In this segment 7x World Champion Robson Moura shares one of his favorite sweeps, a nice variation from the De La Riva guard.

Posturing up seems like an easy task and many times is one of the first things you learn. When someone has a tricky guard it can be downright frustrating to posture up while controlling the hips and keeping your opponent flat. This week, Pete shows us his own method he calls "Pyramid to Posture". Check it out if you want to improve your ability to posture and control great guard players.

We got a chance to talk with Marshal Carper, the author of Cauliflower Chronicles recently and found out about his experience training in Hawaii at the BJ Penn MMA school. We also discuss some of the complexities of Hawaiian culture and rolling with BJ.

Ask any gym rat about muscle soreness after a hard workout and you might hear something about lactic acid. It's been a commonly accepted wives tale for years that the build up of lactic acid in muscles causes fatigue and soreness.

Is BJJ a Martial Art?

It seems like a silly question at first. BJJ is a fighting system, and other martial arts are fighting systems. BJJ can trace its roots to Japan where many of these ‘traditional martial arts’ come from. So why wouldn’t Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu be considered a martial art?

I first saw Andre compete live at the 2008 Mundials. What I remember is him break dancing on some guys back, which is now one of the most talked about videos on youtube. Ever since this experience I knew there was something different about Galvao’s game. I could see he was pushing the Gentle Art to another level, no one moved like him but everyone wanted to. Ever since that experience I became a huge Andre Galvao fan and it’s an understatement to say I was extremely excited when I heard he was putting a book together.

In his final week Dedeco goes deep into his trick bag to share some fantastic variations on his sit up guard. These are really clever techniques that you should really learn, very simple and very effective. Thanks so much to Dedeco for sharing this great technique with us. Make sure if you are in Massachusetts or Connecticut you look up Bestway BJJ and American Top Team, great schools and a lot of fun to train with!

In this episode of Rolling Reflections we get chance to hear what Ryron was thinking during his roll with Pete. Ryron talks alot about getting himself into dangerous positions and then using that situation to help 'steal' knowledge from his opponent. It's a totally different mindset than you hear from a lot of guys and speaks to the level of comfort Ryron has with his Jiu-Jitsu. This is a great treat, thanks to Ryron for sharing!

Welcome to a brand new feature on BJJ Weekly, Master's Mindset. Master's Mindset will get you inside the head of some the top BJJ practitioners in the world. For the first episode we talk with Ryron Gracie about his attitude towards sparring and how he uses every roll as an opportunity to learn from his opponent.

This month we welcome Ryron Gracie as Expert of the Month. Ryron will be showing us some of his favorite techniques, starting with this loop choke from open guard.