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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Police Reform Featured On HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel

HBO’s Real Sports TV show with Bryant Gumbel released a trailer for their next episode, which has interviews with Gracie University’s Rener Gracie and Marietta Police Department Major...

Fight To Win (F2W) 182: Gianni Grippo vs. Samir Chantre Announced

The Fight To Win (F2W) 182 is taking shape and is turning into one of the most exciting tournaments this year! After the “clash of generations” match between Dante Leon and Davi Ramos has...

Gordon Ryan Shares Health Update: Antibiotics for Staph Infection May be The Cause

It’s been quite a while already since Gordon Ryan has been out of competition due to his stomach health problems. In his own words, he’s been trying to find the root cause to the issue...

Understanding Danaher Death Squad’s Infamous Back Attack System

Here is the bodylock/ straight jacket system made famous by members of Danaher death Squad. Remember to go on the underhook side not to the so called strong side, the overhook:   Eddie...

Keenan Cornelius’ Brilliant Adaption of The Straightjacket Back System For The Gi

Back control in Jiu Jitsu is a very powerful position. If you have been training for a while, you have probably heard about the straightjacket back attack system made famous by the infamous Danaher...

The 7 Steps of The Danaher Straight Jacket Back System

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. Back control...

BJJ Seminars: Are They Worth The Investment?

BJJ Seminars can be a terrific way to get better at. But are they truly a good time and money investment? Once you make the commitment to attend, how can you maximize your learning experience?...

Alistair Overeem: “Professional Wrestling Is Lame & Stupid, It Makes No Sense”

Alistair Overeem’s first opponent in the UFC was Brock Lesnar, a great opponent who was one of the biggest stars of professional wrestling. Overeem beat him decisively on that day in 2011,...

Understanding Underhooks And Overhooks In BJJ/Grappling & MMA

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Bottom Side Control Attacks That Surprise Your Opponents

Playing defense in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is most commonly associated with evading submissons and escaping bad positions. However, just because you’re defending yourself doesn’t mean you can’t...

For Heavy Guys That Can’t Invert There is the ‘Fatbolo’ Variation

The berimbolo is a staple of sport’s Jiu-Jitsu nowadays. However, the popular sweep is frowned upon by many practitioners of Jiu-Jitsu, mostly from the self defense based practitioners, arguing...

Mikey Musumeci Explains the Most Important Concepts and Position for White Belts

Mikey Musumeci is among the best BJJ competitors in the world. He holds four IBJJF World Championship gold medals and is undefeated in the submission-only and ADCC ruleset this year. He has achieved...

Fight To Win 182: Dante Leon vs. Davi Ramos Announced

On Saturday, August 28, the Fight To Win (F2W) 182 tournament will take place… With some very exciting match-ups! One of them has been announced just now: the 2019 IBJJF No Gi World Champion...

Demian Maia: “I Really Want To Compete In Jiu-Jitsu Soon”

After being defeated by Belal Muhammad last June, Demian Maia’s contract with the UFC came to an end. Dana White made it clear that this was the athlete’s last fight for the organization....

Elderly Man Competes & Wins in Combat Catch Wrestling Against Much Younger Opponents

This gentleman, Victor John Morton not only stepped out on the mats for Combat Catch Wrestling at the Billy Robinson Classic, Catch Wrestling Championship but WON very tough matches! AT 56 YEARS OF...

Rodolfo, Braulio, Buchecha & Leandro On Their Weight Lifting Routine for Jiu-Jitsu

We are all looking at getting better at BJJ. Some of us (I’m the first to admit) sometimes will think about doing other sports to improve their BJJ game.  In my opinion to get better at BJJ, you...

Watch: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training in the Australian Army

This documentary follows Eduardo Dias a 3rd Degree black belt teaching the Australian army the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Sneaky Mount Transition from Side Control by Pedro Sauer

Don’t you sometimes feel as if getting into Mount from Side Control is really difficult? That, no matter how you try to do it, your training partners are always one step ahead of you and are...

Man Goes to Fight Girlfriend’s Coworker, Gets Slammed by Suplex Throws

The best advice for street altercations? Don’t get into one. No matter your skillset, no matter how much you’ve been training for and how confident you are… The streets aren’t...

UFC Vegas 34: Pantoja Taps Out Royval with Nasty Rear Naked Choke

The “UFC Vegas 34” event featured some elite grappling display, including the one in a match between Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon Royval. At the end of round two, Pantoja secured a nasty...

Gezary Matuda: ‘I Don’t Approve of Sexy Pictures for BJJ Women Athletes’

Gezary Masuda is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt representing American Top Team and an active competitor and coach. She is a 5x World Champion. In this interview with www.globe-mma.com, she talks...

UFC Vegas 34: Kakhramonov Puts Jones to Sleep with Standing Guillotine Choke

The danger of a standing Guillotine Choke is real, not just at a BJJ white and blue belt level… But at the highest of levels as well, including MMA. As a matter of fact, the recent “UFC...

Coral Belt Rigan Machado Shows a Great Entry to Leg Lock

Rigan Machado shows a really cool transition: butterfly guard sweep to X Guard to leg lock. Rigan was one of the first BJJ practitioners to master leg locks as he was was training and competing in...

MMA Fighter Locks in Buggy Choke; Gets Slammed and KO’d

Buggy choke has turned quite a few eyebrows since videos of it first surfaced a few years ago and best of all it was developed by a white belt. There are 3 variations. It was developed by a white...