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Author Archive: BJJEE

Western Media Calls Bullshido On Putin’s Judo Expertise

Vladimir Putin has always had a carefully crafted hyper masculine way of representing himself. His martial art skills are always fawned upon in Russia media however a report recently surfaced in...

An In-Depth Look Into Judo Leglocks

Leglocks have been steadily getting more popularity in bjj culminating with all the success of Renzo Gracie’s NY Academy students. Still John Danaher recently shared a pretty scathing review of...

Is it OK To Hold Back a BJJ Student From Promotion Because of Bad Attitude?

2 years ago, all eyes were focussed on drama happening over at Marcelo Garcia academy. Ever the class act, Marcelo delivered a statement to the public in the softest terms possible explaining his...

Reasons Why Law Enforcement Officers Should Learn Jiu Jitsu

Police Self Defense training is very specific. Police officers have to learn self defense for both armed and unarmed situations. They need to use a martial art that can subdue a criminal suspect...

The Lowdown on Arthritis & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

We often talk about the many incredible benefits of brazilian jiu-jitsu but what often gets left by the way side is that there are several draw back. Like any activity, bjj also caries some risk of...

Effects of Repeated Knee Injuries in Jiu-Jitsu

In jiu jitsu knee injuries are especially prominent. One notable example of a knee injury significantly sidelining someone is Buchecha’s 2015 injury. Knee injuries are one of the horrors of...

Improving Your Hip Mobility For BJJ

While BJJ is all about the hips, its amazing how poor most people’s hip mobility is. I can almost hear the creaking joints every time I roll with people. But, you can fix it and fix it fairly...

Old School Black Belt Explains What it’s like to roll with Renzo, Ralph & Ryan Gracie

Renzo, Ralph & Ryan Gracie are all sons of Robson Gracie, the 2nd son of Carlos Gracie. All three are widely known and regarded as toughest men in jiu-jitsu and somewhat hot tempered. Ryan Gracie...

Joe Rogan – Jiu-Jitsu Is The Truest Martial Art

Only a true martial artist keeps their mind strong through the best and worst of times. This is something that is constantly tested in bjj. Recently Joe Rogan hosted Lex Fridman. Fridman has a very...

The Most Disgusting Things That Can Happen To You When You Train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

There are different approaches to starting bjj, some are researched while others are somewhat blind but no matter what the expectations might be when we get down and dirty the picture rapidly changes...

Renzo Gracie: All We Have To Do Is Embrace Our Lunatic Interior

Renzo Gracie is known for many things however being even tempered is not one of them. But passionate intense or not he is one of the most loved and respected personalities in the community.  ...

Rigan Machado on Heel Hooks & Why The Gracies Have So Much Drama & Controversy

Rigan Machado is one of the biggest ambassadors of bjj in the USA. Along with his brothers he’s worked on popularizing bjj with the help of one Chuck Norris since the early 90s. He was related...

Jocko Willink: Jiu Jitsu Is The No. 1 Activity That I Could Recommend To Someone To Improve Their Lives Overall.

Jocko Willink is a navy seal and a bjj black belt under Dean Lister. He’s also one of the most outspoken advocates of the sport.When asked just why jiu jitsu is so important to him Willink...

Wrestling Great John Smith Appreciates BJJ

John Smith is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.  In his time he managed to win two olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling (upto 62kg category) and several World Championships and Pan...

Gracie Combatives Student Watched Over 100 Fights on YouTube And Came Away With 6 Key Takeaways

Street fights are unlike your gym sparring or drills in that they are very chaotic. They are spontaneous, they have trigger points and bad things can happen in an instant. There are however certain...

Justin Bieber Shows Off His Jiu-Jitsu Skills

Looks like that beef with the Diaz brothers had one positive impact on teen sensation Justin Bieber  – he was caught practicing some bjj in the latest instagram video.   Tap out scooter A...

Martial Arts Training Reduces Likelihood of Being Raped by 46% Study Finds

Last year New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting study.The aim of study was to estimate how effective “Enhanced Assess Acknowledge Act Sexual Assault Resistance...

24 yrs ago “Home Alone” actress competed in the Olympics in Judo

Hillary Wolf competed in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Many of remember that time and the cult classic that was “Home Alone” like it was yesterday. Hillary Wolf played Kevin...

How is Jiu-Jitsu for MMA Different From Just Training Jiu-Jitsu? 

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...

How to Stop The Guard Pass? The Half Granby

One of the ways to stop a guard pass is a Half Granby Roll. Bow Half Granby stems from Granby roll which originated in Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia where it was popularized by hall of fame...

These Are the Highest Percentage Takedowns For BJJ

Takedowns are the mark of all grappling sports (Judo, Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling, Sambo etc). They all rely on taking the fight to the ground, regardless of what you do afterwards. Let us have a look at...

Margot Robbie Explains Intense Jiu-Jitsu Routine She Did For Harley Quinn

Stunning actress Margot Robbie revealed what her training for the vigorous role of Harley Quinn entailed and it’s no joke.   The slender actress has previously enjoyed much less...

Russian Wrestler Gets Choked Out, Continues And Wins Gold

At the 2016 Olympic Wrestling events, there was some controversy! In the final match of Greco-Roman upto 75kg category Russian Roman Vlasov met with Denmark’s Mark Overgaard and defeated him...

You’ve Been Doing It Wrong: Best Way To Catch Your Breath In Between Rolls

Recovering has a special importance in the life of every grappler. It also plays an integral part in many high level matches such as that 5 round fight between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz.  So what...