Raphael Cadena represents RMNU HQ team. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Professor Raphael Cadena, our GMI in Florida, answered GRACIEMAG’s request and prepared a series of exercises for you to sharpen your grips on the spider guard. A representative of the RMNU HQ school and trained by A2 Jiu-Jitsu teacher Leandro Azara in Teresópolis, Raphael is a seasoned competitor and has prepared for you a simple and efficient spider guard sweep for you to implement in your game.

Check out the sweep below:

Raphael Cadena is an experienced competitor in Jiu-Jitsu. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Professor Raphael Cadena, our GMI in Florida, answered GRACIEMAG’s request and prepared a series of exercises for you to sharpen your grips on the spider guard. Representative of the RMNU HQ school and trained by Professor Leandro Azara, from A2 Jiu-Jitsu, in Teresópolis, Raphael is an experienced competitor and has prepared for you the best tips for you to leave your opponent trapped in the spider’s web.

Check out the exercises bellow:

Raphael Cadena teaches you mobility exercises to sharpen your spider guard. Photo: Reproduction

Professor Raphael Cadena, our GMI in Florida, answered GRACIEMAG’s request and prepared a series of mobility exercises for you to sharpen your spider guard. Representative of the RMNU HQ school and trained by Professor Leandro Azara, from A2 Jiu-Jitsu, in Teresópolis, Raphael is an experienced competitor and has prepared for you the best tips for you to leave your guard impassable to opponents.

Check out the exercises bellow.

Kyra Gracie with the omoplata. Photo: Ivan Trindade

The omoplata submission is one of the most common arm attacks in Jiu-Jitsu. Similar to the kimura, it attacks the shoulder by locking up an arm with your legs. It is often used as a transitional position rather than a straight submission.

Here are seven breakdowns of the omoplata to brush up on or learn how to secure, how to transition and how to take advantage of the position:

1. Draculino teaches how to secure the omoplata from the spider guard:

2. Get the omoplata from knee on belly with Nino Schembri:

3. Your opponent is turtled? Christian Uflacker shows the inverted omoplata from this position:

4. Another way to finish the omoplata is with the horseshoe technique as explained by New Breed’s Johnny Ramirez:

5. Jackson Sousa shows how to spin under to secure the omoplata and sweep:

6. Once you’ve swept with the omoplata, go for the triangle from mount with Ricardo Cavalcanti:

7. If you’ve been caught in an omoplata, Robson Moura teaches how to defend and escape the submission:

Three-time world champion Braulio Estima is known for his creativity when it comes to technique.

In this video, he displays one of the finest examples of that.

Click play and pay attention to the explanation to add this leg lock using the the foot on the biceps.

Leo Vieira celebrates his 40th birthday this March 23.

World champion in 1998 and two times ADCC champion (2003, 2005), Leozinho is also the founder and leader of Checkmat.

We mark the date with a video of Leozinho teaching how to break the opponent’s spider guard and reach side control.

Pay attention to the flow of the position and add it to your game.

Leticia Ribeiro won a gold medal in the black belt division of the Worlds six times from 2000 to 2012.

The leader of one of the strongest female teams in Jiu-Jitsu history, the IBJJF hall of famer is celebrating another birthday this wednesday, Feb. 24.

Learn this clever sweep using the spider guard grips and the DLR hook to land your opponent on the ground and reach side control.

Click to watch and learn.

Four-time world champion Rubens Cobrinha is back to teach another one of his wide array of techniques.

This time he teaches a stack pass to be used against the opponent’s spider guard.

Watch carefully and add it to your top game.

Gabriel Arges went all the way this past weekend at the 2015 Irvine Open.

He won the medium-heavyweight and the open class even having roughly one month of being a black belt.

So, we dug deep into our video vault and found this video of Arges teaching a sweep from the spider guard that ends with a surprising armlock.

He teaches in Portuguese: “First, control the sleeve and strecth your leg with the foot on the biceps. Make another grip on the bottom of the pants on the same side.Step on the ground and pull the opponent towards you and then place your knee between his/her legs. Use your foot on the biceps to bring the opponent down and then fake an attack to his/her foot so he/she sits up. As he sits up, pull the arm towards you and set up the armbar.”

Michael Liera Jr., now a black belt under André Galvão at Atos JJ, teaches a effective way to break the spider guard and get to side control.

Watch, learn and add to your game.

3X world champion Braulio Estima is our Professor this week.

He teaches a kneebar setup that uses the foot on the opponent’s biceps and a great deal of spinning.

Pay attention and add it to your guard game.

Rubens Cobrinha is one of the most creative Jiu-Jitsu black belts out there.

In this video from 2012, he teaches two ways to beat the opponent’s spider guard and end on his/her back.

Check it out and add it to your game.