching in Germany, Vince, my old student from New York walks thru the door. Small world. I had to give him a power bomb for making the trip. It was fun seeing you dude, thank for the picture.

: Our kids program led by brown belt world champion Hannah Sharp, co taught by brown belts Eddie Jamrog and Tyler Crain. Whether your kids are here for fun, self defense, general discipline and self improvement, or with competition dreams of being a future world champion, you won’t find more detail oriented and passionate coaches to help them achieve their goals. You can schedule a first free class today to come meet our team.

: Morning wrestling room.

: Warren takes notes after every class. Warren is getting better faster than you. Be like Warren.

: People start doing some funny things when I make achieving the back the only way to win. – Fun class today guys. Thanks for the rolls.

: The first of our 2019 training camps. Feb 28-Mar 3. Located at the Boars Nest, Oahu. Camp link in bio.

: Clean and quiet at the end of the night. Particularly thankful for the training today, and looking forward to tomorrow.

: Bridging, shrimping, and annoying, plus the infamous double rainbow. See you tonight.

: Back when I first moved to New York, one of my many jobs was taking the train out to Long Island to run a small jiu jitsu program at a local karate school. Big Ryan was one of my first students out there. Very quickly he joined me for the daily training in the blue basement under John and we were just teammates and friends. It’s been a long time since then buddy. I’m so happy to see you hold the course and be promoted to black today. Congratulations friend. @rgaursus

: He already has a black belt in beard. Today I put on the last stripe before we level up the belt. Nice work Aaron, it’s always a pleasure having you on the mat.

: Today the things I taught were silly and annoying. People liked them.

: Congratulations Coach Hannah. Hannah Sharp @grouse_armstrong from Renzo Gracie/Workshop Portland representing Silver Fox BJJ wins the Adult Brown Belt Lightweight No Gi World Championship by submitting all of her opponents with a rear naked choke, arm bar, and knee bar. Look at the names on the list…I have never been prouder of anyone. P.S. She has no sponsors, rarely gets invited to anything, and has never taught a seminar. Regran_ed from @eddie_jams –

: What a great time teaching yesterday at Workshop Seattle / Kindred Jiu Jitsu. Thanks for having me up again guys. I’m looking forward to seeing your team grow.

: Position before submission and stuff, except for those people who’s style requires that their partner smash them first. @drewbert5576

: Morning wrestling class with Niko and Eddie. Every Friday at 11am.

: Next Saturday I’ll be in the Seattle area teaching a seminar at Kindred Jiu Jitsu / Workshop Seattle. We’ll be looking at some of my squirrel staples as well as a lot of new ideas. If you are free come on by and train some jiu jitsu with us.

: Monday morning osaekomi-waza

: Black Friday wrestling class.

: White belts who quit.

: A great first day back to Portland.

: It’s Black Friday week. Consider investing in yourself this year. You can visit the link here and in profile to receive the offer details by email. Good for adults and kids memberships. https://www.renzogracieportland.com/2018/11/21/black-friday-sale/

: The final seminar of Germany trip with a great group of guys. We spent the day looking at my hip harness systems and variations of Achilles locks followed by the obligatory traditional German dinner. Thank you everyone for making Mainz a great last stop. Now, on the way to the airport. Heading home.

: Training in Stuttgart, day three. I really didn’t know what to expect on this one; five days training on the military base here. It has been an enthusiastic mixed group of military and local jiu jitsu practitioners. Two more days of training, so much more to teach.

: Thanks again for the great time guys.

: My Germany trip so far, two days and two great seminars at Matrix and Cage MMA. Thank you again to Rene, Andreas, and Sven for inviting me to teach, your hospitality always makes me feel well at home here, and it is always rewarding to have such an enthusiastic reception for my style of jiu jitsu. Congratulations to Andreas on your promotion to brown belt, I was happy to be here for that. Your passion for jiu jitsu and dedication to building Matrix is inspiring to everyone. You are doing great things over here. Now on to Stuttgart for the next sessions.

: My second home in Germany. Spending a little bit of time sharing ideas with Rene before my seminar begins. This is the first full day of what should be an epic trip.

: Half guard hugs.

: Back in NYC for the weekend. Come hang out with me and Jin tonight.

: Today was Genghis Sean’s last day as a white belt. Congratulations on your achievement and all the hard work you have put in over the years. Time to reorganize and set new goals for chapter two. @ahnom_

: I’m headed back to Germany in a week to teach a few seminars. If you are in the area please come train with me.

: Coach Hannah kicking off our quarterly kids grading.

: Wednesday morning flashback. I can’t think of an appropriate caption to capture the discomfort here.

: I’m headed back to Germany next month to train with my friends at Matrix jiu jitsu Stay tuned for a few additional seminar announcements.

: We sent a small team to compete today. Coach Hannah Sharp wins gold in her weight and absolute. Jess and Janine both take first in their weight. Veteran kids competitors Coral and Griffin both take first in their GI and no GI divisions, and first time competitor Lucas takes second behind Coral. Great work everybody.

: First bit of big news to come out of the weekend. Congratulations to my three newest black belts. @russelltunesbjj @trevortheshredder @buffer0verflow A small bit of what I tried to convey at the moment I was presenting. I have been a black belt a little over ten years and still don’t entirely understand quite what it means to earn a black belt in the same respect that I can define a blue or purple by reference to technique and ability. It is necessary to have the skill required to hang at that level, the teaching ability, the smoothness of movement and judgment, but just having these things is far from sufficient for the belt. I have seen all three of these men earn the respect of their peers, the junior students, and their seniors for their leadership, passion, and character, not only skill. Maybe the best I’ve got to saying what this means is that conversation in Donnie Brasco where they break down friend of mine, friend of ours. These guys are friends of ours now. Their skill has been given for a long time, and now I vouch for them as good men who will unquestionable represent me and the team going forward.

: Back to Portland, bright and early. What an amazing week of training and seeing friends in NYC. A proper recap post or two will be coming shortly.

: Nothing quite like getting heel hooked by good friends all weekend. Photo by @erikrasmussen_atlarge

: Our group yesterday at the end of day three. Eddie led an excellent class; he was insightful, systematic, and generous with his knowledge. We all leave with a few new tools for solving leg problems and a raised bar for how to approach problem solving in general. Photo by @edwintsephoto @eddie_wolverine @workshop.nyc

: Going into day three of camp. Today we see the second half of Eddie’s seminar. I’m looking forward to this one.

: Morning of day one. Jin’s 2on1 lesson.

: Jin’s class, the night before camp begins.

: Another long over due promotion was given on Saturday. Congratulations Brandon on earning your purple.

: Friday morning wrestling class with coach @eddie_jams and @nikdanhug

: Time sneaks up on us all. Camp is only one week away. New York City. Oct 11-14. Come train with us.

: Carsten’s noon class. Snap downs and front head locks.

: Morning half guard training.