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Author Archive: BJJEE1 Admin

Smash & Submit Everyone With This Powerful Lapel Grip from Side Control

Finishing things from Side Control can be tricky, especially when your opponent knows how to defend well. However, if you’re rolling in a Gi, then you’ll have more submission...

Gordon Ryan’s Book Reaches #1 New Release On Amazon (On Preorder)

Gordon Ryan, arguably the best no-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete of all time, recently announced that he’s writing a book. The “Young & Successful: Practices, Principles, And Lessons...

Dana White: “Khabib Turned Down A Grappling Match”

Khabib Nurmagomedov is often said to be the greatest MMA fighter of all time. He earned a perfect 29-0 record, throughout which he beat fighters such as Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor, and Justin...

Marcus ‘Buchecha’ Almeida: “I Was Training And Crying Every Single Day”

Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida has secured yet another ONE Championship win last Friday, when he submitted the former interim title challenger Kirill Grishenko via Heel Hook – in just 64...

Fabio Gurgel: “Promoting A Student To Blue Belt Is One Of The Coolest Feelings A Coach Can Experience”

Receiving your blue belt is one of the most important steps on your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey. For, it shows that you’ve managed to push through those initial obstacles and doubts… And...

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officer Gets Guillotine Choked

Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu should be mandatory for law enforcement worldwide. And training should be done on a regular basis. Unfortunately, police officers receive little, if any grappling...

Racist Attacks Black MMA Fighter & His Family – Gets Choked Out Unconscious

Jordan Patrick Leahy has been convicted for hate crime after a Florida road rage incident last year, when he tried to force a Black person’s car off the road. Even then, the racist man found...

Gordon Ryan: “John Danaher Is One Of A Kind”

John Danaher is widely considered to be among the best (if not the best) contemporary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches. His former Danaher Death Squad (DDS) has introduced a revolution into the sport...

BJJ Techniques & Friends: When Push Comes To Shove, You Can Rely Only On A Handful Of Them

Sure, you may know a lot of people… But how many of them can you really call your friends? The type of friends that will come to your aid whenever you need something, that will pick you up...

A Simple & Effective Push-Up Routine For Grapplers

Image Credits: Phil Daru You don’t need expensive gym equipment to get in shape. Nor do you need it to achieve better strength, endurance, and mobility for grappling… Sometimes all you...

Keenan Cornelius: “Do Something – Doing More Wins More In BJJ”

How many times in BJJ have you found yourself doing… Nothing? As in – you’re just sitting/laying/standing there, without doing anything and without a plan to do something....

Kit Dale: “One Of The Biggest BJJ Myths Is Progression=Mat Time”

Mat time… It’s incredibly important in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; because, after all, if you aren’t training – then how can you expect to make progress? However, what are you...

[Graphic] MMA Fighter Snaps Opponent’s Elbow with a Nasty Americana

As much as they love it, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students sometimes forget that the “Gentle Art” is still a martial art… And that, even though it’s much more friendly on overall...

7 Tips For Getting Your BJJ Purple Belt Promotion

Going from blue to the purple belt is not an easy task. Sure, you could’ve received your blue belt just on the basis of consistency, but if your purple belt is going to be worth anything…...

John Danaher Talks Success Of GSP: “He Changed The Game Of MMA”

Georges St-Pierre (often referred to as “GSP”) isn’t just one of the most lovable people in the sport of mixed martial arts, but he’s also one of the most successful MMA...

The #1 Weight Training Mistake BJJ Athletes Make

If you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and you want to keep training it for a long time… Then it’s a good idea to incorporate some weight training into your routine, as lifting weights will...

Keenan Cornelius: “The Only Way To Thrive In BJJ Is To Operate A BJJ Academy”

A lot of people who train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu would, at least in part, like to earn money from the Gentle Art. And while that is possible, not a lot of BJJ students get to make a living from it....

John Danaher’s Advice For Using Athletic Tape (For Grapplers)

Ah, athletic tape… The quiet hero of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes worldwide. It plays a similar role in the grappler’s life as duct tape plays for the blue collar workers –...

Jocko Willink: “Your BJJ Instructor Isn’t A God – They’ve Just Been Training Longer Than You”

You know how some BJJ instructors keep acting like they’re above their students… Almost as if you need to bow before them? Jocko Willink is well-aware of those kinds of people. And he has...

BJJ Advice: Focus On The End Goal & The Details Will Fall Into Place

When you train, you come to understand that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a weird sport. Because, it seems both complicated and simple at the same time – with a lot of oscillations between the two...

Khabib Nurmagomedov: “Gambling Is More Dangerous Than Alcohol”

A lot of promotions in the MMA scene (such as the UFC) have partnerships with betting sites. However, Khabib Nurmagomedov says that his promotion, Eagle FC, will never establish gambling...

Buchecha Confident About Upcoming Fight: “My Goal Is To Tap Him In The First Round”

August 26 (Friday) marks the date of Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida’s biggest MMA career test so far, as he will face Kirill Grishenko – the former ONE Championship interim title...

The Lightbulb Moment: How To Reach It In BJJ?

You know that feeling when, after a long and difficult “battle” with a problem, you finally come up with a solution to it? This solution often comes out of nowhere – but it stays...

This Is The Stealthiest Armbar Setup Ever – Learn It Now

The Armbar from Closed Guard is probably one of the very first submissions you’ll learn in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. However, it’s also one of the first submissions that you (as well as your...