Grapplearts (Stephan Kesting)

Two armbar submissions that come on QUICK from side control. Dan Inosanto taught me to steal from anywhere but always give credit. Accordingly, I learned the first armbar by watching the guys at Rob Biernacki's Island Top Team, and the second armbar came from the GOAT Marcelo Garcia when he was in NYC.

This powerful attack allows you to teleport to your opponent's back, sweep him, and enter into leglocks from the outside hooks guard (aka de la Riva) in no gi grappling. From the No Gi de la Riva Formula instructional, more info at https://www.grapplearts.com/no-gi-de-la-riva/

Signs of bad schools and hidden traps revealed by Stephan Kesting who has been a BJJ black belt for 20 years. Did he miss any red flags? RED FLAGS 01:04 No cross-training 01:21 Separating you from friends and family 02:10 No trial classes 03:15 No talking to current students 03:25 No watching classes 03:54 Instructor's name + SA = positive 04:59 "Master" 06:07 No sparring till blue belt 07:07 No questions in class 08:47 Poor hygiene and dirty mats 10:28 High-pressure sales tactics 12:33 No talking in class 14:07 Gravy Seal bootcamp 15:04 "Every other school sucks" 15:53 Instructor chronically dates students 16:58 Financial-medical-astronomical-astrological advice 17:07 No competition / in-house tournaments only 20:02 Peaked in high school 22:37 Focusing only on top competitors 23:00 Focusing only on hot women 23:25 Focusing only on their phones 23:55 Can't pause your membership 25:21 "We don't tap to THAT here..." 27:06 Mat bullies are tolerated ORANGE FLAGS 29:26 Mandatory and expensive uniforms 30:32 Ranking and promotion fees 31:59 I see dead people (and bow to them) 33:10 Instructor doesn't roll 34:41 No colored belts (or women) 35:31 "Professor" (see video below) And by the way, this list should have included belt whipping for belt promotions!!! RELATED RESOURCES The infamous "Don’t Call Me Professor" video - https://youtu.be/-TeE3tYMiJM Grapplearts instructionals in streaming and app formats: https://www.grapplearts.com/instructionals/ My best-selling book: Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic: https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/ My book co-written with BJJ black belt world champion Brandon Mullins: Nonstop Jiu-Jitsu: https://www.amazon.com/Non-Stop-Jiu-Jitsu-Champions-Aggressive/dp/B08CPNPNDD Scowling Picture of Jordan Peterson, Courtesy: Flickr, Creative Commons; photograph: Gage Skidmore