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Category Archive: Articles, Videos

Watch: What Happens When You Don’t Tap to a Banana Split

The banana split is a groin stretch submission where the attacking grappler stretches the defending grappler’s legs apart using both their arms and legs. It is an extremely painful submission....

Judo Gene LeBell: “Wrestling is The Ancestor of Jiu-Jitsu, Judo & Sambo.

Gene LeBell is an American Judoka, instructor, stunt performer, and professional wrestler born. He has also worked on over 1,000 films and TV shows.  In 2000, the United States Ju-Jitsu Federation...

4 Ways To Know If Your Opponent Is Going To Shoot For A Takedown

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...

Wrestling Great John Smith Appreciates BJJ

John Smith is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.  In his time he managed to win two olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling (upto 62kg category) and several World Championships and Pan...

Effortlessly Pass The Knee Shield with Arm Weave Windshield Wiper by Jeff Glover

Do you often get stuck in your opponent’s knee shield half guard? The knee shield is a very effective guard that keeps the bottom player relatively safe from pressure and attacks and can also give...

Good, Better, Best-Drilling The Berimbolo Sweep

There is a saying from NBA legend, Tim Duncan, that I absolutely LOVE: Good, better, best; Never let it rest till your good is better, and your better is best! Isn’t that the coolest thing you’ve...

These Proven Ways Will Help You Achieve Your BJJ Goals

Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. Not enough people progress or grow in life, and one reason for that is...

Leverage The Internet! Accomplish your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Goals

Where do you want Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to take you in life?  We all have our own reasons for why we started out—or are at least thinking about starting—in the wonderful world of BJJ.  Like...

Does Ex-Navy SEAL Commander & BJJ Black Belt Jocko Willink Believe in Overtraining?

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...

Guy Who Was Bothering Women Gets Put in Place by Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt

This incident happened a few years ago in front of the Ralph Gracie BJJ academy. A man was making trouble in front of the academy, insulting and bothering women. One of Ralph’s black belt tried...

How to Avoid Negative People in BJJ & Life

Great advice from the BJJ Mental Coach Gustavo Dantas: A common mental mistake Jiu-Jitsu competitors make is to “Surround Themselves with Negative People”. A few months back, I released a video...

Funeral Live Streaming Service

Introduction   Different situations can stop friends and family members from attending a funeral function to pay last respect to their loved ones. Online funeral live streaming services come...

Marcelo Garcia’s Advice To White Belts

So you’ve taken the first step and tied (or attempted to tie….don’t worry, we’ll help you learn) a white belt around your waist. The white belt phase of your journey is difficult to describe...

10 Ways To Throw with Ippon Seoi Nage

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...

When should I start learning DANGEROUS BJJ submissions?

Heel hooks, calf slicers, and neck cranks are all deemed dangerous submissions and prohibited from competition by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), a non-profit that hosts...

Nino Schembri: ‘Eddie Bravo Stole My Positions & Began To Put Names On Them’

Photo by JiuJitsumag BJJ legend Antonio ‘Nino’ Schembri  is a jiu jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr, who competed for Gracie Barra in the 90’s. Schembri is known as the...

What is ‘Aliveness’ Training in Grappling & How To Benefit From it

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. If you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or any other grappling art you may have already heard of ‘Aliveness‘, also referred to as alive...

Beer After Jiu-Jitsu Training: Good Idea?

Written by Gloria Coccoli and Jonas Scherer, BJJ practitioners and globetrotters. She started training Jiu-Jitsu at Ground Pressure Team Messina in Italy and he started training Judo and Jiu-Jitsu...

7 Takedowns For a BJJ Player To Do on a Judo Player

For a BJJ player, taking down a Judo player is not an easy task. Chances are, they are as good on their feet as you are good on the ground. Most BJJ players resolve to pulling guard in desperation....

Saulo Ribeiro: ‘We Should Drop The ‘Brazilian’ in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’

Our friends from Jits.fr went to train at Saulo Ribeiro’s University of Jiu-Jitsu and used the occasion to interview the legend. Since the Interview was in French, BJJ Eastern Europe translated...

Heroic 6-Year-Old BJJ Practitioner Saves Sister From Dog Attack

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 Invite Your Friends to Jiu-Jitsu

We know you love Jiu Jitsu and we know you think of the guys at the gym as a second family, but would it not be nice if your family at home would do Jiu Jitsu? If most of your friends started Jiu...

Wrestle in The Gi with this Super Simple Takedown – The Collar Drag

If you struggle to get takedowns, and don’t have time to cross train in Judo or Wrestling, here is a really simple option which you should add to your takedown. This takedown is so simple that any...

2 Worlds Collide: When Xande Ribeiro Faced Robert Drysdale

Heavyweight Finals match of the Rickson Gracie Budo Challenge between Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro vs Robert Drysdale. Xande Ribeiro and Robert Drysdale are two of the most accomplished of...