John Donehue

John Donehue is Extreme Jiu-Jitsu & Grappling's Head Coach. He has trained with the likes of World Champion Bill "Super foot" Wallace, is a black belt under Judo Gene LeBell, and second degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Andre Pederneiras and Australian Representative for World Champion Team Nova União.

Escape Artist

One of the many questions Fight Times receives is how do I escape this hold or that choke and so on. Unless we dedicate time to actually have a technique column it is difficult to explain even with pictures sometimes, as there are, like all other techniques, an almost infinite amount of variables. Often I […]

Style or Substance

Developing your own style or game in BJJ or Grappling sometimes can be one of the most confusing things for the beginning to intermediate level student. Should I be a guard player and if so open or closed. Or maybe a half guard specialist. What about playing from the top, always keeping the pressure to […]