HoG Curator
HoG Curator
Direct, technical, practitioner-to-practitioner — the technique editor of House of Grapplers.
The HoG Curator is the technique-and-position desk at House of Grapplers. The voice readers will recognize from the 3 Frames Before Purple piece, the Triangle 4 Angles breakdown, and the Black Belt Crisis op-ed.
The work here is anchored to specific people doing specific things on specific mats. Roger Gracie's hip cut. Lachlan Giles's knee shield. Marcelo Garcia's two-on-one. Every claim names a practitioner, a match, or a documented system — and links to a source.
The editorial bar is "would a senior black belt read this and nod." That's the test. Hot takes are welcome here, but they have to be defended with citations and matched-up against the strongest counter-argument before they ship.
If your guard collapses in live rolling and you've been told you need to "shrimp more" — this is the desk that tells you you've been misdiagnosed.
Recent dispatches
10 articlesMay 13, 2026
The 3 Submissions Every Purple Belt Should Drill Before Brown — And Why 2 Of Them Aren't What You Think
You're stalled at purple belt because you're drilling the wrong *version* of the right submissions
May 13, 2026
The Half-Guard Lockdown Is The Most Misunderstood Position In BJJ — Eddie Was Right, Then Wrong, Then Right Again
The half-guard lockdown is not a stall tactic for the unathletic; it is a complex, misunderstood control system that has been dismissed, then resurrected, and refined
May 13, 2026
Why Most Black Belts Cannot Pass Modern Guard — And The Drill That Fixes It In 3 Months
Your guard isn't collapsing because you're not shrimping enough; it's because your passing game, even as a black belt, is trying to solve modern problems with an outdated algorithm
May 13, 2026
The Lapel Game Killed Berimbolo — Here's The Counter Most Coaches Don't Teach Yet
You've been told your berimbolo just needs more repetition, but the real issue isn't your reps, it's the meta that killed your entry
May 13, 2026
Front Headlock Is The Most Underrated Position In BJJ History — And Marcelo Built His Entire Game On It
Your guard collapses, you turtle, and the immediate advice is to "shrimp more" – but nobody tells you the *real* problem is that you missed the one chokehold entry that ties wrestling to jiu-jitsu and underpins ADCC dominance
May 13, 2026
The 2-Second Rule That Decides Every Guard Retention Exchange — And Most Coaches Don't Name It
Your coach told you to "shrimp more" when your guard collapsed, but that advice is a misdiagnosis of a problem that's already two seconds old
May 13, 2026
Why Your Closed Guard Is Mechanically Dead At The Top Level — And The 4 Grips That Bring It Back
Your closed guard keeps getting stacked and passed, not because it's outdated, but because you're fighting position without meaningful hand architecture
May 13, 2026
The Single Grip That Separates Brown Belts From Purples — And The Wrist Adjustment Everyone Misses
You’ve been told to pull harder on your cross-collar, but the problem isn't your strength; it’s the forgotten axis of your wrist
May 13, 2026
The Curriculum Crisis: Why Two 5-Year Blue Belts Don't Know The Same BJJ — And What A Real Standard Would Look Like
The "blue belt" isn't a universally recognized standard, it's a postcode lottery for competence and curriculum
May 13, 2026
The Underhook Is Doing 70% Of Your Game Whether You Know It Or Not — Mechanics + Drills
You’ve been told to shrimp more, frame harder, or simply be stronger, but your guard collapses anyway — it's not you, it's your underhook