Easton Academies Blog

Move of the Week for 5/14- Lots of good technique this week. Professor Easton demonstrates several critical escapes and attacks as well as the fundamentals of striking. Fundamentals : Rear Choke Def Here Professor Easton demonstrates two different ways to break a rear choke. The first way is the preferred method. Grab the arm, pull [...]

Move of the Week for 5/7 – This week, Professor demonstrates some great sweeps, defending the mount and the Thai clench. He also gives us an excellent method for escaping knee to belly. Fundamentals: Osoto Gari +Foot Sweep The Osoto Gari and Foot Sweep are two of the most basic takedowns, but they’re still effective. [...]

Easton BJJ in castle Rock is one of our newest locations, and they’ve just reached their 100 student milestone! In celebration, they’re having a belt promotion ceremony followed by a barbecue this Saturday. They’re also offering a special rate for new students signing up today, as well as a free month for current students who [...]

Move of the Week for 4/30 – This week, we have some excellent and in-depth videos. Professor Easton thoroughly explains side control and taking the mount, as well as several options you have for sweeps while playing a butterfly guard. Professor Easton also explains using your knees in stand up and gives some great drills [...]

Tomorrow night premieres UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans. And while Jon Jones and Rashad Evans might have the featured fight, Easton’s own Brendan Schaub will also be facing off in the octagon. Schaub is matched with veteran fighter Ben Rothwell in a heavyweight bout on the main card! Schaub vs. Rothwell Schaub has been training [...]

Move of the Week for 4/23 – This week, Professor Easton demonstrates head lock defense and some basic groundwork. For the intermediate class, he shows us an incredible tripod sweep to armbar to triangle combo. Fundamentals: Standing Head-lock For self defense, it’s important to know how to break a head-lock. This is one of the most common [...]

Move of the Week for 4/16 – This week, Professor Easton demonstrates a basic but effective takedown as well as a great guard pass. He also demonstrates a few different ways to attack the leg. Fundamentals: Single Leg Mid Level The single leg mid level is one of the most basic takedowns, and set’s good [...]

Move of the Week This week, Professor Easton demonstrates the double leg take down plus two excellent combos that look good and work even better. Fundamentals : Double Leg Mid Level Professor Easton demonstrates the proper way to do a basic mid-level double-leg take down.As he says, it’s important that you get in close enough [...]

Move of the week for 4/2 – This week Professor Easton demonstrates some basic street defense with the grip strips, then movves on to show us some techniques for passing the guard. Fundamentals: Grips and strips As Professor Easton shows us, breaking someone’s grip isn’t really that hard; you just have to do it intelligently. [...]