Enson Inoue Explains Why He Demoted Himself To Purple Belt: “There’s No Humility In This”
Jan 13, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
MMA legend Enson Inoue has recently revealed why he chose to demote himself from BJJ black belt to purple belt back in 2016… And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with...
Enson Inoue Tells the Backstory Of Why He Demoted Himself From BJJ Black to Purple Belt
Sep 01, 2021BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
Enson Inoue Promoted to 5th Degree BJJ Black Belt Despite IBJJF Not Recognizing His Rank
Dec 06, 2020BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
Enson Inoue Shows Unorthodox Arm Bar from Closed Guard for No Gi BJJ
Sep 23, 2019BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
Enson Inoue Thought BJJ Was Aikido-like BS When He Attended The First Class
May 17, 2018BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a 10 year...
BJJ Black Belt & MMA Legend Enson Inoue Has A New Career – As A Healer
May 13, 2017BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking...
Update: Enson Inoue Changed His Mind, Back To Black
Jul 07, 2016BJJEE
Here’s the confirmation with a thorough explanation he posted just now: When I first made the decision to demote myself I did it because I thought it was the right thing to do...
Enson Inoue Changed His Mind: Back To Black
Jul 07, 2016BJJEE
Enson Inoue has been the center of much chatter in the past few days. After deciding to demote himself to purple belt late last Tuesday he has now decided to go back to black belt rank....
Enson Inoue Demotes Himself To Purple Belt
Jul 05, 2016BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training Jiu-Jitsu again after taking...
MMA Legend Enson Inoue Talks Return to BJJ After 10 Yr Break
Jun 29, 2016BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training Jiu-Jitsu again after taking a 10...
Enson Inoue’s Old School Tricks For Setting Up The Kimura
Sep 17, 2021BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
IBJJF Won’t Recognize Enson Inoue’s BJJ Black Belt
Sep 29, 2020BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
That Time a BJJ Instructor Didn’t Recognize Enson Inoue
Feb 10, 2020BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue recently had an interesting experience while lifting weights at a UFC gym in Hawaii and inquiring about Jiu-Jitsu classes for his girlfriend. ...
Enson Inoue: ‘This Is How It Really Went When Mauro Ranallo Tried To Fight Me’
Jan 18, 2017BJJEE
Former Pride FC commentator Mauro Ranallo was recently on the Joe Rogan podcast where he told the story of the time he was high on painkillers and started a fight with Enson Inoue, one of the...
Enson Inoue: ‘This New Jiu-Jitsu of Today Is Whole New Art’
Jul 06, 2016BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training Jiu-Jitsu again after...
Chris Haueter on Enson Inoue: ‘Downgrading Yourself is False Humility’
Jul 05, 2016BJJEE
Photo: BJJ Legends Magazine MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training...
MMA Legend Calls Actor Steven Seagal An Embarrassment To True Martial Artists
Apr 06, 2021BJJEE
“It’s sad how some people can’t accept that their time the spotlight has come to an end. I watch Brazilian jiu jitsu today and am amazed that some of the basic moves are new to me. Once...
When Is Someone Really Qualified To Teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Dec 09, 2020BJJEE
Late year (BJJ) and MMA legend Enson Inoue announced he was demoting himself to purple belt. His rationale? The growth and transformation of bjj has been so radical that this is a rational course of...
The 12 Most Iconic Gis in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu History
Jul 23, 2020BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gis (Kimonos) have seen all the trends, from the old handmade Gis worn by Carlos and Helio Gracie, to the first Gis specially made for BJJ in the early 90’s, to the first...
How is Jiu-Jitsu for MMA Different From Just Training Jiu-Jitsu?
Jul 07, 2020BJJEE
A couple of years ago Conor McGregor was doing an interview about the possibility of his Mayweather fight and he made a metaphor that compared MMA to spinning multiple plates at the same time. This...
Eddie Bravo on How The Yakuza Tried to Trick Him into an MMA Fight
Feb 22, 2020BJJEE
On the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Eddie Bravo tells the incredible story about how after his victory over Royler Gracie in ADCC, he was offered and tricked into fighting MMA by a major Japanese...
Old School: The “Dirty Dozen”, The First 12 non-Brazilian Black Belts
Jan 23, 2024BJJEE
The BJJ Dirty Dozen are the first 12 non-Brazilian students to receive Black Belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. While in Brazil Jiu-Jitsu has been around for almost 90 years, the rest of the...
Alex O’Loughlin, “Hawaii Five-0” Star, Is A BJJ Black Belt
Dec 30, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Alex O’Loughlin, actor and star of the famous Hawaii Five-0 series, has recently been promoted to the rank of a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt! The promotion took part at the ADCC 2022 Open and...
The Easiest Way To Put Patches Onto Your BJJ Gi
Sep 26, 2022BJJEE
BJJ is a sport unique in many regards. One of these aspects is having plenty of custom markings on your chosen Gi. You will never see another martial art with a gi with as many patches as bjj gis....
