Taser or Jiu-Jitsu For Police To Neutralize a Suspect?
Jul 21, 2018BJJEE
Modern day police is facing countless hurdles. In addition to everything their training doesn’t always seem to cover some bare essentials of hand to hand combat that could help save lives and...
What’s It Like Rolling with Buchecha, Rodolfo & Preguica in the Same Day
Jul 20, 2018BJJEE
Can you imagine playing a game of one on one basketball with Lebron James? Probably imposable for the average basketball practitioner. The great thing about the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is that...
The Best Side Control Escape In BJJ: Spinning Out in Anticipation
Jul 18, 2018BJJEE
Side control is one of those positions that is just plain horrible. Our opponent can mount attacks, we can’t, they can stall and rest, we’re carrying all of their weight, and they torque their...
Wrestle-Jitsu: Bulgarian Wrestler’s Way Of Reversing Side Control
Jul 18, 2018BJJEE
Have you ever tried to pin or control a top level Wrestler in side control? It’s no fun at all… Check out this interesting take on how a top-level wrestler would go about escaping side...
The Grappling Referee: Why Officiating is an Enhancement To Your Jiu-Jitsu Journey
Jul 18, 2018BJJEE
So after listening to another year of endless complaints about the officiating at the IBJJF Worlds, I started to think about the state of officiating and how to improve it. One thought is to...
Roberto Atalla: ‘No, Jiu-Jitsu Is Not For Everyone…’
Jul 17, 2018BJJEE
It definitely requires a special type of person to actively train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Only 1% of the people who start training will eventually get to black belt. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing at an...
BJJ Black Belt Catches Burglar & Puts Him in His Trademark Triangle
Jul 16, 2018BJJEE
Sometimes burglars pick the wrong house to rob. That sometimes is when they are caught by a BJJ black belt. This happened today in San Diego, California. Sergio Hernandez, a BJJ black belt,...
Olympic Wrestling Gold Medalist Stops Armed Terrorist With Takedown
Jul 16, 2018BJJEE
Grapplers are universally known for their braveness which sometimes comes in handy when faced with dangerous real life situations. Who can forget the case of US airman and BJJ practitioner Spencer...
Bixente Lizarazu, Football World Cup Champion, is a BJJ Black Belt
Jul 16, 2018BJJEE
Bixente Lizarazu, the former left back of French national football team that won the world cup in 1998, has been training Jiu-Jitsu for the since 2009. Lizarazu has also competed twice even winning...
Kurt Osiander Shows Us His New Academy & A Counter To Over Under Pass
Jul 16, 2018BJJEE
After 25 years training and teaching at Ralph Gracie’s academy, Kurt Osiander left or was fired (depending on who’s story you believe), last week. Osiander has already found a new...
A Lower Belt Tapped You, Now What?
Jul 14, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 14, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 13, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 12, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 12, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 10, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 08, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 08, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 07, 2018BJJEE
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?
Jul 07, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 07, 2018BJJEE
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’
Jul 06, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 06, 2018BJJEE
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
Jul 06, 2018BJJEE
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...
