We Have a Date & Opponent for Dillon Danis’s MMA Debut at Bellator
Mar 16, 2018BJJEE
After over a year of self hyping himself as the best MMA fighter in the world even though he is still 0-0, Dillon Danis will finally step in the cage in an MMA fight. Danis is set to make his debut...
Florida BJJ Instructor Marcel Goncalves Admits To Sexually Assaulting a Teen
Mar 16, 2018BJJEE
Police arrested 31-year-old BJJ instructor Marcel Goncalves of Fight Sports Naples on Tuesday for having sex with a teenager. Goncalves is married, and is the head instructor of Fight Sports Naples...
Dream Camp w/ Buchecha, Rodolfo, Lo, Renzo Gracie & Preguica in Ibiza
Mar 14, 2018BJJEE
This amazing camp with the 5 of the biggest BJJ stars has been going on for the past 3 years! There have also been appearances from Braulio Estima, Magid Hage and Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira. This...
McGregor’s Movement Coach Ido Portal is Preparing for MMA debut
Mar 13, 2018BJJEE
Check out BJJ Fanatics for tons of great Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques and Strategies. If you’ve been watching Conor McGregor’s these last few years, you may have noticed these movement drills...
A Cheap Choke From Bottom Half Guard
Mar 13, 2018BJJEE
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...
Demian Maia Grapples an Amazon Indian
Mar 13, 2018BJJEE
BJJ black belt and UFC welterweight Demian Maia recently tried something different. He tried his hand at Huka-Huka. Huka-huka is a Brazilian folk wrestling style of the indigenous people of Xingu, in...
GM Helio Gracie on His Criteria for Degrees on the Black Belt
Mar 13, 2018BJJEE
In an exclusive and never seen before conversation with his disciples, the Valente Brothers, Grandmaster Helio Gracie discusses the jiu-jitsu belt system, the attribution of degrees on the...
Why Go To A Grappling Open Mat?
Mar 12, 2018BJJEE
Why go to an Open Mat? Make new Grappling friends from different academies It’s a great opportunity to meet other grapplers from different academies in a relaxed setting. The only...
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London: black belt champions crowned in thrilling ending of a outstanding season
Mar 11, 2018BJJEE
The final day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour in London, UK, this Sunday, March 11, at the Copper Box Arena, provided Jiu-Jitsu fans with the final note a glorious 2017/2018 season...
Transgender Woman Anne Veriato Defeats man in MMA debut in Brazil
Mar 11, 2018BJJEE
Today a peculiar event took place. A transgender woman called Anne Veriato defeated a man in an MMA fight in Brazil. Veriato is 21 and has been training and competing in jiu jitsu since she was 7....
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London: Miyao, Ana Carol, Isaque, Jackson, others put on a show in the black belt division on day 1
Mar 10, 2018BJJEE
The final leg of the 2017/2018 season of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour started out with a bang this Saturday, March 10, at the Copper Box Arena, in London, UK. Close to two hundred...
Strikes Thrown During BJJ Match in Singapore
Mar 10, 2018BJJEE
This unfortunate incident happened during a BJJ superfight in Grapple Asia, Singapore between Shaqueme Shem Rock (Monarchy MMA Gym) and Huang Shihao (BJJ Singapore). It appears that the Singapore...
Watch: RoldolFo Vieira Faces Alexander Neufang ACB 82
Mar 10, 2018BJJEE
Rodolfo Vieira just had his third MMA fight.
After All The Self-Hype, Dillon Danis Set For MMA Debut at Bellator 198 in April
Mar 10, 2018BJJEE
After over a year of self hyping himself as the best MMA fighter in the world even though he is still 0-0, Dillon Danis will finally step in the cage in an MMA fight. Danis announced it first:...
If JJ Machado Doesn’t Qualify for Coral Belt, Why is He Denouncing a Fake Coral Belt?
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
Earlier this week we reported on a case of students promoting their black belt professor to the rank of red and black belt. This instructor had been a student of Jean Jacques Machado who is himself a...
3 Painful & Unique Compression Locks From Luta Livre (IBJJF Legal)
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
A compression lock, muscle lock, muscle slicer or muscle crusher, is a grappling hold which causes severe pain by pressing a muscle into a bone. A compression lock can cause a joint lock in a nearby...
Rodolfo Vieira Has Dropped 33lbs For His MMA Bout w/ Alexander Neufang
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
BJJ and ADCC World champion Rodolfo Vieira has an incoming MMA fight this weekend at Absolut Championship Berkut in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The black belt of GFTeam will be on the card of the ACB MMA 82,...
Tegumi: The Traditional Wrestling Art from Okinawa
Mar 08, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Brandon Hetzler who is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black bet under Rickson & Kron Gracie, and creator of Jugoshin Ryu JuJutsu. It is believed by many masters that tegumi was probably...
Want To Make More Friends in Training? Try The ‘Mother’s Milk’ Submission
Mar 08, 2018BJJEE
Want to make more friends in training? Bust this out next time your spar! Great technique by De La Riva black belt David Moregao. This submission focuses on smothering the opponent’s face in your...
We Have a Date & Opponnent for Garry Tonon’s MMA Debut
Mar 06, 2018BJJEE
We have a date and opponent for Grappling champion Garry Tonon’s MMA debut. In the co-main event of One Championship 68 in Bangkok, Thailand, Tonon (0-0) will face Richard Corminal (4-3) in a...
Kristian Cestaro The First Brazilian BJJ Black Belt To Come & Stay in Russia
Mar 06, 2018BJJEE
Kristian Cestaro (black belt 3rd degree from Rodrigo Pagani) is the leader of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Russia, one of the strongest and biggest teams in the country. He was the first brazilian jiu-jitsu...
Avoiding Drama in the BJJ Academy
Mar 01, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. Ideally we would all like to walk into our BJJ academy and have some...
Hyperfly Collaborates with Carhartt To Release Stylish New Gi
Mar 01, 2018BJJEE
BJJ lifestyle wear company Hyperfly is bringing its BJJ Gi design to a whole new level. They have collaborated with famous clothing brand Carhartt and has just released a limited edition Gi with...
How the BIGGEST Boxing Match of all time was WON using Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 28, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
