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Category Archive: Articles

Overcome Pre-Competition Fear And Anxiety By Following These 3 Tips

A competition can either be an amazing, fulfilling experience or a frightening and soul-crushing one. And this doesn’t depend just on whether or not you’ll win the match and/or the...

Derrick Lewis Earns First Stripe On His Blue Belt in BJJ After Victory over Oleinik

After defeating Aleksei Oleinik by TKO earlier this month, Derrick Lewis fight declared that he’s “one of the baddest blue belts in Texas.” Lewis’s BJJ instructor Joe Murphy of Renzo...

The Perfect Peruvian Necktie Set Up by ADCC Vet Keith Krikorian

Some techniques such as the guillotine choke or the anaconda choke from the front headlock position, require a minimum level of strength and squeeze in order to the be successful. It’s...

Should Rolling with a Woman be Different from with a Man?

Brazilian jiu-jitsu cannot be separated from the live application for it. So by definition there’s bound to be plenty of interactions that would make a casual passer-by uncomfortable. But as a...

A Health and Wellness Guide on How to Improve Your Liver Health

Did you know that the average person tries over 126 diets in their lifetime? On average, that means trying 2 new diets a year. Yet in the dash to lose weight, people don’t stop and wonder why...

2 Things You Should Never Do In BJJ Or Wrestling

Coach Kyle Cerminara shows us 2 things that everybody does, especially in Jiu-Jitsu but that we should never do in wrestling or jiu jitsu. He starts off by might happen if you control the waist when...

Car Workout for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Photo by  by u/idontevenknowlol on reddit/bjj The next time you find yourself stuck in traffic in your car, going to your Jiu-Jitsu academy or going to the office you can try this BJJ specific car...

Here’s How To Perfect Your Push-Ups

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...

Here’s How Martial Arts Can Help Kids Feel More Confident At School

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 Face A Judoka In a BJJ Match

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 Guide To Agility In BJJ

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 Compete In The Absolute Division In BJJ

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 Long Does It Take to Get Into Ketosis? A Helpful Guide

A quick internet search on methods of eating that help you lose weight will reveal an endless supply of information and hundreds of different diets. There’s vegetarian, vegan, paleo,...

3 Takedowns Beginners Need To Master In Wrestling

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...

Without Any Event for 7 Months, IBJJF Announces Pan & Opens in the USA; Brazilian Athletes Question Decision

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on various sectors of society. In Jiu-Jitsu, the IBJJF had its main events postponed – World, Brazilian and Pan – and has not organized...

You’ll Never Become Really Good at BJJ – But So What?

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. Oh, high hopes. Everyone gets carried away on the wings of hope from time to time; which in BJJ means dreaming of great successes! However, our...

BJJ Doesn’t Get You Motivated Anymore? Do This To Get Back On Track

Jiu Jitsu, just like everything else in life, has its highs and lows. And sometimes, those lows hit much harder than they ever did, lasting for much longer periods of time than we’d want to....

When To Return To BJJ after an Injury Explained by BJJ Black Belt/Doctor

To get injured is something one should never wish to any opponent on the mats, since we know how hard it is. We are in a sport where there is so much manipulation of the body and often it is...

Lockdown Position: Unexpected Knee Injuries Explained by BJJ Black Belt/Doctor

Many people outside of the 10th planet system believe the lockdown or the scorpion as they call it in Brazil can cause injury. Many people feel that is too much of a dangerous technique to practice...

What is “Mat Strength” in Grappling?

Guest post by Dr Kickass, Mike Piekarski, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Former MMA Fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. Follow him on instagram. Have you ever rolled with a seemingly unassuming...

Kron Gracie & Tom DeBlass Brown Belt Match at 2008 Pans

Here is a rare match that has just been released by the IBJJF. Kron Gracie, son of legend, Rickson Gracie, facing Tom DeBlass in the absolute of the 2018 Pan Championships. Both DeBlass and Gracie...

Here’s Why It’s Good That You Started Training BJJ Later In Life

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. As Jiu Jitsu athletes, we often look so avidly at our younger training partners who are so much better than us; and that will, when they reach...

Catch Wrestling For BJJ: The Spinal Splitter with Keenan Cornelius

There are *those* kinds of Catch Wrestling submissions that, once you see them, make you shiver with fear… But that make your eyes shine with happiness as well! Yeah they’re nasty, but...

The Takedowns Best Adapted For Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by John Danaher

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...