Easiest Way To Get Submissions At Tournaments
Jun 19, 2019grappler z
Ever notice when you roll it’s really hard to get a submission at the beginning and end of the match? This is common among BJJ practitioners, especially during tournaments. If the competition is...
The Lucas Lepri Strategy: How To Build Up A Huge Lead On Points In A Jiu-Jitsu Match
Jun 18, 2019BJJEE
Watching the 2014 worlds, one match really caught my attention: the light weight semi-final between Lucas Lepri and Roberto Satoshi. Lucas had a really good strategy on how to accumulate a huge lead...
Rib Injuries in BJJ: Can They Be Avoided & How To Treat Them?
Jun 18, 2019grappler z
So you’re working super hard at practice, feeling on top of the world as you conquer your partner. You think you’ve nailed the moves but then BAM!, you take a bad blow to the chest and you know...
How to do the Incredible Mongolian Uchi Mata
Jun 18, 2019grappler z
In Judo, Uchi mata is called “the King of Throws”. Uchi Mata is Ashi Waza or a foot technique, and known as one of the most difficult throws but also the most beautiful. Uchi Mata very often...
Roll Session: Rockstar & BJJ Black Belt Billy ‘Biohazard’
Jun 18, 2019grappler z
The guitarist and frontman of the Metal band Biohazard, Billy Graziadei is a BJJ black belt who has been training since as far back as 1993. His Jiu-Jitsu story is unique as he was training while on...
Are Advantage Points in BJJ Reasonable?
Jun 18, 2019Monty L. Collier
Guest post by Monty L. Collier In some jiu-jitsu tournaments, advantage points are used to help decide the outcome of a match in the event of a tie. Should the match end without a submission and the...
BJJ Black Belt Self Defense Instructor On Do’s & Don’ts in a Street Altercation
Jun 16, 2019BJJEE
There are many videos on YouTube featuring BJJ practitioners in street altercations, and the majority of them seem to end in favor of BJJ. However, if you are inexperienced in the self defense aspect...
How To Block Seio Nage & Set Up The Clock Choke
Jun 15, 2019BJJEE
In Grappling arts, the counter is very often more powerful than the initial attack. Seoi nage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs...
7 Ways That CBD Oil Gummies Can Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals
Jun 15, 2019BJJEE
Interesting in added CBD oil to your daily regiment? Click here for a complete guide on how CBD oil gummies could help you reach your fitness goals. Interested in adding CBD oil to your daily...
The Double Leg Trap Sweep Will Revolutionize Your Half Guard Game
Jun 14, 2019BJJEE
In BJJ it’s quite often the hardest to figure out how a sweep works. Submissions are somewhat easier. You grab onto the isolated limb and apply pressure but working a sweep quite often takes way...
The Great Division in Modern Day BJJ: Where is it All Going?
Jun 12, 2019BJJEE
In todays world of divisiveness between politics, religion, healthcare and pretty much everything else Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu cannot escape its practitioners strong opinions stirring amongst the...
Mario Lopez Goes Deep On His Passion For BJJ On The Ellen Show
Jun 12, 2019BJJEE
If you are in your thirty’s and over, you may remember the cult TV show from the 90’s’Saved by the Bell’. Well, twenty years later, the show’s two star actors Mark-Paul...
Japanese MMA Legends Rumina Sato & Caol Uno Have a Barn Burner of a BJJ Match
Jun 12, 2019BJJEE
In quite uncommon to see top level MMA fighters face each other in a BJJ Gi match. This recently happened in Japan at the Shooto Cup when MMA legends Rumina Sato and Cao Uno, put on their Gis and...
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: 5 Reasons Why Law Enforcement Needs It NOW
Jun 12, 2019Tyson Kilbey
The use of force by law enforcement has attracted so much attention over the last few years it is virtually impossible to ignore. Moving forward, law enforcement agencies have no choice but to...
7 Amazing Health Benefits of CrossFit
Jun 12, 2019BJJEE
Weight gain has become a common concern among Americans. CrossFit may offer you a solution to this problem. CrossFit is one of the most effective workouts for weight loss due to the extent of caloric...
Stem Cell Treatment For Grappling Injuries
Jun 10, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist...
Kron Gracie On How He Bounced Back After His Biggest Defeat
Jun 10, 2019BJJEE
Kron Gracie, son of legend, Rickson Gracie, won the ADCC title in 2013. As a brown belt, he was on fire and had an incredible win streak with 51 straight submission win streak. Kron received his...
Identifying Dragon Ball Characters in Your BJJ Academy
Jun 10, 2019BJJEE
Written by Jakub Trojan. While training BJJ you meet a lot of new people. It happens they might resemble characters from movies, comics, anime. I’m a huge Dragon Ball geek, and I will show few...
The New Improved Closed Guard: ‘Falcon Guard’ Will Surprise Your Opponents
Jun 08, 2019BJJEE
Remember your old friend closed guard? When you first started out in BJJ, it seemed so simple to wrap your legs around your training partners hips and wrap your arms around their head and they were...
Renzo Gracie’s Favorite Escape From Knee on Belly
Jun 07, 2019BJJEE
Being stuck on bottom in knee on belly is bad news. It’s one of the most dangerous positions to be in. Not only does having either a knee or shin on your chest or belly really hurt, you also...
Mikey Musumeci Breaks Worlds Record w/ 12 Second Modified Ankle Lock Submission
Jun 05, 2019BJJEE
USA’s Mikey Musumeci made history last weekend at worlds for many reasons. He became the first non-Brazilian to become 3x IBJJF world black belt champion when he defeated the legend Bruno...
Top Three Reasons for Children’s Belt Testing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Jun 05, 2019Ben Germano
If your academy is like many others, the children Jiu-Jitsu curriculum has different belts and roughly follows the IBJJF guidelines for these belts. Belts are awarded when the student display’s a...
6 High Percentage Ways To Escape a Triangle Submission
Jun 04, 2019BJJEE
There are many ways to counter a triangle choke. There is the early escape, the middle escape and the late ‘Hail Mary’ escape. Saulo Ribeiro explains about how to escape from your...
Why Do Some Grapplers Progress So Much Faster Than Others?
Jun 04, 2019BJJEE
For anyone who has spent some time on the jiujitsu mats, through time it will inevitably become (sometimes painfully) obvious that there are people who are simply making faster progress than others...
