March 7, 2018
Unfortunetly due to the incoming snow storm we will be canceling tonight’s 7:30pm BJJ class. Stay safe and we will see you on Thursday!
January 26, 2018
At Crossroads BJJ CT we are always working in developing a strong foundation for your long term growth in Jiu-Jitsu, this means developing the most basic techniques to a very high level. In last night class our primary focus was on maintaining Back Control. Back control is one of Jiu-Jitsu’s strongest position. The back control […]
January 25, 2018
Last night at Crossroads BJJ in New London County Connecticut we continued developing our Kimora from the Guard series. While during Monday’s bjj class we used our knee to break the top Jiu-Jitsu players posture to attack the submission, in last nights bjj class we started with the more traditional variation of the Kimora and […]
January 24, 2018
The most uncomfortable position in Jiu-Jitsu: knee on belly! The knee on belly position in bjj offers the top player a tremendous amount of control, the ability to be mobile and the power to make the person on the bottom life completely miserable. The position looks exactly as its name would have you believe, your […]
January 23, 2018
Tonight we started drilling Kimora’s from the bottom position! You’ve been put on your back, but the fight isn’t over. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu the Guard offers us a wide array of sweeps and submissions, ways where we can defend ourselves even though to the common eye it appears that we are in an inferior position. […]
January 4, 2018
Hey everybody, Unfortunately due to the snow storm and the state travel ban our regularly scheduled Thursday evening classes will be canceled. Make sure you make it in to open mat tomorow night to make up the lost Mat time!
December 22, 2017
Friday 12/22 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm Saturday 12/23 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm Sunday 12/24 – 11:00am to 12:30pm Monday 12/25 – Closed Get to the gym and train! No Excuses!!
December 13, 2017
Our Tuesday night BJJ Fundamentals class focused on the Triangle Choke from the Guard. The Triangle choke is one of the strongest chokes in bjj because you use your legs which are the strongest muscles in your body. in this class we worked 2 entries into the choke and then spent the class working on […]
December 12, 2017
Last night during our Team Training Class at Crossroads BJJ we added more Submissions to our Kimora series. The more ways we have to funnel our bjj training partners into a submission, the more successful we can be. In this class we added three submission entries, a new entry into the Kimora, an entry into […]
December 11, 2017
This Past Saturday during our Fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class at Crossroads BJJ we discussed the correct position to keep your arms in order to escape from the bottom of side control. The side control position can be one of the more difficult positions to escape in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as the top bjj player has […]