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Author Archive: BJJEE

Swedish BJJ Federation Participates in Stockholm Gay Pride Parade

The Stockholm Pride (STHLM Pride) is an annual gay pride festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the biggest gay pride festivals with some 60,000 participants and 600,000 following the...

Travis Stevens Shows 5 Best Ways To Tie Your Belt

There are a lot of ways you can tie your belt in BJJ.There are countless ways to tie your belt from the superlock (never comes undone) to the standard to the old school Gracie way. Whether...

Biggest Kids Tournament in Europe Coming To Slovenia: Gymnasium Euro Cup

In the past Gymnasium Cup broke through different frontiers. Now they’re at it again! The biggest kids Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament in Europe is coming to Slovenia on October 6th 2018! The...

How To Escape From The Kimura Trap On the Ground and Standing

The kimura trap is one of the most effective systems in BJJ. Some practitioners such as David Avellan base their whole game around them and even have a DVD series on the system.  Used as a kimura...

Slap-Jitsu Training with Marcus Buchecha, Leandro Lo and Rodolfo Vieira

When you hear the term “self-defense,” you typically think of punch protection, distance management and multiple attackers, but the reality is these only encompass 10% of self-defense. It’s...

What Do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes Do To Protect Their Skin?

Athletes practicing all forms of sports that involve physical contact with fellow mates should consider stringent hygiene steps for preventing skin infections. However, in particular, the Brazilian...

Luke Rockhold is the New Face of Polo Ralph Lauren

Luke Rockhold is making waves outside of his MMA career. The former UFC middleweight champion is the new face of Polo Ralph Lauren. The former champ and BJJ black belt stated: “I’m a big believer...

How to Make More Money Teaching Jiu-Jitsu

Written by Brearin Land, a Financial Planner in Irvine, California and Orange County who authors the Black Belt of Finance Blog. He is the CEO of Irvine Wealth Management, and world renowned...

Build Core Strength For BJJ with 7 Solo Grappling Drills

Development of core is an essential part of the physical attribute for every MMA and BJJ practitioner. Though, the unfortunate thing is that core training is often overlooked by most of the combat...

Renzo Gracie Hit the Broomstick Takedown That He Showed in The Airport Earlier This Year

Renzo Gracie returned to action against Yuki Kondo in OneFC and in it he worked a takedown technique that he had demonstrated to Brandon Vera months beforehand. Here he was waiting for his luggage to...

Women Self Defense: Fantasy & Reality

Self Defense vs Combat Sports: What is more effective in the REAL world? Extremely high level Brazilian Jiujitsu and mma fighter, Professor Tom DeBlass had this to say: “To the street fighters that...

2 Guys Who Don’t Like Each Other Commentate a Tournament: AJ Agazarm & Keenan Cornelius

This is what happens when you ask 2 guys who don’t like each other to commentate an event. Pure gold between Keenan Cornelius and AJ Agazaram. These 2 competitors have a bitter rivalry which...

Brain Supplements – Do They Really Work?

Everyone dreams of an easy way to improve their brain’s memory, enhance focus, and increase overall intelligence. However, most are skeptical when a new brain supplement enters the market. It just...

Kurt Osiander’s Reverse Armlock from Closed Guard

After 25 years training and teaching at Ralph Gracie’s academy, Kurt Osiander left or was fired (depending on who’s story you believe), last week. Osiander has already found a new...

2 Reasons Why Bodyweight Training is Better for BJJ

BJJ Weight Training is a topic that can be hotly debated. Some people don’t think you should any strength work for Jiu Jitsu. Although the debate that we always love is whether weight training...

6 Exercises To Improve Your BJJ

There are dozens of such exercises and in this article we will have a look at six such exercises which perhaps could be the right answer to burn excess fat and more importantly build strong and lean...

MMA Great Gary Goodridge Converts To Islam

MMA legend Garry Goodridge appeared as a guest on the Deen Show, the popular Youtube channel of Eddie Redzovic, owner and instructor of Team Redzovic BJJ in Chicago. Goodridge made an interesting...

Garry Tonon Victorious by RNC at One Championship Manila

BJJ ace Garry Tonon faced the ‘Kerala Krusher’ Rahul Raju in his second pro MMA bout today in Manila, Philippines during the ONE: Reign of the Kings event on July 27th. Much as expected he won by...

4 Really Dumb Things BJJ Nerds Say & Do

Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. 1. I weigh...

Xande Ribeiro Puts on a White Belt & Tries Out Aikido Weapons Training

It’s always healthy to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Xande Ribeiro is currently touring Europe for seminars and he recently was in Slovakia where he visited his student...

Jones BJJ Coach Evaluates His Grappling Level & Who He Should Grapple in Superfight

Jon Jones recently expressed interest in returning to grappling while he awaits octagon return.   I’d be so down @FloGrappling who’s trying to get tapped out? https://t.co/vJB4OLz1NU — Jon...

Grandmaster Helio Gracie On How To Defend a Chair Attack

Last weekend, the whole BJJ community was in shock when it was revealed to Gracie Barra instructor Ulpiano Malachias threw a chair at a white belt competitor who defeated his student. IBJJF Releases...

How To Defend a Chair Attack Against an Angry BJJ Instructor

Last weekend, the whole BJJ community was in shock when it was revealed to Gracie Barra instructor Ulpiano Malachias threw a chair at a white belt competitor who defeated his student. IBJJF Releases...

IBJJF Releases Statement About Chair Throwing Gracie Barra Instructor

Last weekend, the whole BJJ community was in shock when it was revealed to Gracie Barra instructor Ulpiano Malachias threw a chair at a white belt competitor who defeated his student. As seen in the...