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Category Archive: Articles, Videos

Sambo-BJJ: Check Out This Crazy Georgian Throw!

The Georgian grip is a style of gripping the belt, or the belt and sleeve that originally comes from Georgian wrestling. The grip eventually made its way into the art of Sambo, due to Sambo players...

Gerald Meerschaert Will Give a BJJ Black Belt To Khamzat Chimaev If He Submits Him at UFC Vegas 11

MMA veteran and BJJ black belt Gerald Meerschaert is facing the much hyped Chechen-Swedish fighter Khamzat Chimaev this Saturday at UFC Vegas 11. At today’s press conference, they have made it...

What Elite Wrestlers Know and You Don’t

Many wrestlers are focused on learning new moves. We are very move focused in the United States when it comes to wrestling. Wrestling is more than just knowing moves though. Some wrestlers know the...

Counter The Deep Half Guard with a Surprise Rolling Back Take by Felipe Cavalcante

The Deep Half Guard! It’s a very powerful position that will control guard passers immediately. The general principle of using Deep Half Guard is that your one arm is in, that your hips are in as...

“It’s Either Me Or BJJ!” How To Deal With Toxic Relationships And BJJ

„It’s either me or BJJ!“ Have you ever been in that sort of a situation, where your significant other becomes really mad because of your love (and, sometimes, outright obsession) with Jiu...

Video: Judo Champion Wanted by Police After Inflicting Serious Injuries During Street Altercation

A video appeared on social networks showing a young man, brutally beating another young man in front of a betting store (casino) in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Namely, the young man is lying...

So You Just Got Destroyed In BJJ Class. What Now?

Imagine if you will, a particularly tough night at BJJ class.  You walked out feeling destroyed.  Maybe during class, you struggled to perform a drill your coach used to set up the technique. ...

Scientific Study Confirms Positive Effects Of BJJ On Children in UAE Schools

Big ideas lead the United Arab Emirates team back in the early 00s when the educational program using Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was first deployed. 12 years have gone by since 2008 when BJJ was introduced...

Video: Bodybuilder & YouTuber Bradley Martyn Tries To Grapple 170lbs BJJ world Champ Edwin Najmi

Jiu jitsu is all about the little guy defeating the big guy but nobody can turn away when a 250 lbs bodybuilder/powerlifting champion starts training in the academy… In the past, there have been...

Video : Joe Schilling Beats ‘Pervert’ Up for Using S*x Toy in his Gym’s Shower

World class kickboxer and MMA fighter Joe Schilling recently was faced with a very weird situation in his gym. Schilling is a middleweight champion in GLORY, a former WBC world champion in Muay Thai...

How to Avoid Ankle Injuries in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Ankle locks and leg attacks are part of the game. Unfortunately, ankle injuries can be detrimental to your progress. The last thing you want is to be limited to just playing guard hoping that you can...

Mackenzie Dern’s Husband Got Into a Fight with Her Ex-Coach

Strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern talks MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck about her upcoming fight with Randa Markos at UFC Vegas 11. Her husband, Wesley Santos, who is a professional got into a...

Building yourself an Effective BJJ Game Based on High Level Fundamentals

Learning the fundamentals is easy when you’re just starting out with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. For the most part, and most of the time, they’re fun to learn; in the end of ends, everything is...

Refine Your Basic Mount Escape – And Make It Work Every Time

Basics… Work! And they work well, but the thing a lot of jiujiteiros make a mistake in is in thinking that just because something „works“, that it’ll work in the same way for every...

Experiencing Pain In Your Forearms? These BJJ-Specific Exercises Will Help

Grips! So important, yet so rarely given the proper focus. However, you already know that, so you’ve been practicing your grip fighting skills as often as you can and you’re gripping the...

74 judo throws in 120 seconds with Judo throws labeled

In Judo, techniques are divided into three major categories: Nage waza (throwing techniques), katame waza (grappling techniques, and atemi waza (vital-point striking techniques). Nage waza are...

3 Rules To Avoid The Mistake of Overtraining in BJJ

Say you just got into BJJ, and you’re loving every minute of it. You anticipate the next practice when one has just finished, and spend your Friday nights doing Stephan Kesting marathons until you...

Surprising Judo Triangle Choke From The Turtle Position by Satoshi Ishii

In BJJ it is worth using judoka’s advice when it comes to stand up technique and also for ground work. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu comes from judo for a reason, and the techniques of this martial art...

Why There Never Should Be ‘Junior Black Belts’ in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

In the 1960s and 1970s martial arts exploded into American culture. While they had been practiced in the States for much longer, it was the movie industry that brought words like Karate and Jiu-Jitsu...

Advantages That Small People Have Against Big People in BJJ

It is not uncommon to see a shorter athlete combating a much bigger and taller opponent in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Anyway, it is widely believed, and Royce Gracie proved it in the early UFC events, that...

Do You Really Have What It Takes To Open Up a BJJ Academy?

After many years of blood, sweat, and tears, you’ve finally climbed up to a brown or black belt, and find yourself wondering if quitting your desk job and opening up your own Jiu-Jitsu academy...

How To Quickly Finish A Fight With a Surprise Heel Hook

Guest post by Mark Lajhner. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt, MMA coach and undefeated MMA fighter. You can find Mark Lajhner’s FREE MMA course Here.  ...

Jose Aldo: ‘MMA Fighters Who Haven’t Trained in The Gi Should Not Be Promoted to BJJ Black Belt’

Former UFC champion and BJJ black belt Jose Aldo is firmly against BJJ instructors promoting MMA fighters without prior experience in Jiu-Jitsu and without having trained in the Gi, straight to black...

Opinion: BJJ White Belts Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Have Their Own Style

We’ve all been there. That one shiny new white belt that just firmly believes he’s the next leglock progeny of the sport. The lonely 10th planet enthusiast. The catch wrestler. The sub...