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Category Archive: Articles, Featured

Georges St.Pierre Saw His Childhood Bully On the Street

    Georges St.Pierre is gearing for a return to the Octagon but many many years ago he was a child that had never had self confidence and was repeatedly picked on and beaten up. This led...

Croatia National Pro TRAVEL PACKAGES to Europe Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Russia

It is with great pleasure that we announce the second edition of the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championship in Croatia: The Croatia National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2017 organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...

Tom Hardy Spotted and Filmed Doing Jiu-Jitsu With Marines

    Tom Hardy has been rumored as a bjj practitioner for quite some time. Now we have the footage to prove it. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the Hollywood A...

Fabricio Werdum USADA Testing Is Too Much – It’s Stricter than the Olympics

  Fabricio Werdum has often been quite outspoken about various UFC practices – which on occasion got him into plenty of trouble. Now he’s opted to weigh in on UFC’s partnership...

Joe Rogan: Jon Jones Is The Biggest F*ck up in the history of UFC

    Jon Jones hasn’t had it the easiest since the breaking of the news he failed his doping test for the first time back for UFC 200. However for a while there it seemed like he was...

DeBlass Debunks Famous BJJ Quote: “No Losing, Either Win or Learn”

Jiu-Jitsu has it’s fair collection of powerful quotes from some of its leaders. These quotes are a source of inspiration for the BJJ community. One of the most famous quotes in BJJ, comes from...

Polaris 5: Results, Mockery and Controversies

    Polaris just concluded the latest edition of the event. In a much anticipated duel the event featured the match everyone has been gearing to see for the last year – Garry Tonon vs...

Combat Jiu-Jitsu Innaugural World Championship Announced

    Eddie Bravo tried several times to integrate this particular ruleset. The first time he tried it several years ago he hasn’t managed to gain much of an audience. However since...

Motivation For Combat Sports: Extrinsic VS Intrinsic

Guest post by Mark Lajhner founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy  and of mmacoach.net. Mark is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), Wrestler, BJJ purple belt, MMA coach...

Eddie Bravo: Demian Maia Should’ve Pulled Guard

    In the aftermath of much anticipated Demian Maia title shot there are many speculations as to what the bjj ace could’ve or should’ve done differently. But one suggestion you...

Why You Should Know About Rickson Gracie’s Connection Principle

    SBG Black Belt Cane Prevost was just one of the many black belts that were there to learn from one of the greatest bjj practitioners of all time Rickson Gracie. Rickson Gracie’s...

Steve Maxwell Mobility Conditioning for Combat Sport Seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia September 23rd

Steve Maxwell  will be coming to Sarajevo, Bosnia and he’s ready to share some knowledge! The seminar’s theme is: Mobility Conditioning for Martial Arts & Combat Sport. It will be held...

Chris Haueter On Evolution Of the Closed Guard

  Chris Haueter (Rigan Machado)  Chris is best known for his innovative teaching style and conceptual coaching ability and naming of new positions as the art rapidly developed in the mid...

Travis Stevens To Face ADCC Champion in Jiu-Jitsu Sub Only Match

MARKUS SCHREIBER/ASSOCIATED PRESS Travis Stevens will be competing again in a BJJ superfight and this time against a BJJ world and ADCC champion: Yuri Simoes. FloGrappling broke the news first: 2016...

Roger Gracie And Buchecha Square Off To a Submission Victory at Gracie Pro

    Metamoris had it’s ups and downs but one definitive upside was a really cool match they put together – the one between GOAT Roger Gracie and a fierce modern age king of absolute...

Are you ready for the 2017 SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship?

Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation (SJJIF) is the international governing body of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu founded in 2013 with the mission of organizing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in order to take the...

How To Do Alexandre Vieira’s Standing Loop Choke

Grand Slam Tokyo was quite interesting to watch. Among memorable moments was Alexander Vieira putting his opponent to sleep with an undeniable loop choke. Take a look: Vieira here shows how he sets...

Roberto Cyborg Abreu: The Real Goal Is Making Champions Off The Mat

    Roberto Cyborg Abreu is one very interesting bjj personality. Largely self taught bjj ace has almost every accolade under the sun in his name. Yet he’s conscious about his role in...

Tool Singer Maynard James Keenan Talks How He Built His Own Gym And What Attracted Him To BJJ

  Maynard James Keenan is the latest cool guest who Joe Rogan managed to get on the podcast. The podcast starts on a bjj note: “So if you want a place to train, you should just buy a gym....

Split International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Croatia August 26th

It is with great pleasure that we announce the second UAEJJF event of the 2017/2018 season: SPLIT INTERNATIONAL PRO JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP in Split, Croatia, organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...

Rickson Gracie Just Got Promoted To Red Belt

    Rickson Gracie is perhaps the biggest living legend of jiu-jitsu. Rickson was promoted by his older brother Rorion. The promotion was live streamed over Rorion’s facebook: A...

Mainstream Media Calls BJJ “Aggro Work Out” That’s Taking Over Hollywood

    Jiu–jitsu has been gaining traction in the main stream media yet it’s still often somewhat misinterpreted. Such was the case with the recent feature in hollywood reporter....

BJJ Girls Camp Feat. Mackenzie Dern & Gezary Matuda Was Amazing

Photo: Joshua Halvatzis, Goliveco Frota Academy has recently helped organize another prestigious camp in cooperation with BJJ Private Camps. This time the Guest teachers were none other than...

How Many Famous Grapplers/Fighters Smoke Cigarettes

Smoking has become somewhat a taboo in the mainstream culture. The UFC, now owned by top Hollywood bigwigs can be seen promoting the healthy lifestyle but still over the years there were quite a few...