This Small Detail Will Change Your Closed Guard Game
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
In BJJ, closed guard is a great place to be for the one on bottom as you have so many options whereas your opponent has much less. You might consider the Closed Guard as an „old fashioned“...
Assault Bike Training for Combat Sports Endurance
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
“If you are tired you’re not strong, if you are tired you’re not fast, if you’re tired you don’t have good technique, and if you’re tired you’re not even smart” Dan Inosanto. We talk...
The Most Effective Way To Pull Guard by Keenan Cornelius
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
Pulling guard is such a common place in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that you see it in almost every competition video known to man. We’ve seen with the high level grapplers like Rousimar Palhares all the...
Here’s How BJJ Will Skyrocket Your Confidence
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
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...
Keto vs Paleo vs Low-Carb, Which Diet Is For You?
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
Photo: Rayron Gracie. 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...
Japanese Judo Legend Toshihiko Koga Dies at Age 53
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
Japanese judoka Toshihiko Koga, Olympic champion at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, died on Wednesday morning at age 53, according to NHK. The cause of death is yet unknown, although the 3 time Olympian...
Funny: How To Train Jiu-Jitsu When High
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
One of the most controversial topics in Jiu-Jitsu has to be marijuana. It seems to divide the community. On one side, Eddie Bravo and Joe Rogan are advocates for the legalization of both medicinal...
Ricardo Morais, The Brazilian Giant Who Won Five MMA Fights in One Night in Moscow
Mar 24, 2021BJJEE
In 1995, the UFC was still in its infancy with its first editions, but it already inspired other entrepreneurs to produce MMA events around the world. In addition to the United States, which hosted...
Colorado Shooting Suspect is a Two-Time Gold Medalist in NAGA Grappling Tournaments
Mar 23, 2021BJJEE
This monday, a gunman entered a grocery story in Boulder County, Colorado and shot and killed at least 10 people including a police officer. Colorado shooting suspect Ahmad Alissa 21 is being charged...
Nate Diaz Rolls with Huge Former Inmate ‘Big Boy’
Mar 23, 2021BJJEE
Jiu jitsu is all about the little guy defeating the big guy but nobody can turn away when a 300 lbs powerlifting ex-con starts training in the academy… In the past, there have been many instances...
Gordon Ryan Gives More Insight on One Championship Deal & Plans For Future
Mar 23, 2021BJJEE
One Championship president Chatri Sityodong has just dropped a bombeshell. The Asian MMA organization has signed 3x ADCC champion Gordon Ryan to an MMA and Grappling contract. He wil be joining his...
Ronda Rousey’s Drop Seoinage & How To do it Even If You Have Bad Knees
Mar 23, 2021BJJEE
Seoi nage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of...
Gordon Ryan Signs MMA Contract With ONE Championship
Mar 22, 2021BJJEE
One Championship president Chatri Sityodong has just dropped a bombeshell. The Asian MMA organization has signed 3x ADCC champion Gordon Ryan to an MMA and Grappling contract. He wil be joining his...
Most Effective Way To Take Down a Crouching, Bent Over Opponent
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
When facing a BJJ practitioner, you are likely to see them in a hybrid stance that is a combination of the upright stance in Judo and the low stance of freestyle wrestling. Their hips are usually way...
Surprise Knee Bars To Set Up From Half Guard
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
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...
3 Escapes Every BJJ White Belt Should Know
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
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...
A Simple Guide For Resolving 4 Most Common BJJ Aches And Pains
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
With great power in BJJ comes… Quite a bit of aches and pains, actually. It’s no secret, and every Jiujiteiro knows it: sooner or later, as you train Jiu Jitsu, you will encounter pain....
BJJ Competition Cheat Code: Rack Up Points with This Easy Sequence
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
In BJJ, you want to know the rules so that you can use them to your advantage. How about if you start off the match with a huge 6 point advantage? Then you have pretty much already won and you can...
A Case For Opposing Jiu-Jitsu in the Olympics
Mar 21, 2021BJJEE
Written by BJJ black belt Ryan Kellar. I have been a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner since 1997 and for almost all of this time I can recall a rather loud contingent of fellow practitioners voicing...
Oxygen Deficiency Training – How It Can Improve Your BJJ Conditioning
Mar 20, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The COVID pandemic has changed a lot of things in everyday life, among them being the fact that you have to wear a mask wherever you go. This is true even for some of the BJJ academies in the world,...
Should You Break The Opponent’s Arm in a BJJ Competition If They Refuse To Tap?
Mar 20, 2021BJJEE
Tapping is an acknowledgement of opponent’s skill but even more so it’s an acknowledgment of reaching your own limits. Every beginner gets warned at one point or another that they should tap,...
Why do BJJ Beginners Tie Their Belts So High? & Why You Really Shouldn’t
Mar 20, 2021BJJEE
Relly, though… Is the way you tie your belt really so important? Why can’t you just tie it into whichever knot you wish to, and get going with your training? Well, the type of a knot you make...
Arnold Schwarzanegger’s Son Joseph Baena Starts Training BJJ
Mar 20, 2021BJJEE
Arnold Schwarzanegger’s fifth child, Joseph Baena looks exactly like his father and he is also dedicated to bodybuilding. Now Joseph has embarked on a new journey. He started Jiu-Jitsu at Checkmat...
4 Off-the-Mat Ways to Improve Your BJJ
Mar 18, 2021BJJEE
Can’t get on the mat as often as you’d like to? Many martial artists feel as if they never get enough time to practice their grappling and submission holds. Your work, relationships, and...
