Gui Mendes Has The Best Guard Passing Sequence For Small Athletes
Oct 05, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Let’s face it – doing Jiu-Jitsu as a smaller practitioner can be quite difficult when going against bigger (and stronger) training partners. And not just when it comes to escaping certain...
Gui Mendes Has A Cool X Guard Entry From Reverse De La Riva
Jul 25, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Having an ability to utilize a wide array of guards in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can only make you better. So, as soon as you start feeling comfortable with the “classic” guards (i.e. Closed Guard,...
BJJ Legend Gui Mendes’ 3 Things That Make You a Better BJJ Competitor
Jul 10, 2023BJJEE
So you want to be a BJJ champion and stand on the podium with a gold medal around your neck at your next tournament? You’ve been training hard, you’ve put in the hours at the academy,...
Bernardo Faria: “This’s The Coolest Guard Passing Concept I Learned From Gui Mendes”
Jan 23, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Guard passing can be notoriously difficult, especially if you’re going against someone who’s invested a LOT of their time into becoming a guard retention “master”. So, when...
Gui Mendes on Being a BJJ Coach: “Put So Much Work Into It That You See Results”
Jan 19, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Gui Mendes is not just one of the most successful BJJ athletes of all time – who won 4 IBJJF World Championships – but he’s also one of the world’s best contemporary coaches;...
Gui Mendes: “People Are BJJ World Champions And Are Not Doing Well (Financially)”
Jan 09, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Guilherme (Gui) Mendes is a 4x IBJJF world champion who, back in 2012 and alongside his brother Rafael, opened up the “Art of Jiu Jitsu” academy. Through the years, the academy has...
Try This Collar Grip to X Guard Setup by Gui Mendes
Jan 06, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Having an ability to utilize a wide array of guards in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can only make you better. So, as soon as you start feeling comfortable with the “classic” guards (i.e. Closed...
Gui Mendes Explains Crucial Guard Passing Principle for BJJ White Belts
Sep 13, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a truly a never-ending journey. There will always be something new to learn… But you’ve got to start somewhere. You have to start from the white belt level –...
Gui Mendes: 95% of People Never Become Champs Because They Lack Character Strength
Aug 16, 2020BJJEE
Gui Mendes has been wildly successful on the competitive scene prior to retiring in 2015 at age 26. He’s won Worlds 4x in 2009,11,12,14 and a variety of other medals mostly in light...
Gui Mendes Says Belt Color Doesn’t Matter
Nov 06, 2018BJJEE
Gui Mendes has been on the sidelines coaching for quite a few years now. The young AOJ leader has long been one of the most technical out there. Recently his student Johnatha Alves – a brown...
Gui Mendes Talks AoJ, Goals For The Next 5 Years and Unique Approach
Sep 07, 2016BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes is part of a two men tandem with (his brother Rafael) largely successful for the impact the Art Of Jiu-jitsu academy brand has in the community. One of the best light...
Watch: Gui Mendes on Why he Decided To Stop Competing at Age 26
May 22, 2015BJJEE
4 x world champion Guilherme Mendes has just announced on his Instagram that he will be retiring from competition to focus on his highly successful BJJ Academy, Art of Jiu-Jitsu, which...
Watch a Class with Gui Mendes at Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy: Warm Up Drill + Technique
Dec 16, 2014BJJEE
Graciemag was present at Rafael and Gui Mendes’s Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy . This is the fundamentals class at Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy, in Costa Mesa, California. Four-time world...
Gui Mendes: ‘Rafa is Better in Jiu-Jitsu but I’m the Better Looking Brother (laughs)’
Nov 01, 2014BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes talked to Chinese website mp.weixin.qq.com and discussed many topics such as his guard passing style, how they started AOJ academy and which brother is better in...
Total Domination: Gui Mendes Up 51-0 & Finishes Opponent With Merciful Armbar
Nov 19, 2013BJJEE
Gui Mendes in action at the Rickson Cup 2013 Open weight. He is up 51-0 then finishes his opponent with an armbar.
Caio Terra Set To Compete At Light feather @ 2013 Worlds & Face Gui Mendes.
May 20, 2013BJJEE
Caio Terra will be present once again at Long Beach for the World Championships on May 29. Due to a hectic seminar schedule, he is still not sure about which weight class he will be competing at. If...
Gui Mendes: “I Have A More Versatile Game Than My Rivals. 90% Of Lightweights Only Fight From The Bottom.”
May 17, 2013BJJEE
Guilhereme Mendes talked in a recent interview with Kid Peligro of ADcombat, and discussed why he is so successful, and the training at Art of Jiu -Jitsu academy in preparation for the Worlds which...
Cole Abate Promoted To BJJ Black Belt By Guilherme Mendes
Jul 09, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Cole Abate, the 18-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu prodigy, has been promoted to BJJ black belt! The promotion took place at the IBJJF Asian Championships in Nagoya (Japan). His coach, Guilherme Mendes,...
Gordon Ryan On Preguica Superfight; Calls Out Buchecha & Rafa Mendes
Nov 27, 2016BJJEE
Poster and pics by @jeffreyschu 20 year old Gordon Ryan is a man on a mission. He wants to be the best grappler on the planet and he intends to face all the best grapplers at all weight classes!...
Guilherme Mendes Retires from Competition at the Age of 26
May 19, 2015BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes is a four time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion at the black belt level. Guilherme along with his brother Rafael are 2nd degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and...
Chechnya Sub Only Event: Rafa Mendes vs Chechen Black Belt, Gui, Vinny, Jackson Sousa & More
Feb 05, 2015BJJEE
On Feb 07th & 08th, The Mendes brothers, Rafael and Guilherme will be fighting GI & NOGI no time limit Superfights in Chechnya. They will also be conducting Jiu-Jitsu seminars...
Guilherme Mendes: “The Crowd’s Boos Don’t Bother Me”
Jun 05, 2014BJJEE
Gui Mendes became for the fourth time World champion this year. Even in his big achievement there was some controversy , but even that was not able to diminish the happiness of the...
Guilherme Mendes On Dana White’s Visit, Kelly Slater & Rafael Mendes’s Preparation For ADCC
Aug 06, 2013BJJEE
Last week, the Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy received an illustrious visitor. The president of the UFC , Dana White was visiting a friend at the gym, took the opportunity to tour the facilities and...
Rafael and Guilherme Mendes Rolling With The Much Bigger Ricardo Demente (Video)
Jul 24, 2013BJJEE
The brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes are the co-owners of the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy , in California, United States. They often receive visits from big names in the sport to train. And...
