October 2024 at Revolution BJJ brings a focus in the classroom on the omoplata and triangle family of techniques. Omoplatas, once considered techniques for more advanced practitioners only, are now fundamental to the sport jiu jitsu game. The triangle choke has been a staple for far longer, but both are used incredibly commonly today in… Read more

September at Revolution BJJ means we’re putting the gis back on, and focusing on a new monthly theme: armlocks or armbars, as they are commonly called.  Armbars are among the most versatile submission attacks in all of jiu jitsu, and you can hit them from the bottom of guard, from the person’s back, from mount… Read more

August at Revolution BJJ is a special month for us, for we take off the gi and focus on leglocks. Leg attacks are incredibly important in jiu jitsu. Neglecting the bottom half of the human body isn’t something we’re remotely interested in, so we’ll have plenty of straight ankle lock basics and defenses, along with… Read more

July in Richmond brings hot weather outside, but inside it’s all about one position: the closed guard. The closed guard is a staple of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We’ll cover both very classic and unorthodox attacks for submissions, sweeps, and back takes all month long, both with and without the gi. All of our regularly scheduled… Read more

It’s June in Richmond now, and while this marks the start of the summer for many, for us it means a focus on chokes in our adult jiu jitsu classes.   Strangles (cutting off the flow of blood to the brain) are central to Brazilian jiu jitsu. We’ll cover lots of gi and no-gi choke… Read more

May 2024 brings with it the monthly theme of the open guard.   We’ll consider sweeps and submissions from the likes of spider guard, lapel guard, and plenty of other long and short range guard types. We’ll continue to reinforce guard maintenance topics, so you can keep the person in your guard so that you can… Read more

April 2024 brings us a new monthly theme: the Kimura.  This month, we’ll consider the duality of the Kimura: it’s both a position and a submission. Kimura grips can be used to pass the guard, take the back, and set up all sorts of finishing positions.  On the flip side, they’re also submissions in their… Read more

Revolution BJJ now has two new black belts in judo! Ben Winn was awarded his judo black belt, making him the third double black belt at Revolution BJJ! Matt Ford was promoted earlier in the year, and this is noteworthy for two reasons: first, Matt was with Kevin and Andrew during the old “judo club”… Read more