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Category Archive: Articles

10th Planet Jiu Jitsu 101: The 4 Moves You Need To Know

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...

How to Break Through the Blue Belt Plateau

When you first start BJJ, it’s easy to get better. You learn new moves and improve after every class. But just showing up to class does not work forever. From my experience, most people hit a...

Man Robs Woman in Front of Jiu-Jitsu Academy; Instantly Regrets it When BJJ Guys Come To The Rescue

In Brazil, a man tried to rob a woman with a large knife and a fake gun. Fortunately, she was right in front of her son’s jiu-jitsu academy. As she was attacked, she screamed the name of the...

Do Not Compete in Jiu-Jitsu Before Understanding This

If you are (or were) a BJJ competitor then you know exactly what the title of this post is all about. For many competitive athletes just the idea of being able to compete is one of the biggest...

The Lineage Of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Robert Drysdale Has Exciting Updates!

The history of Jiu Jitsu is a fascinating subject, one with many implications for the present-day martial art. However, it’s also full of unanswered questions and polemics – one of them being...

Understanding the Different Knee Bar Grip Variations

A kneebar (also known as legbar, kneelock or hiza-juji-gatame) is a leglock that can hyperextend the knee. The basic kneebar technique is similar to that of an armbar. The practitioner will...

Fernando Terere & Actor Jonathan Azevedo Train BJJ for the film Based On Terere’s Life

Fernando “Tererê” Augusto is one of the most exciting and influential jiu jitsu competitors to ever step on to the tatami. A multiple time world champion at blue, purple, brown and black belt he...

John Danaher on What’s Wrong with BJJ Takedowns

When you train BJJ where most of the focus is on the ground, you won’t always have time to train Judo or Wrestling as much as you’d like. It’s about making a choice: do you want to be a...

Interview: Pan & European Champ Ed Ramos On His BJJ Academy in The USA

Ed Ramos, a jiu-jitsu black belt under Ramon Lemos is a former member of the original Atos Jiu-Jitsu Academy from Brazil (Rafael Mendes, Guilherme Mendes, Bruno Frazatto, Ary Farias, Rodrigo Caporal,...

5 Top Exercises for A BJJ Strength Training

Are you interested in learning about the top exercises for BJJ Strength Training? Today, we’ll discuss the best exercises for BJJ Strength Training; without further ado, let’s get started!  ...

The 5 Biggest Guard Retention Mistakes with Lachlan Giles & Ariel Tabak

What is guard retention? Guard retention is the act of getting your opponent back in front of you and in between your legs, as he tries to pass your guard. You need to have a grip and at least 3...

The Best Guillotine Set-Up by Karel ‘Silver Fox’ Pravec

Takedown attempts should always be countered by a sprawl but what about defending and countering takedowns with a well timed guillotines? The Guillotine Choke is a very powerful submission, one that...

Marcelo Garcia Shows His Grappling Routine with his Grappling Dummy

The beautiful thing about having a grappling dummy is it allows you to train at any time of the day!  If you just got back from the gym and maybe you still have a lot on your mind, bust out the...

Daniel Cormier Wrestles with Khamzat Chimaev: ‘He’s F****g Strong’

Khamzat Chimaev has made quite an impression. Chimaev is surging at a rapid rate. After easily winning his first two UFC fights with just 10 days apart, the Chechen-Swedish prospect knocked out...

Jocko Willink On the Difference Between Being Fatigued & Being Lazy

How do you know if you’re overtrained in Jiu-Jitsu? – Lack of enjoyment during class – Slight fevers – Series of injuries – Delayed reaction times – Depression – Constant soreness and...

How GOOD Was Royce Gracie Actually? His MMA Track Record Shows

Whenever you hear Royce Gracie’s name, you’ll be able to hear quite a bit about him; about being a legendary figure of both BJJ and MMA, but a controversial one as well. The truth is...

Mike Tyson On If He Could Have Beaten Royce Gracie Back in The Day

Both Mike Tyson and Royce Gracie have marked the history of their respective sports: Boxing for Tyson and MMA for Gracie. Back in 1993 Royce Gracie was the top man in the UFC and dominating the early...

Werdum On The Time Mike Tyson Almost Broke His Nose

While there’s always plenty of talk in the community when it comes to comparing what boxing skills and grappling can do for you in a real life situation one thing you might not know is that one...

Mirko Cro Cop on The Time He Put Fabricio Werdum To Sleep with a Choke

Mirko Cro Cop on Croatian TV talks about the time he choked out Fabricio Werdum. Werdum lived with Cro Cop in Croatia for 2 1/2 years, from 2003 where he taught him Jiu-Jitsu and Cro Cop taught him...

Dealing with Aging as a Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner

As you get older, you might notice that your BJJ is not quite what it used to be: mainly, that you’re performing the techniques more slowly and that you cannot keep pace as you used to....

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There are tons of academic papers to write in your entire education period. Taking the challenge to complete every assignment is excellent but not assured. The dozens of tasks assigned alongside...

What Differentiates Those That Stuck with Jiu-Jitsu from Those That Quit ?

Photo by Ground Shark designs. BJJ black belt Arielson Ozama of Monarchy MMA in Malaysia discusses quitters and those that stick to Jiu-Jitsu: “I have seen so many beginners come and go. I...

Chris Haueter On Blind Loyalty in BJJ: ‘It’s Weird that Adult Men Pay Other Adult Men to Control Them’

Chris Haueter is one of the first 12 non Brazilian jiu jitsu black belts. He’s a pioneer of the sport and a big personality. According to some reports Haueter is even credited with the roll...

Learn To Strike Effectively with Tim Kennedy & Xande Ribeiro

UFC vet Tim Kennedy, a BJJ black belt & US Army Ranger knows a thing or two about striking, especially for MMA so he released an interesting video on How to Fight using Kickboxing with Tim...