The Grappler's Diary

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The Changing of the Guard

Examining the state of the no-gi guard.

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Chris Wojcik
Oct 19, 2022
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Jiu-Jitsu is constantly evolving.

In the last few years, with the growing popularity of ADCC and other big submission-only events like Who’s Number One, the no-gi side of the sport is growing faster than ever, and as a result, technical evolutions are also happening faster than ever.

Moves that were cutting edge a …

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