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Andy lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Amanda and their 3 beautiful children. Andy is also the father of a Marine who is honorably serving in the United States Marine Corps.
Aces Jiu Jitsu Club Technique of the Week: The Weave Pass Passing the guard is literally one of my favorite things to do in BJJ! So it’s going to be especially fun to empower you to learn how to cut through the guard like a hot knife! When I first learned the Weave Pass pass it […]
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Yes, you read that right. The one time dominant champion is taking her talents to the world of “professional wrestling”. So, has she officially retired from MMA? Who knows! You certinally can’t derive an answer from her response to the […]
This week we are revisiting the Triangle Choke Game! A lot of historic fights have been won and lost because of the Triangle Choke. In this video we share some HIGH-LEVEL details to make it work for you even when your opponent knows it’s coming! From Wikipedia: Tactically speaking, the triangle choke is a very […]
Welcome to this week’s Technique of the Week, The Kimura From Guard! This week’s we’ll cover how to apply a Kimura (Shoulder Lock) submission and how to use the Kimura to get in a position of Dominance! You’ll learn: Using the “Prayer Hands” technique to make your opponent vulnerable A key detail for submitting flexible […]
In this episode of “Ask a Black Belt” Professor Mikal tackles the question… “ What inspired you to start teaching Jiu Jitsu?” Professor Mikal gives you a behind the scenes look into what truly inspires him about teaching BJJ. Video: “Ask A Black Belt – What inspired you to teach?” Andy GonzalezAndy Gonzalez is […]
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani annunced that unnamed sources have confirmed a much anticipated Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov matchup. The fight will take place at UFC 223 in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on April 7th. Russian news outlet TASS first reported the fight though at the time, no location was mentioned. News on this is still […]
The first-ever UFC show in Russia is set to happen as early as September, as the event has already been scheduled in one of the biggest arenas in Moscow, RT Sport has learned from the venue. Staff at Moscow’s Olympiyskiy Stadium (Olympic Stadium), which has a capacity of up to 35,000 spectators, confirmed to RT […]
This week’s technique of the week is the Scissor Sweep… The scissor sweep is great for turning the tables on an attacker who is on top of you. With very little moving parts and a high rate of success the scissor sweep a great go to move. You’ll learn: 1) How to get control of […]
Welcome to another week’s episode of “Ask A BJJ Black Belt”In this episode of “Ask a Black Belt” Professor Mikal tackles the question…”Are you for or against Open Mat sessions?”For anyone who might not know, an open mat in the world of BJJ is an open training session at which there is no organized instruction. Instead participants […]
After Khabib Nurmagomedov dominated a top fighter in Edson Barboza at UFC 219, it didn’t take long for the war of words to heat up with ‘The Notorious’ one Conor McGregor. Shortly after a lopsided win, McGregor did what McGregor does and took to Twitter calling Khabib’s performance ‘dog sh-t’. He also suggested that if Khabib wanted a fight, he should […]