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Category Archive: Articles, Strength & Conditioning

Travis Strevens Reveals His Bodyweight Program For Grappling

Travis Stevens is probably the hardest working judoka around… Travis Stevens aka ‘The Judo Silencer’ is a judoka from the United States who in 2016 achieved a silver medal in the Rio Olympics....

Improve Your Grappling Conditioning with This HITT Bodyweight Workout

  Written by Funk Roberts of FunkMMA.com   As a grappler or martial artist you have to develop so many physical attributes simultaneously. Like so many other fighters you may have trouble...

Five Ways to Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu When You Cannot Train

Amidst the global pandemic known as the Novel Coronavirus, an abrupt shift in the lives of many people around the world has taken place. For Jiu-Jitsu practitioners specifically, regular training...

Control Your Opponents With Khabib’s Dagestani Handcuff Hammer Lock

Controlling your opponents in BJJ can be tough, especially in No Gi because of the lack of control due to the slippery rashguards. This gets even tougher if you need to do so when they turtle up; it...

Can’t Open Their Arms From Mount? This Works Every Time

So, you’ve passed your opponent’s guard, got into the Side Control or Knee On Belly position, made them suffer there for a bit and then successfully, skillfully – heck, it could even be...

This Russian BJJ Black Belt Defeated Khabib Nurmagomedov In a Grappling Match

The lightweight division of the UFC is all about the grappling lately. Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov are prepping for a sharp face off. Ferguson may be a bjj black belt under Eddie Bravo but...

WATCH: These Are The Best Takedowns For BJJ (Videos)

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...

Struggling with Your Half-Guard? Do This

John Danaher once said, “the older you are, the more you need to play half guard”. Mr. Danaher is right because the half guard is one of the most frequently used positions at the master...

Here Are The 5 Leg Locks 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...

Flashback: Rener Gracie Rolls with The ‘Korean Zombie’

  Rener Gracie’s first-ever Korean Super Seminar in Seoul was a huge success with approximately 100 participants attending four seminars (8 hours total) in a single day! Among the seminar...

Best of BJJ Takedowns & How They Differ from Classic Judo Throws

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu came from pre-world war 2 Judo. With the way the rules are set for each respective art, Judo is more specialized in throwing, while BJJ is more specialized in ground fighting. In...

Pressure Pass The Knee Shield Like Rodolfo Vieira

Are you very often stuck in your opponent’s knee shield half guard? Today countless numbers of jiu jitsu practitioners around the globe are using their knee shield, frame and under hook to...

Buchecha Shows a 4 Linked Submissions From Knee Shield Half Guard

Marcus Buchecha was giving a seminar at the famous Frota Academy in Zurich Switzerland a few years together with Braulio Estima. Whilst there, famous BJJ videographer captured the moment when...

Firas Zahabi Does Not Believe In Benefits of Yoga For BJJ

For famed MMA trainer Firas Zahabi, Gymnastics transfers more in MMA or BJJ than heavy weight lifting. He says that heavy weights will drain your central nervous system. Never lift your max if...

That Time Eddie Bravo Slipped His Meniscus Live on JRE

Knees tend to take a beating in jiu-jitsu, with positions like De La Riva, rubber guard and Single-Leg X guards abound… Most grapplers will experience frequent knee injuries in their careers....

Tom DeBlass To Close Minded BJJ Traditionalists: ‘Don’t Knock it, Learn it’

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is currently in a transition period with a rift in the community. On one side you have the traditionalist that are closed minded about the rapidly evolving Grappling game, and...

Ryan Hall Defines Coward’s Approach To Competing plus Talks Mindset

    Ryan Hall is a UFC fighter, BJJ black belt, head instructor of 50/50 BJJ, an ADCC bronze medalist with a long career in high level competition throughout which he has beaten many of the...

Royce Gracie Compares Jiu-Jitsu’s Evolution To That Of Taekwondo

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing all around the world. Sport style Jiu-Jitsu is flourishing while the traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for self defense is instructed by a few dedicated instructors. Parts...

How to Develop a Combative Mindset for BJJ Rolling Sessions

Wayne Needham is the go-to performance coach for combat athletes in Britain, Leicester. He has an extensive competitive background in Shoot Fighting and grappling and is the strength coach MMA...

Braulio Estima On Mindset for BJJ Competition: ‘Focus on The Positive’

Multiple ADCC and world BJJ champion Braulio Estima talks about the mindset he has in regards to competition. For him, being relaxed is not a good a good thing. He personally gets very nervous before...

Flashback: When Roger Gracie & Demian Maia Clashed in a BJJ Match

Here is an epic showdown between Roger Gracie vs Demian Maia, two of the greatest grapplers of all time. Back in the days, Maia was representing Master Jiu -Jitsu & Roger Gracie was representing...

How to Prepare Your Mindset for the first BJJ Competition

Photo: IBJJF Do you remember why you decided to train in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? It may have originally been to get in shape, lose some weight, learn self-defense, or a variety of other worthy goals....

Stuck Deep In A Rear Naked Choke? Give This Last Ditch Escape A Shot!

Well, well, well. What do we have here… You’re in trouble again, aren’t you? You’ve given up your back, your opponent took it, placed their hooks in and secured a Rear Naked...

Carley Gracie on His Fist Fight with his Uncle Helio Gracie & Legal Dispute with Rorion

Carley Gracie, is a 9th degree Red Belt and son of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie. Carley is the father of Clark Gracie. He is the oldest member of the Gracie clan still donning a gi and...