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Category Archive: Articles, Featured

Fake White Belt Prank by Popular Youtuber w/ Legit BJJ Background

Danny Mullen is a Youtube superstar who is known for among other things, kissing random old ladies, drinking urine, and generally doing crazy unexpected things. Over the years, we have seen many...

10X Judo World Champ Teddy Riner’s TOP 25 IPPONS

With ten World Championships gold medals and two Olympic gold medals,Fance’s Teddy Riner is the greatest ever heavyweight and a strong candidate for greatest Judoka of all time. At 2.04 m and...

8 Small Diet Changes to Turbo Charge Your Jiu-Jitsu

  If you want to reach peak performance in your Jiu-Jitsu, you will need to not only train like a champion, you will also have to eat like a champion. That means NO JUNK FOOD. Junk food can...

Butterfly Guard Most Important Principles by The GOAT Marcelo Garcia

The butterfly guard and the sweeps derived from this guard can be some of the easiest techniques to begin mastering early on in our jiu jitsu career. Butterfly guard can be one of the first styles of...

Mackenzie Dern Discusses Her Infamous Change of Accent Over the Years

BJJ fans have been making a big deal about the evolution of BJJ world champion Mackenzie Dern’s accent from proper American accent a few years back old to nowadays someone who sounds like...

Roger Gracie Shows Two Razor Sharp Finishes From Closed Guard

Roger Gracie has long been one of the most respected competitors of contemporary bjj. The Gracie family veteran has asserted his dominance again and again in various situations – most recently...

Kron Gracie Details His Diet & Strength / Conditioning Routine

Kron Gracie is one of the rare Jiu-Jitsu players that has a potential for crossover mainstream success. In a recent article in Details Magazine, intitled ‘How I Got My Body’, Kron details...

Rickson Gracie Shares His Daily Eating Regimen

Rickson Gracie just celebrated his 60th birthday. Various members of his family celebrated the occasion.   View this post on Instagram   Happy birthday @ricksongraciejj @merfdogg in the...

Alex Atala, Brazil’s Top Chef, Is a Black Belt & Started Training Jiu-Jitsu 34 Years Ago

  Alex Atala is a Brazilian chef who runs the restaurant D.O.M. in São Paulo. In May 2012, D.O.M. was rated the 4th best restaurant in the world by the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best...

Gracie Breakdown Presents 6 “Bedroom” Techniques EVERY Woman Should Know

Gracie Breakdown has long been pushing various viral campaigns. Among other years through the wife of Rener Gracie they’ve produced some let’s say interesting content over the years....

Bernardo Faria’s Analogy on Using Strength in BJJ Will Change Your Mind

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. If Jiu Jitsu was a test of strength, we could just have a set of weights at the door – and a contest as you come in to see who is strongest,...

A Roadmap for Progression through the BJJ Belt System

Written by Ryan Kellar, BJJ black belt instructor at Algonquin Fitness Zone/Impact Zone and at Team Ronin Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . Some recent post-training conversations regarding how best to...

Relson Gracie Released From Jail & Cleared After Drug Trafficking Arrest

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu red belt Relson Gracie was arrested at dawn on Saturday (25) when transporting skunk and marijuana derivatives on the Presidente Dutra Highway, which connects Rio de Janeiro and...

Rafael Lovato Jr Reveals Brain Condition That Could Possibly Make Him Retire

Last July, BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato made history. The undefeated MMA fighter (10-0 MMA) dominated and took a decision win over the dangerous veteran Gegard Mousasi in the main event of...

BJJ 101: The Omoplata

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...

Renzo Gracie’s Interaction with a Homeless Woman Will Melt Your Heart

Renzo Gracie is one of the most charismatic and well loved people in Jiu-Jitsu. With Renzo, what you see is what you get and he will always speak his mind, even if it might get him in trouble: New...

Jocko Willink’s Brilliant Answer To “I Don’t Have Money For Jiu Jitsu”

Let’s say that you just found out about BJJ and that you want to start training it… Or that you are already training something else, such as going to a gym, and that BJJ has sparked your...

Kyra Gracie’s Great Detail To Finish The Omoplata

The omoplata may be the most underrated submission in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It is not utilized often at the highest levels of bjj but it is an excellent submission. We have seen omoplata’s executed...

Mackenzie Dern Teaches How To Pull Off The Rear Naked Choke from Omoplata For BJJ & MMA

  Mackenzie Dern is one of the most exciting bjj competitors in the world of MMA today. She’s opted to let everyone in on the secrets of her unique sub – the chokoplata aka rnc...

John Danaher’s 5 Tips To Pass Any Guard

In a Jiu-Jitsu match, you will typically spend 80% of the time passing the guard. This is why Jiu-Jitsu practitioners spend so much time practicing guard passing. Rickson Gracie once said, “the...

Returning To BJJ After An Extended Break? Here’s What You Should 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...

Kobe Bryant’s Drilling System for BJJ – A Measure of Quality

  Israeli BJJ practitioner Itamar Marani discusses how he applies Basketball champion Kobe Bryant drilling system to the BJJ drilling system. Interesting concept:   Hey guys, hope everyone...

Mat Time Is Important But Real Progress in BJJ Comes From Something Deeper

“It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present for the practice.” – Kobe Bryant The number one answer to most people’s question of...

Jocko Willink On Overcoming Frustrations When Starting Jiu Jitsu

Jiu-jitsu is an inherently hard activity. When starting out, you go to a school and start learning to grapple in a room full of complete strangers. For many people, in the beginning, this is an...