This week Dedeco gives us some details for working the sit up guard, along with a quick sweep from the position when your opponent thinks he has pushed you down to pass.

At one point a few years ago I weighed almost 300lbs. I didn’t get there by indulging in bushel baskets of organic vegetables. It was good old fashioned junk food. High quality baked goods or gas station candy bars and soda, I was an equal opportunity eater. As long as it was full of sugar and corn syrup, there was a good chance I liked it.

In this episode of Rolling Reflections Pete gets a chance to roll with Ryron Gracie. You can see from the video that the roll was very low key and playful, definitely not a hard core competition. But even going at this slow pace and with a loose flow, you can really see some amazing details in Ryron's game.

The Ground Control Platinum 350 is a new design for the company. We've been testing one of the black 350s for a little over a month now and are really impressed by the quality of the gi, especially for the cost. It really is a great bargain for the money if you are looking for a lightweight competition gi.

In this segment of BJJ Power Play Abmar Barbosa shows us how he likes to open up the collarbefore securing his grip for a collar choke. A great little detail, thanks Abmar!

Imagine you decided one day that you wanted to learn how to build a house, so you answered an ad in the paper that was looking for home builders, no experience needed. When you showed up on the jobsite, an architect puts you in front of a house lot, gives you some lumber and nails, and gives you a quick peek at a set of plans that you don’t know how to read. Then he turns you loose with a bunch of power tools and says he’ll see you next week.

Pete shares a quick tip on how to deal with defending De La Riva hooks in this episode of BJJ Power Play.

We received a few of the new Scramble Jiu Jitsu Essential shirts for review at the BJJ Weekly office the other day. The shirts come wrapped in individual plastic packages which is really nice, and the shipping from the UK took only a few days.

If you have to move a heavy object, you can use a simple machine to make your job easier. One of the oldest simple machines is the inclined plane.

In this clip Vitor Shaolin Ribiero shows us some nice options for recovering when attempting to sweep your opponent in spider guard when you lose one of your high hooks on his bicep. No Vitors were harmed during the filming of this technique with an oversized (but extremely cautious) ookie.