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Category Archive: Articles

Examining The Mindset Of Garry Tonon, The Ultimate Submission Hunter

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...

Most Efficient Escape To the Most Common Attack – Closed Guard

Closed guard is an old time classic that’s one of the most commonly seen techniques in practice and in real life altercations. James Duscio wrote for bjjee: Watch any of the early UFC’s and...

How To Improve Your Cardio For Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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...

Why We Won’t Be Seeing Leg Grabs In Judo Any Time Soon

Judo is one of those arts who are always trying to make themselves more attractive in order to advance the art. This has been a defining principle among many rule changes Judo has survived over the...

Rickson Gracie Shows His Striking Method & Clinch

Rickson Gracie rarely shows BJJ techniques on film so it’s a refreshing change to see a video of him demonstrating a technique. In Rickson’s first ever official Jiu-Jitsu instructional,...

10 Youngest MMA World Champions In History

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...

Roger Gracie Explains Why He Focuses On Chokes

Roger Gracie is an undisputed GOAT – greatest of all time in jiu jitsu. Just in the past year the now 38 year old Gracie family prodigy dominated over one of the biggest champions of today...

5 MMA Stars Who Were Bullied As Kids

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...

Kosei Inoue Credits Japanese Judoka Crosstraining BJJ For Japan’s Competitive Edge in Judo

Kosei Inoue is a legend of judo – he’s also the one deserving for the rebirth of competition success of the Japanese judo team. A feat he credits bjj for: “In order to respond to the...

Doing These 3 Exercises Will Make Your Jiu Jitsu Strength Skyrocket

Yeah yeah, we know the story you’re about to tell us: „But BJJEE, I barely make it to my Jiu Jitsu classes, how am I supposed to make it to the gym as well?“ And while it could be argued...

This is The Actor Who Will Play Rickson Gracie in Upcoming Netflix Movie

Brazilian jiujitsu will get its source story told by José Padilha, the film maker behind the police thriller Elite Squad along with Netflix’s crime dramatization Narcos. Padilha will lead to Dead...

Rickson Gracie Shows His BJJ Solo Drill Routine That You Should Do EVERYDAY

When there isn’t a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu school nearby you or when your academy is closed because of the Coronavirus pandemic, you always have the option to do solo drills at home. They are trul...

Lessons From Rickson Gracie: Importance of Positional Training in Jiu-Jitsu

Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...

Get To Know The Top Current European Grapplers

BJJ and No Gi Grappling is getting more and more popular in Europe in recent years and we`ve seen many quality fighters coming out of The Old Continent. Brazil and USA still remain the Mecca of BJJ,...

Helio Gracie’s 20 Criteria To become an Instructor

Few published guidelines or standards determine when a practitioner is ready for promotion; the criterion is generally determined by individual instructors and/or academies.The IBJJF maintains an...

The Coolest BJJ & Grappling Medals & Trophies

Medals and trophies are the icing on the cake for competitors. It is always nice to receive a good looking medal as a memento of the hard training, and battles that you had to endure to achieve your...

Perfect Posture To Keep You Safe From Submissions From Henry Akins

  Henry shows some game changing concepts on the importance of proper posture when in your opponent’s guard. He emphasises the use of hips much more than arms. For him, proper posture will...

Effective Cutting Weight Strategies for Grapplers

Written by Matt D’Aquino, a multiple Australian and Oceania Champion and a 2008 Beijing Judo Olympian. He has been studying Judo for over 23 years. He is a 3rd Degree Black belt and a black belt in...

John Danaher On The Informality Of The Belt System in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

John Danaher is universally known one of the best kept secrets in Jiu-Jitsu. The New Zealand born, BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie has been praised by the BJJ community as being a master and brain...

The Best Collection of Inspirational Jiu-Jitsu Quotes

  Need some inspiration to fuel your Jiu-Jitsu journey? Check out these gems from various Jiu-Jitsu legends:   Carlson Gracie Sr. “Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. ‘Til you...

5 Movies With Action-Packed BJJ Fight Scenes

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...

5 Ab Exercises You Can Do At Home While On Lockdown

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...

The “Bear Trap” Is The Perfect Surprise Submission As You’re Passing The Guard

In the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, there are a lot of things you can do that will take your opponent by surprise – like doing a technique that they don’t expect, or that they haven’t...

Phil Daru’s BJJ Strength And Conditioning Workout With Gezary Matuda

Have you ever wondered how an „average“ workout of a top MMA and BJJ competitor looks like? Well, Phil Daru, one of the world’s most renowned strength and conditioning coaches – a head...