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Category Archive: Articles, Featured

How John Danaher’s Leg Lock Philosophy Is Changing The Fundamentals Of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...

Renzo Gracie Teaches Brandon Vera A Cool Back Take at the Airport

You can learn some new technique anytime, anywhere! When you are travelling with martial arts legend Renzo Gracie he can drop some career changing wisdom anywhere. Here he is waiting for...

3 Yrs Later: What Ever Happened To Fake BJJ Black Belt Jay Queiroz

Back in 2015, Jay Queiroz of Team Jay Queiroz Martial Arts in Marlboro, NY was claiming to be an “IBJJF recognized Blackbelt” under the world famous GFTEAM. He was exposed by Mike Palladino and...

Mat Serra: Floyd Mayweather Wouldn’t Last 15 Seconds in the Octagon

  After the spectacle that was Mayweather McGregor boxing match Mayweather has started releasing teasers of him training MMA.   Naturally Conor responded:     Still anyone who...

UFC Athlete Zabit Magomedsharipov Trolls Mayweather

2 days ago Floyd Mayweather teased the MMA community when he posted a video of himself entering an MMA cage… literally. There have been rumours that the boxing great would face his rival Conor...

How Did an Injured 40yr Old Rickson Defeat a 15yr Younger Saulo Ribeiro

  There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy  during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj...

Judo World Champ Teddy Riner Strength & Conditioning Routine

With ten World Championships gold medals and two Olympic gold medals,Fance’s Teddy Riner is the greatest ever heavyweight and a strong candidate for greatest Judoka of all time. At 2.04 m and...

Chael Sonnen Wrestling Highlights

Chael Sonnen aka ‘The American Gangster’ has a rich Wrestling background in all aspects: high school, Collegiate, Greco Roman and freestyle wrestling. In high school in Oregon, Sonnen...

The Donald Trump Sweep is Fantastic

Donald Trump’s armdrag game is real. He has incredible armdrags folks as you can see in this epic highlight:   Trust me, it’s fantastic. #jitsgrips #bjj #jiujitsu #oss #judo...

Self Promoted BJJ Black Belt Ben Askren: ‘BJJ Schools Are Doing it Wrong’

Ben Askren is one of the most intimidating wrestlers of all time in the Octagon. As it turns out he’s also a self promoted black belt?! There’s long been rumors about this that originated on a...

How To Roll with Women in Bjj (Don’t Be an A*%hole)

If you’re a man, how do you roll with women in your BJJ gym? Do you roll with no strength, do you match their strength and intensity or do you smash them? Chewy, gives some great advice on how to...

John Danaher Answers Most Common Question: Why Wear a Rashguard even to a Wedding?

    Back in 2010 Mat Serra was getting married. One notable guest at the event was a longtime training friend John Danaher. However in this situation one of Danaher’s cooks came to...

Polaris 6 Brings On The Heat With Sharp Headliner Starring Standout Craig Jones

    Things are bound to get heated at Polaris 6. The number One sub only event of this type, Polaris has brought us the match up we’re dying to see once again in face off of ADCC vets...

John Danaher on Joe Rogan: Fanny Packs, Rashguards & Brilliant Insights on BJJ

John Danaher is by all means a sensation in contemporary jiu-jitsu. The New Zealand born, BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie has been praised by the BJJ community as being a master and brain of the...

Conor McGregor: Jiu Jitsu is not designed to hurt you. It is designed to kill you.

Conor McGregor, currently a BJJ brown belt, has competed multiple times Gi and No Gi in international BJJ competitions (IBJJF Europeans, London No Gi Open) and has had decent results. Many MMA fans...

Keenan Cornelius: If Your Cardio Sucks Do More Jiu-Jitsu

    Keenan Cornelius recently did a AMA on reddit answering the queries of the community. Among them Keenan revealed what he thinks about the Gordon Ryan gi skills, how TLI influenced him...

Japan’s BJJ Pioneer Yuki Nakai Trains Japanese National Judo Team

Yuki Nakai is the first Japanese born BJJ black belt and he has a Kosen Judo background. As a Judo black belt, Nakai competed at the Nanatei kosen judo championship, leading his university to the...

‘RealBJJGirls’ Rally Against Sexy BJJ Pics: Right or Wrong?

Does it turn you on to see that pearl weave gi sit on someone just right? No market may remain uncornered! Sexy pictures of female bjj artists appear to be all the rage over at bjjpix.com . But...

Products That Keep You On The Mat Longer

Since Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a full-body, demanding sport, it requires extra attention and care to injuries or soreness. Here are a few over-the-counter products you can find at any pharmacy to help...

Ralph Gracie: The Only Thing Missing From BJJ Today Is Self Defense

Ralph Gracie is the son of Robson Gracie and brother to Charles Gracie, Renzo Gracie and the late Ryan Gracie. In his life he’s seen drastic changes in jiu-jitsu.   “If you look at...

Gabi Garcia: “I’m a person who can speak with authority about Bullying. I was the person who most suffered from it in the history of Jiu-Jitsu.”

    Gabi Garcia has been booked to duel middle aged former pro wrestlers back to back. Yet somehow she feels like she’s a competent commentator on bullying – which is why she...

Mackenzie Dern Making Her UFC Debut In First Half of 2018

    It has been confirmed that Mackenzie Dern will be entering the octagon in early 2018. The bjj world champ started out at LFA quickly working through her opponents which lead to signing...

The Dangers of Hero Worship in Martial Arts: An Open Letter from Ryan Hall

Photo: Joshua Halvatzis, Goliveco  You have for sure heard by now about the Lloyd Irvin drama and the controversy surrounding him and some of his team members. Back in December 2012 two of his male...

Demetrious Johnson Proposes UFC fight With No Grappling to Floyd Mayweather

    It’s hard to believe Demetriuous Johnson is just a bjj blue belt given the strides he’s made in grappling. He not only armbarred Wilson Reis – a prominent bjj black...