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Category Archive: Articles

Keenan Cornelius Shows a Must See Wormguard Sweep From Deep Half

Keenan Cornelius is one of the most important innovators in bjj today. He is constantly working on different guards and making variations. His latest work is based around the worm guard integration...

Kurt Osiander Shows a Spider Guard Sweep To Triangle or Armbar

The popular Kurt Osiander shows us a great combination starting from the closed guard. He scissors his legs and puts both feet on the opponent’s hips. He then transitions to a spider guard...

Seniors WBJJA European Open Cup Gi & No Gi To Be Held in Bucharest, Romania

Get ready for the 2020 SENIORS WBJJA EUROPEAN OPEN CUP Gi and No Gi which will held in beautiful Bucharest, Romania. The tournament is organized by the WBJJA (World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association)...

How To Counter 5 Common Misconceptions About BJJ

  By Guillaume (Gile) Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. The benefits of Jiu-Jitsu are numerous: self defense, increased fitness, health, social...

These Are The Biggest Jiu-Jitsu Associations in The World

Many BJJ practitioners know of the affiliations of different clubs. But you may be surprised about just how many academies each one has worldwide! Here are the  biggest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...

Affiliating with Big Name BJJ Associations: Worth It?

Jiu-Jitsu is a fast growing martial art/sport. You have Jiu-Jitsu schools in most major cities in almost all continents. For a BJJ academy to be considered legitimate (under IBJJF), and to advance in...

IBJJF Bans BJJ Globetrotters Association

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Globetrotters have been growing rapidly over the last few years. Starting out as a small affiliation of Jiu Jitsu practitioners who had trouble signing up for IBJJF competitions...

Marcelo Garcia Reveals The Secret To His Infamous North-South Choke

Marcelo Garcia is one of the bjj greats. His weapon of choice was often the Guillotine with which he submitted quite a few big names. Among them are: Victor Estima, Josh Hinger, Kron Gracie, Mike...

The Lockdown is Actually More Effective in the Gi than in No Gi

To many, the Lockdown system by 10th Planet founder, Master Eddie Bravo’s, is almost exclusively used in a NoGi environment. Being a part of the clinching category of guards, the advantage of...

Every Takedown Has a Counter: Ultimate Guide To Counters

Every technique, takedown or throw has a counter. It’s a question of timing and recognizing the movement and applying it. This video shows the best counters for the most common Judo/BJJ throws....

The Seven Takedowns Every BJJ Practitioner Should Know

In BJJ, every match starts standing. You don’t need to have a black belt Judo level or be a top wrestler to be have good stand up in BJJ. Knowing 7 takedowns to perfection is very important....

A Simple Concept To Massively Improve Your Takedowns

  Many BJJ players go for 1 off attacks and these rarely work (unless you are bigger or stronger than you opponent). But more often than not if your opponent sees a one off attack coming, they...

Learn The “Tennis Pass”, With IBJJF World Champion Jackson Sousa

Guard passing never gets boring, right? You might, actually, prefer doing it in the Gi because of all of the available options… Well, in that case, we have prepared a great surprise for you!...

High Pressure Knee Cut Pass By BJJ World Champion Ffion Davies

If you find yourself stuck in the top Half Guard position way too often, and if you’re a fan of the pressure-passing BJJ game, then you are going to love this Knee Cut Pass – it will solve...

Mauricio Motta Gomes: BJJ Came To Exist Thanks To a Chance Meeting Of Maeda And Gracie at Circus

Mauricio Motta Gomes is a bjj veteran and a father of jiu-jitsu in the United Kingdom. Gomes had been doing bjj since he was about 5, as his own father was a fan of the martial art. But perhaps one...

No Such Thing as “Light Roll” w/ Navy Seal Legend & BJJ Black Belt Jocko Willink

The Baddest Man in the BJJ World is Jocko Willink. From September of 1990 to 2010 Willink was a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and Seal Task Unit Commander leading hundreds of operations in combat. He...

Debunking The Biggest Lies In Jiu Jitsu

In Jiu Jitsu there are many relative truths. As some say it’s not so much dependant on if a move works as much as the accent is if it works for you. So what is the number 1 lie in all of...

Debunking Common Misconceptions About Strength Training For Grappling

Guest post by Andrew Lewis of blackmetalbarbellstrength.com There are several factors that determine the success (ability to submit and not be submitted) of the jiujitsu practitioner: technique,...

Watch: Jacare Souza vs Randy Couture In a Grappling Superfight

  This match happened in 2006 at PSL X Mission the pre cursor of Metamoris.   Bruce Buffer, ‘the voice of MMA’, had everyone in the house standing as he announced the contestants for...

Successful Ways to Reap Your Cisco Dev Net Associate Certification through Test 200-901 and Exam Dumps

It’s that time of the year again, exam preparation, certification completion, and all the necessary course of action familiar to all IT enthusiasts. Accomplishing the industry’s transformative...

A Jiu Jitsu Journey – Becoming the European Champion

Norwegian black belts Tommy Langaker & Espen Mathiesen have been taking the worldwide BJJ competition circuit by storm for the past few years. This year, Langaker made history for European BJJ...

How Dangerous is the Lockdown For Your Training Partners?

For people outside of the 10th Planet system, techniques such as the Lockdown, or the Electric Chair submission are often frowned upon as semi-illegal, causing severe injury or just being painfully...

6 Mistakes That BJJ White Belts Make (And How To Fix Them!)

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...

Six Basic Concepts Every BJJ White Belt Should Know (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...