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Author Archive: BJJEE

Watch & Learn 52 Triangle Choke Set Ups In Just 8 Minutes

  A triangle choke, or ‘sankaku-jime’ in Japanese, is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent’s neck and one arm with the legs...

The BJJ Roadmap App

    While it’s recommended that people always seek the guidance of an instructor when training, it’s not a bad idea for practitioners to do their own research when practicing alone. BJJ...

Jiu-Jitsu in Pakistan: Alisha Ahmad Spreading the Gentle Art in the Indus Valley

    Pakistan is a huge country with a population exceeding 180 million people.  It is the sixth most populous country in the world, however Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is still largely unknown...

Luta Livre Black Belt Shows Painful Counters to Berimbolo Part2

    Luta Livre Black Belt Nico Welko of the Renovação Fight Team Deutschland showing a technique from his “Carioca Leglocks Series”. In this video he shows a basic counter technique...

41yr Old Vegan BJJ Athlete in Amazing Shape: ‘I Just Eat Plants & Train Jiu-Jitsu’

    It’s a common misconception that athletes cannot eat a plant-based diet, because it does not provide the protein they need. In fact, many world class athletes are vegetarians or...

Rickson’s Student Reveals New Details on Yoji Anjo Challenge Fight Story

    The Yoji Anjo challenge match that happened in Rickson Gracie’s academy in LA is the stuff of legends. The only copy of the tape is held by Rickson, and he has never released it....

Video: Hillary Williams Throws Gabi Garcia with Ippon Seoi Nage

    Gabi Garcia is a the most dominant female in the history of Jiu-Jitsu. She has won the BJJ world championships an amazing 9 times. Since 2007, she has only 4 times: to Ana Carol...

Bernardo Faria Pushes for Rules Change: ‘Double Guard Pull Goes Against Foundations of Jiu-Jitsu’

    In Jiu-Jitsu , much has been said about the controversial positions, as berimbolo, 50-50 and the double guard pull. Some BJJ players are completely against these techniques, while...

8x World Juvenile Champs Ruotolo Twins on Future Plans, Training w/ Mendes Bros at AOJ

      Twin brother Kade and Tye Ruotolo represent a new generation of BJJ players. They are 12 years old and have been training since the age of 3 and accumulate over 200 gold medals...

Watch: Anderson Silva Rolling w/ BJJ Legend Ricardo De La Riva

    BJJ black belt Anderson Silva has been training with Ricardo de La Riva for the past few years. De la Riva is the master of Rodrigo Minotauro (Anderson’s BJJ master). During a...

Season 1, Ep. 3: BJJ NO-Mad– Documentary Travel Series: ‘Vampire Jiu-Jitsu’ in Bulgaria & Romania

    “BJJ NO-MAD” is a documentary series about two martial artists – a cinematographer and a traveler, who are searching for the way of the warrior around the world starring BJJ black...

Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Kayla Harrison Considering Move to MMA

    Kayla Harrison is an American judoka. She won the Junior World Championship in 2008, and was runner-up in 2009. In 2010 she won the World Judo Championships, and in 2012 she was the...

Video: British Prime Minister Jokes About Using Jiu-Jitsu on Political Opponent

    British prime minister David Cameron has jokingly threatened to use his Jiu-Jitsu moves on Nigel Farage and ‘put him on the floor’ in tonight’s debate.  

VIDEO: 2015 PAN AMS: BLACK BELT HIGHLIGHTS

    Black Belts Competing at the 2015 IBJJF Pan American Championships.  

Flavio Canto Names Top 5 Fighters That Best Use Judo in MMA

    Flávio Canto is a Brazilian judo champion and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who won the bronze medal in the – 81 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He...

Video: Spend the Day With Royce Gracie at His House & Academy

    UFC legend Royce Gracie is 48 years old and lives a quiet life in Torrance, California. The UFC 1 champion follows the Gracie Diet , trains self defense with friends and his son...

Training Report: Pound for Pound BJJ, Munich, Germany

    Written by Hugo Miranda, Carlson Gracie Portugal Recently I had to travel to Munich for work, along with my girlfriend. Since we both train and are sort of addicted to BJJ, bringing a...

Croatian BJJ Black Belt Goran Reljic on Fighting in KSW, His Jiu-Jitsu/MMA Journey, Redzovic bros & more…

    BJJEE caught up with UFC vet, Croatian MMA/ BJJ Fighter Goran Reljic who trains under the Redzovic brothers (Eddie and Adem) in their academy in Chicago. Reljic has been training BJJ...

Watch: Renato Laranja Invades Studio 540!

      This is what happens when 27 time world BJJ Champion Mestre Renato Laranja invades Studio 540… Studio 540 is a non affiliated jiu-jitsu school which last year hosted 22...

2015 IBJJF Rules: Clarification on Use of Sports Bra / Rashguard for Women

    On March 30th, 2015, IBJJF will begin to enforce our new Rule Book (v4.0)   UNIFORMS RULES UPDATES Page 30 Rule revision: 8.1.3 – New point: 8.1.4 In the female divisions, it...

Inspirational Speech from BJJ World Champ Abraham Marte: Started Competing at 26yo!

      Abraham Marte is a BJJ black belt from Basico BJJ of the Dominican Republic.  He started competing in BJJ in 26 years old and got his black belt at 32! Abraham Marte Messina was...

Chechen Jiu-Jitsu: Caucasus Grappler Counters Single Leg Takedown with Flying Armbar!

    Check out this crazy technique seen in Russia during a competition, from a Caucasus grappler: [fbvideo link=https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1412994885675454] BJJ is growing in the...

Conor McGregor on Why He Won’t Compete in the IBJJF No Gi Europeans & How He Feels about His Jiu-Jitsu vs Aldo

    Last January, UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor announced that he would competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th,...

Video: “Breaking Bad” star Lavell Crawford Training Jiu-Jitsu at GB

    “Breaking Bad” star Lavell Crawford trains Jiu-Jitsu. Lavell Crawford is a stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Huell in Breaking Bad. Crawford was born...