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Author Archive: BJJEE

A Lower Belt Tapped You, Now What?

Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. The belt ego is a real thing. No blue belt minds tapping to a purple belt,...

Your Amateur Mindset is Holding You Back in BJJ; Here is How Professionals Think & Improve

Guest post by Gracie Barra Black belt, Tyson Andrew Johnson, Sr I saw something recently about the difference between an amateur and a professional that made me think about Jiu Jitsu. Actually,...

You Need To Add Adam Wardzinski’s Unstoppable Butterfly Sweep To Your Game

Adam Wardzinski is one of the premier Polish black belts making his name known in the world of BJJ. Poland, with a cultural love of grappling, has produced over 300 black belts and Adam Wardzinski...

A More Powerful Way To Pummel From Over Under

Photo: Leon Sandoval www.heyleon.com, Instagram @heyleonmedia and Facebook.com/heyleonmedia Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best...

5 Types of People That Will Never Make it in BJJ

Perhaps you have already noticed a trend in your gym. A lot of people come, a lot of people leave and very few do stay consistently over the years. In time, it’s these few that usually form the...

Tom DeBlass Has a Message to the Students Who Have Left BJJ

The dropout rates in bjj have long been considered very high. Commonly most academies at any given time have about 50% of class populated by white belts – beginners who opted in for the course...

Renzo & Eddie Bravo’s Great Details for the Arm Triangle Choke

Kata-Gatame/ Head and arm choke/ Arm Traingle choke is used as a hold down in Judo, and it is mostly used as a choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. There are many schools of thought...

Kurt Osiander Presents His New Academy After Leaving Team Ralph Gracie

Some stunning changes come from the way of the bjj Mecca – San Francisco. So what just happened there? Osiander has been very popular for a number of years. Recently Osiander went on the...

Kurt Osiander’s Side Control Demoraliser

Despite being an inferior position to full mount, side control can be a troublesome position to be stuck in. It becomes all the more difficult when you are positioned underneath a heavier and...

Pulling Guard: The Best Self Defense Against Purse Snatch?

Pulling guard in the BJJ world is often ridiculed by Judoka and Wrestlers who see it as a cowardly way to face someone. Nowadays with the rules of sport BJJ, you can win matches with very little...

Rener Gracie Tracks Down UBER Driver Who Stole His Phone

Rener was recently in Las Vegas to be in the corner of his student Brian Ortega who was scheduled to fight Max Holloway. His Uber driver stole his own and Rener tracked him down and confronted him:...

Ralph Gracie: ‘Kurt Osiander Wasn’t Fired. He Left Our Team After 25 Years’

Some stunning changes come from the way of the bjj Mecca – San Francisco. So what just happened there? Osiander has been very popular for a number of years. Recently Osiander went on the...

Ryron Gracie On BJJ Instructors Using Profanity & Showing The Middle Finger On The Mats

How important is it for a BJJ instructor to set an example for his students on the mat? Should an instructor be careful about using profanity when teaching class? Ryron Gracie recently made an...

Craig Jones To Face Rousimar Palhares at KASAI Pro 3

If you like leglocks, this is grappling match that will get you excited! The hottest grappler of this past year, Craig Jones will face the dangerous and unpredictable Rousimar Palhares at KASAI Pro 3...

BJJ Black Belt Champ Returns To Jiu-Jitsu After Near Fatal Motorcycle Accident

Raphael Forti is a Brazilian BJJ champion who in 2017 had the misfortune of being in a motorcycle accident that made him wheelchair bound. This life changing disaster didn’t discourage the...

British Cop With World’s Worst Ever Single Leg Takedown Attempt

The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...

Enraged EasyJet Passenger Put in RNC & Taps Out

Last Friday, after massive delays to flights in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, and EasyJet passenger headbutted a steward. As he was pinned to the ground by Paris airport security staff, he was put...

Russia’s Ali Magomedov Shocks The World: Taps Bruno Frazatto at ACBJJ

ACBJJ had a much buzzed about edition of the event over the weekend. However while results of the main event were fairly predictable what nobody could’ve predicted was a big upset that happened....

France Hosts Record Breaking National BJJ Championship

This past weekend was the French National Championship, organized by the CFJJB (IBJJF representative in France). Photos: Jits Magazine France. Close to 900 adult competitors (600 in gi and 300 in...

“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”’s Rob McElhenney Shows Off His Jiu-Jitsu Skills

Rob McElhenney who plays Mac on the FX/FXX comedy series ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and he likes to show it off. He posted a video of himself...

ACBJJ’s President Sick Of Boring BJJ Matches; Threatens To Stop Future Events

Last weekend’s ACBJJ event in Moscow was ACB’s 14th event. An amazing card was set up with some world class BJJ athletes, top Eastern European grapplers and high level MMA fighters. ACB...

Rener Gracie’s 2 Yr Old Son Displays Impressive Grappling Skills on Teddy Bear

For members of the Gracie family, Jiu-Jitsu was already an integral part of their life from the time that they didn’t know how to walk yet… Their fathers were already ‘playing...

Andre Pederneiras Steps Down From Nova Uniao To Run Academy Open To All Teams

Andre Pederneiras, leader of Brazilian BJJ and MMA team Nova Uniao, has announced that he is stepping down from his position. The longtime coach, will be instead focusing on his recent project Upper...

BJJ is Too Expensive? Why Training BJJ is Actually The Best Investment

Guest post by Renato Migliaccio, a BJJ black belt under Ryan Gracie and a Judo black belt. He is a former European and Pan American Champion in BJJ, and has also competed in MMA amassing a 6-1...