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Author Archive: BJJEE

Why This Year is the BEST time EVER to travel and Train BJJ!

Photo: Indianapolis BJJ– Marcello Monteiro Guest post by Eric York, BJJ purple belt, world traveller and president of BJJ Lifestyle brand Yolo BJJ.  Travelling the world is a BLAST! Training...

CCTV: UFC’s Valentina Shevchenko Involved in Robbery Shootout

  Valentina Shevchenko will fight Holly Holm at UFC on FOX 20 on July 23 in Chicago. Shevchenko, a native of Kyrgyzstan, she moved to Peru in 2008 with her coach Pavel Fedotov. Last Sunday,...

3 Tips For Good Posture [Yoga for BJJ]

  Sebastian Brosche from Yoga for BJJ teaches us how to counter the three most common postural errors we all are making!   Shoulder issues are wide spread in BJJ and many of them can be...

BJJ in a Street Fight: Hoodie Choke

  Here we look at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu choke utilizing your opponent’s hood on their jacket, as demonstrated by Steve Austin out of Sion BJJ. This is a variation of a choke which is...

Mackenzie Dern & Paulo Miyao Receive $15,000 Each From IBJJF

  Held one day before the start of the 2016 Jiu-Jitsu world championships, the IBJJF award ceremony crowned the best athletes and teams of 2016. IBJJF president Carlos Gracie Jr. talked about...

Top European Brown Belt Adam Wardzinski Signs with Shoyoroll

  Poland’s Adam Wardziński, one of the best brown belts in the world, has been signed up by one of the most iconic brands in BJJ: Shoyoroll. Adam is a brown belt IBJJF European Champion...

2016 Worlds Preview: Buchecha’s Return, Faria & Lo’s Legacy

  The yearly IBJJF world championships will once again be held between the 1st and 5th of June, in Long Beach California. The competition will feature the biggest stars of our sport, especially...

Huge Guy Challenges Much Smaller BJJ World Champ Robson Moura

  The official video – Robson Moura had a huge guy walk into his school and challenge anyone there to fight for $20. Robson said he would fight him, and beat him in 5 minutes – and...

Metamoris 7: Ralek Gracie Will Now Face Garry Tonon

  The July 17th Metamoris card is changing every day for the past few weeks. Latest METAMORIS 7 UPDATE: Tim Spriggs is injured, Garry Tonon is now signed to face Ralek Gracie on July 17th at the...

Watch: Augusto Ferrari’s Training & Seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia

  Last weekend, legendary competitor Augusto Ferrari was in Sarajevo, Bosnia by the invitation of Ferrari Team Sarajevo. He spent 4 days training with Ferrari Team and on the May 28 he had a...

John Danaher On The Heart & Work Ethic of Travis Stevens

  The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has won his biggest international tournament to date by claiming the -81kg gold medal at the 2016 World Masters. He...

Gracies Launch Belt System for Gracie Diet

  Carlos Gracie copied and adapted a nutritional regimen, from the Argentinean/French naturist Juan Esteve Dulin, and is now marketed as the Gracie Diet. Following the Hippocratean maxim...

After Buchecha & Roger Gracie, Yuri Simoes Pulls Out Of Metamoris 7

  The planned Metamoris 7 card is in peril. The headliner is no more. After Marcus Buchecha and Roger Gracie decided to pull out of the rematch of their Metamoris 1 superfight, which was the...

Australian BJJ Practitioner Missing in Brazil: New Elements Emerge

  Australian BJJ practitioner Rye Duval Hunt has been declared missing in Rio De Janeiro after disappearing from the city’s international airport on Saturday. As of May 30th, he is still...

Training Report: Team Agua In Amsterdam, Holland

  Hi everyone! My name is Colin Leigh and I am a Canadian living abroad in Riga, Latvia. I am a two striped white belt under Vladislavs Čerņavskis, training at LEWC- Giudici BJJ in Riga. I...

Stuart Cooper Talks Upcoming BJJ Seminar Tour Of Poland

  Jiu-Jitsu Videographer and BJJ black belt Stuart Cooper is living a great lifestyle. For the past 7 years, he’s been travelling the world training Jiu-Jitsu and filming amazing...

2016 IBJJF World Championships Black Belt Brackets Released

  IBJJF are going to release the complete brackets for the 2016 Worlds in every division, in 2 days time, but Andre Galvao leaked the black belt brackets for all to see ahead of time… Team...

Travis Stevens Wins Biggest Tournament To Date: World Judo Masters

Photo: USA Judo The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has won his biggest international tournament to date by claiming the -81kg gold medal at the 2016 World...

(Video) Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias 20 years of Worlds

  Last year during the 2015 IBJJF Worlds, history was be made. Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias is the only Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor to have competed in all 20 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships,...

Red Belt Pedro Valente Sr Passes Away at Age 78

  Pedro Valente Sr., famous plastic surgeon and student of Hélio Gracie since 1953, has passed away today at the age of 78. He was the father of the Valente brothers: Pedro Jr, Joaquim and...

Coach Of BJJ Kid That Beat Up Bully Talks Proudly About Student

    Javill Byron, the instructor from Miami WMB Training Center talks about the kid who trashed his bully with martial arts earlier this week, were in a Q&A. The boy is 12 years and...

‘Creontism’: Jiu-Jitsu’s Biggest Hypocrisy

The term creonte originated within Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations in Brazil to refer to a student who either is, or perceived to be, disloyal to a particular school or organization,...

Renato ‘Babalu’ Has Been Waiting 1 Year For Metamoris To Pay Him

  Retired MMA fighter and BJJ black belt Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral has competed twice at Metamoris. He fought Dean Lister to a draw at Metamoris 3, and fought Chael Sonnen for another...

AJ Agazarm: ‘Metamoris is Collapsing Like a Dying Star’

  The headliner of Metamoris 7 is no more. Marcus Buchecha was planned to face Roger Gracie in the rematch of their Metamoris 1 superfight, but last week, official news emerged that he will not...