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Category Archive: Articles, Health & Nutrition, Strength & Conditioning

Everybody Makes These 3 Jiu-Jitsu Warm Up Mistakes

A warm up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity (a “pulse raiser”), joint mobility exercise, and stretching, followed by the activity. Warming up brings the...

5 Ways To Exponentially Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu

Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ GF Team black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy.  ...

Fadda: The Other Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lineage

Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ GF Team black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy.  ...

Joe Rogan On Why Wrestling is the Greatest Skill To Have in MMA

It’s well known that wrestling is an essential component for success in MMA. Randy Couture, Frank Edgar, Daniel Cormier, and many other world champions have strong wrestling backgrounds. Even...

Scott Eastwood Shares How Late Paul Walker Got Him Into BJJ: “Jits Is The Ultimate Humbling”

    Paul Walker was an active member of the Ventura Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy at the time of his passing under Ricardo Franjinha Miller. But what many don’t know is that...

If You’ve Wanted To Try BJJ But Were Afraid, Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be

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...

Royce Gracie: ‘People that Walk into a BJJ School Wanting Self Defense are Guided To A Sport with a Point System’

   Photo: Sonny Parlin  http://sonnyparlin.com Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing all around the world. Sport style Jiu-Jitsu is flourishing while the traditional Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for self defense...

BJJ’s Dilemna: Conserving The Art vs Spreading The Art

Guest post from Thomas Nadelhoffer the Grumpy Grappler, an Associate Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience at College of Charleston (SC). When he’s not enjoying time with his...

What Should I Eat on Competition Day?

Photo: Pakajunk. Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. We all know that we should eat clean, healthy and stay...

Anthony Bourdain’s Private Lesson with Turkish Black Belt

Last year, the world was stunned when news broke that bjj megafan and celebrated chef and tv personality Anthony Bourdain had committed suicide. Bourdain, a blue belt in bjj, picked up a sport...

Why BJJ Coaches Should Consider Private Label Water

If you’re a BJJ coach, you know that branding can help to promote your fighter. Branded items can make your fighter into a star. It also can convey the cohesiveness of your team and hold a lot...

4 Ways to Avoid Straining Muscles while Exercising

Keeping yourself in shape has so many benefits. From your looks to how you feel inside, fitness is a blessing—when you maintain it. However, it’s easy to go too far in your quest for that...

Discover and Explore Microsoft 70-778 Exam Objectives with the Help of Practice Tests

The Microsoft 70-778 exam is intended forthose who have an outstanding knowledge of the use of Power BI to perform data analysis. These candidates are proficient in the process of connecting to data...

Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Catches Robber In-Action Inside His Car

BJJ black belt Idriz Redzovic from Redzovic Jiu-Jitsu in Chicago was able to catch someone who was trying to rob his car… Idriz was able to deal with the situation like a true martial artist,...

Andre Galvao & Hulk Do Hilarious Bernardo Faria Impersonations

Bernardo Faria is one of the most loved figures in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The 5x world champion has such a positive attitude and happy personality which you can see in his work with BJJ Fanatics. Born...

Gordon Ryan Talks About What The Best Rule Set for Jiu Jitsu is

If you get the opportunity to look at some community stats for the popular boards dedicated to Brazilian jiu jitsu as oppose to ones dedicated to mixed martial arts you quickly start noticing a big...

Take a Tour Of Keenan Cornelius’ New Academy Legion BJJ in San Diego

Take a tour of Keenan Cornelius’ new academy, Legion in San Diego. Follow Keenan as he gives you a glimpse behind the scenes. Legion is 10.000 sqf and accommodates BJJ practitioners of all...

How to get DQ’d in BJJ 2020 – Strikes, Slaps, Slams & Arena Brawls

Hello Japan is back in 2020 with another edition of the riveting “How to get DQ’d in BJJ ” series. And this year certainly didn’t disappoint – if anything it raised the...

Stop Getting Your Guard Smashed with Firas Zahabi & Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec

Do you want to know a little secret? Old School Passes are the best weapon against new school guards. When you have an opponent that likes to use more modern guard styles like lapel guard, worm...

The ‘4H’ Formula for Stopping the Guard Pass

    When it comes to guard retention there’s plenty of things to consider – some say layers, some say building blocks, in the end what matters is this: For instance there are 4...

Lost the Half Guard Under Hook Battle from Top? Use The Phantom Pass

Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best grapplers, such as BJJ Black Belt World Champions Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis...

Real Reasons Why Some Older BJJ Instructors Stop Rolling with Their Students

Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. What can be said of BJJ instructors that don’t roll with their students? These are usually older instructors that have accumulated injuries,...

Renzo Gracie’s Unstoppable Counter to Over Under Pass

BJJ’s most loved figure Renzo Gracie was in Zurich, Switzerland at the Frota Academy where he held a fantastic seminar. Bjjee’s editor Gile Huni was present and even had the chance to...

Develop A Nightmarish Top Game

ADCC, it’s widely known as the Olympics of grappling. BJJ’s most decorated super stars and high-level competitors from all corners of the globe, meet to engage in combat on a truly magnificent...