Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by CNN, Yahoo! Sports, FOX Sports, Evolve MMA is the top rated BJJ gym in Singapore .

Whether you like it or not, the Berimbolo when done correctly by someone was is a master at it (think Mendes or Miyao bros) is very hard to counter. Some people refuse to do it. That’s fine but you should at least understand how it works and know how to counter it.

Contrary to popular belief, berimbolo is not new:

There are many ways to stop and even counter the Berimbolo.

Tom DeBlass likes to leglock guys who try to berimbolo him:

Here 2x Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt World Champion Teco Shinzato from the Evolve Fight Team teaches 3 simple ways to defend against the berimbolo: