Pedro Sauer Awards Max Holloway BJJ Black Belt After UFC 326
Mar 09, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Former UFC champion Max Holloway has received his BJJ black belt from legendary instructor Pedro Sauer, following his performance at UFC 326. Sauer, a black belt under Rickson Gracie, announced the...
PGF Season 7 Announces Legendary Coaching Lineup: Roger Gracie, Dean Lister, Carlos Machado, & Pedro Sauer
Sep 24, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
The Professional Grappling Federation (PGF) is excited to announce the four legendary coaches who will be leading teams in PGF Season 7! This season’s coaching lineup includes some of the most...
Pedro Sauer Has A Unique (& Insanely Effective) Knee On Belly Escape
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Escaping the sidecontrol is one of the biggest challenges any beginner faces and it’s paramount to mastering bjj or even just saying you have rudimentary skills. Coming out of side control is no...
Pedro Sauer Shows a Kesa Gatame Escape that Works Every Time
Jun 29, 2023BJJEE
If you’ve been training for some time, you’ll probably agree that making your training partners tap with as little force as possible feels amazing. That it just feels great to do a couple of...
Pedro Sauer: Dealing with Untrained & Aggressive Individuals in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Sep 28, 2021BJJEE
Professor Pedro Sauer is a special person in the BJJ world. Having trained directly under Rickson and Grand Master Helio Gracie, he was at ground zero when the movement started to gain a foothold on...
Sneaky Mount Transition from Side Control by Pedro Sauer
Aug 23, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Don’t you sometimes feel as if getting into Mount from Side Control is really difficult? That, no matter how you try to do it, your training partners are always one step ahead of you and are...
Pedro Sauer’s Ultimate Side Control Escape
May 08, 2021BJJEE
Escaping the sidecontrol is one of the biggest challenges any beginner faces and it’s paramount to mastering bjj or even just saying you have rudimentary skills. Coming out of side control is no...
How To Submit a BJJ Black Belt – Pedro Sauer
Apr 27, 2021BJJEE
Unpredictability creates an endless possibility of options in combat sports. By taking advantage of not just explosive strength but rather unpredictability, a far better-skilled opponent can be...
Pedro Sauer Shows Invisible Detail to Side Control Escape That Blows Bernardo Faria’s Mind
Jan 02, 2021BJJEE
Side control is one of those positions that is just plain horrible. Our opponent can mount attacks, we can’t, they can stall and rest, we’re carrying all of their weight, and they torque their...
Pedro Sauer’s Mount Escape That You Have Never Seen Before
Dec 26, 2020BJJEE
Let’s keep it real: there have been lots of times when you were stuck in your training partner’s or opponent’s Mount when you’ve resorted to doing the bridge and roll technique – otherwise...
Thar she BLOWS! The Harpoon sweep by Pedro Sauer
Aug 19, 2020bjjee
This is a sweep I have never even heard of before. Thanks to Professor Pedro Sauer I am now ready to harpoon myself some large fish! This is a simple sweep and GI dependant (as demonstrated). I’m...
Diffuse The Situation Like a Gentleman: Standing Wrist Lock with Pedro Sauer
Jul 28, 2020BJJEE
The scenario is this: somebody’s being a jerk, and wants to start problems. Of course, as Master Saurer says, “do your best to diffuse the situation verbally.” But the other...
Pedro Sauer Talks Challenge against 100lbs Heavier Wrestler and First Ever BJJ Class
Feb 08, 2020BJJEE
Pedro Sauer started bjj career as a small lanky teen Rickson Gracie brought to class one day when he was about 15 years old. Sauer described that experience as deeply humbling as he was...
Coral Belts Royler Gracie & Pedro Sauer in Epic Training Session
Jan 27, 2020BJJEE
A rolling session happened, between coral belts and friends Royler Gracie and Pedro Sauer, a few years ago in Brazil at the Gracie Humaita Academy. These are two of the most respected...
Wrestling Legend Mark Schultz Promoted to BJJ Black Belt by Pedro Sauer
Mar 16, 2016BJJEE
Olympic and 2-time World champion freestyle wrestler, Mark Schultz, whose life story was featured in the movie ‘Foxcatcher’ has just been promoted to Jiu-Jitsu black belt by...
Coral Belt Pedro Sauer Joins Gracie Academy Association
Jan 18, 2016BJJEE
A coral belt under Rickson Gracie, Pedro Sauer has joined forces with the Gracie Academy (Ryron and Rener Gracie). In this video, they announce the partnership between the Pedro Sauer...
How to Apply Self-defense in EVERY Roll with Master Pedro Sauer
Jan 02, 2016BJJEE
If you haven’t chosen your jiu-jitsu resolution for the New Year, this one’s for you. When you hear the term “self-defense,” you typically think of punch protection,...
Pedro Sauer Black Belt Ricky Lundell: “Jiu-Jitsu Players Are White Belts At Leglocks…”
Sep 09, 2015BJJEE
Ricky Lundell can be considered a genius and a BJJ phenom, having received his black belt from Pedro Sauer at age 19. the youngest person in North America to be promoted to black...
Latvia’s Jevgenijs Minajevs, Pedro Sauer Black Belt, on BJJ in Latvia and Benefits of Wrestling for BJJ
Jul 16, 2012BJJEE
Hi Jevgenijs, please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe Hello to all of the Eastern Europe BJJ practitioners. My name is Jevgenijs Minajevs and I am from Riga, Latvia. I am...
Sauer: ‘Online Technical Blue Belts Better at Self Defense than Normal Blue Belts’
Mar 11, 2016BJJEE
A coral belt under Rickson Gracie, Pedro Sauer has recently joined forces with the Gracie Academy (Ryron and Rener Gracie). This means that all Pedro Sauer academies will be urged to become...
Most Annoying Things That You Can Say & Do To a Higher Belt in BJJ
Sep 03, 2026BJJEE
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a martial art where respect plays a big part. You have to respect your instructor, sparring partners and the art itself. Because of the importance of respect of BJJ, a belt...
Biohazard Founder Billy Graziadei Is A BJJ Black Belt: “I Love Training”
Jun 09, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Billy Graziadei, founding member of Biohazard and a longtime Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, recently spoke with UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra about the role Jiu-Jitsu has played throughout his life and...
Mark Schultz Says Early ADCC Events May’ve Been Influenced By Gracie Family Connections
Jun 03, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz recently discussed the early days of ADCC and the influence of the Gracie family. And he agreed with a theory that may explain why he was never invited to compete...
JCI 3: The Dominion Looks Like One Of The Most Exciting Grappling Events Of 2026
May 07, 2026BJJEE
Professional grappling has exploded over the last few years, but many fans have also started feeling that something is missing. Too many events are overloaded with gimmicks, stalling, endless...
