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Author Archive: BJJEE

How Rickson Gracie’s Black Belt Dave Kama Figures Out Your Game Through His Defense

Dave Kama, a 4th degree black belt under Rickson Gracie (One of the original Jiu-Jitsu BJJ Dirty Dozen, and one of Rickson Gracie’s Top Black Belts) in this video is tolling with a student from...

Ronda Rousey Teaches Her Favorite Kouchi Gari Foot Sweep Set Up

Former UFC champion and Judo Olympic bronze medalist Ronda Rousey walks us through the way she sets up the Kouchi Gari foots sweep. Grips and The Feint The starting position for the Kouchi Gari throw...

Xande Ribeiro Explains How He Used the Xande Sweep to Beat Marcelo Garcia

World champion Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro, in this clip from Episode #17 of the Riccardo Baleia BJJ Podcast,  talks about his trademark “Xande Sweep”. Xande is a master of the...

BJJ World Champion Ffion Davies’ Big Lift Clinch Takedown

When you shoots in for a takedown, your options are a bit limited, single leg, double leg and maybe an ankle pick. All of which are predictable and can be defended by the same reactionary movement,...

How Xande Ribeiro Traps His Opponents in The Side Closed Guard

In BJJ, closed guard is a great place to be for the one on bottom as you have so many options whereas your opponent has much less. Xande Ribeiro likes to trap his opponent in the side closed guard...

BJJEE Podcast #4 – Roger Gracie On How He Kept In Shape During the Quarantine, Training Regimen After His Retirement & Not Always Winning in Training

For the fourth episode of the BJJEE Podcast, Fedja Malinovic spoke to the legendary 10x world champion Roger Gracie! Among other things, Roger Gracie talks what he’s been up to during the...

Emilia Tuukkanen’s Tips on Securing Sponsors in BJJ

Written by Emilia Tuukkanen, BJJ Black belt, BJJ&Nogi European Champion from Finland, living and training in southern Spain. Everyone who competes in BJJ knows how much money it takes. Just...

Jocko Willink Has Some Great Advice on How To Get Better at Jiu-Jitsu

Jiu-jitsu is an inherently hard activity. When starting out, you go to a school and start learning to grapple in a room full of complete strangers. For many people, in the beginning, this is an...

How To Get Back In Top Shape & Motivated For Jiu-Jitsu After A Long Break

Like most of us around the world, you’ve had to endure many months of quarantine where you couldn’t train Jiu-Jitsu. Your regular fitness routine of drilling and rolling suddenly vanished...

Why Does Your Neck Hurt After Jiu-Jitsu?

Guest post by Dr Kickass, Mike Piekarski, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Former MMA Fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. Follow him on instagram.   Considering jiu jitsu has a significant...

Joe Rogan: ‘Working Out Just To Look Good is Like Building a Sand Castle’

The UFC commentator, BJJ black belt, comedian and podcast host opines about Arnold Schwarzenegger, Channing Tatum and why getting jacked is ultimately a waste of your time. For Rogan, he’d...

Zoo-Jitsu: Panda Outgrapples Man That Sneaked into Zoo

On Thursday, a man jumped into a giant panda house in Nanchang Zoo, Jiangxi Province. The casual visitor was seen teasing a panda who was asleep. However, the man’s act turned into a “wrestling...

How To Set Up A Flying Guillotine Choke

Here is a very nice set up for a NoGi technique: Fake Knee Tap Flying Guillotine Details by Zombie Proof BJJ.   Flying guillotine in competition:

Rafael Lovato Jr. On Ways To Improve Your BJJ Almost Immediately

So you’re improving in BJJ! But not as much as you’d like, eh…? No problem, we’ve got your back! Here are 10 easy to follow through tips that will help you improve in Jiu Jitsu by heaps and...

Rafael Lovato Jr. On How To Be Be Focused & Goal-Oriented For Better Results In Jiu Jitsu

Not enough people progress or grow in life, and one reason for that is their lack of goal setting. Many people just live life in a very passive way, and there are some pro’s to that, but you will...

Learn The ‘Domoplata’ From World Champion Dominyka Obelenyte

2015 black belt world champion Dominyka Obelenyte has developed relentless attacking methods that helped her secure multiple titles through her career. She is known for spider guard sweeps where she...

2 of the Most Important Tips for Jiu Jitsu That No One Tells You

Jiu Jitsu provides an amazing outlet to those of us who have made it a part of our lives. It is well documented how Jiu Jitsu applies both inside and outside of the training academy. We would like to...

Joe Rogan On What a Badass Rickson Gracie Was Back In The Day

Joe Rogan talks about Rickson Gracie back in the day, when he was the baddest man in Jiu-Jitsu from the Luta Livre rivalries, to dojo challenges, fighting in Pride 1 etc.. The Yoji Anjo challenge...

Jocko Willink Explains How He Fractured John Dudley’s Throat When They Rolled

Jocko Willink , the navy seal legend and BJJ black belt, was teaching archery champion John Dudley BJJ at his academy, when Dudley asked him if they could roll… Now as we all know, Jocko is a...

Alec Baulding on Being Black in BJJ: Some People Are Cool With You On The Mat But Are Different Off The Mat

The issue of race and racism is a hot topic right now. The recent Georges Floyd riots have spread all around the world calling out police brutality and racial injustice. Bloodyelbow.com, one of the...

Jocko Willink: Jiu-Jitsu is NOT For Everyone

It definitely requires a special type of person to actively train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Only 3% of the people who start training will eventually get to black belt. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing at an...

How John Danaher Uses Kaizen Principles To Improve His Student’s Jiu-Jitsu

Kaizen is a Japanese word which means “change for better”. The best translation for it in English language would be improvement”. Kaizen is any kind of improvement, one-time or...

Against A Superior Wrestler Pulling Guard Is The WRONG Strategy

Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best grapplers, such as BJJ Black Belt World Champions Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis Humphries, Amaury...

Top 10 Part-Time Jobs for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes

Trying to take your game to the next level but coming up short financially? Thinking of making training and competing a bigger part of your life? Throughout my journey as a competitor I worked more...