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Category Archive: Articles

Chiropractors Debunked: Practice A total Hoax

    Back pain is a huge issue for a growing number of jiu-jiteiros. Young, old, recreational or competitive more or less we’ve all had back issues at some point. Many of us got...

NBA’s Roy Hibbert Has Become Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt

  Roy Hibbert towers at staggering 7 feet 2 inches. He is a Jamaican-American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets.   And he’s also a bjj blue belt as of very...

Rafael Lovato Jr Talks Why BJJ Background Makes Better Mature MMA Competitors

    Rafael Lovato Jr is one of the rare non Brazilians to have won the World title at black belt level. Nowadays he’s quite a bit more focussed on his MMA career. He recently had a...

Berkut 6 Releases Full Card: Tanquinho, Miyaos, Leo Vieira and More Greats On board

    Berkut 6 or the ACB Jiu-Jitsu 6 will be taking place July 16th in Moscow. The 2 divisions that will be featured on the card are upto 60kg and upto 65kg. The brackets are set to feature:...

Drysdale Slams Rickson: Berimbolo is no different from many of the techniques he practices, and teaches, himself.

    It seems like in every interview lately Rickson Gracie has been hammering the point that grips slow down the game, advantages are killing competitions and unsavory moves that have...

Training Report: Rhodes Knights BJJ, Rhodes, Greece

Guest post by Christian Wighus, a blue belt under Eduardo ”Teta” Rios at Frontline Academy in Oslo, Norway. You can read a training report done about Frontline Academy here, and please come...

Book review: ‘On Jiu Jitsu’ by Chris Matakas

In his most recent book, On Jiu Jitsu, BJJ Black Belt, gym owner, blogger (Build the Fire), and author  Chris Matakas illustrates how learning the art of Jiu Jitsu develops character and elevates...

Woodley Talks Maia Title Fight: I have no problem taking him down on my own terms

    The match that has everyone buzzing is the Demian Maia’s chance at welterweight title. Certainly Tyron Woodley is a very experienced fighter with great wrestling and striking....

Jehovah’s Witnesses Disapprove of Training BJJ, Hope Practitioner Reconsiders “dangerous life choices”

    While many compare aspects of bjj to a religion it’s mostly been positively perceived by the majority of religions thanks to helping practitioners instigate a very healthy...

Rickson Gracie Just Got Promoted To Red Belt

    Rickson Gracie is perhaps the biggest living legend of jiu-jitsu. Rickson was promoted by his older brother Rorion. The promotion was live streamed over Rorion’s facebook: A...

Ryron Gracie on Main Reasons Why People Quit Jiu-Jitsu

  Professor Ryron Gracie makes a strong case for what he believes is the number one reason that make students quit Jiu-Jitsu. He explains that after reaching blue belt some students set...

Carlson Gracie Team’s Silveira Tells How He was Forced To Fight Sakuraba Twice In A Night

    Kazushi Sakuraba was recently declared a UFC Hall Of Fame member. But what many of the new generations might not realize is that Sakuraba only fought a single fight in the UFC Octagon....

Gabi Garcia To Face Russian Boxer Over 100kg at Rizin

    Rizin just revealed Gabi Garcia’s next opponent. Unlike the last one, this girl might not be as easy to crack.   #Repost @nobu_sakakibara ・・・...

Mainstream Media Calls BJJ “Aggro Work Out” That’s Taking Over Hollywood

    Jiu–jitsu has been gaining traction in the main stream media yet it’s still often somewhat misinterpreted. Such was the case with the recent feature in hollywood reporter....

Marcelo Garcia’s Way Of Cracking A Tough Closed Guard

    Every practitioner learns in a very short while just how much of a dominant position closed guard can be. So it’s no surprise quite a few people accentuate it – even in...

These Are The Most Effective BJJ Moves For A Street Fight

Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...

Weidman Gives 1st Person Account Of What Happened with Cyborg and Magana and Why He Stayed Out

    UFC’s athlete retreat was all over the news when an altercation between the two fighters got physical. Chris Weirdman had front row seats for the entire thing and was a little...

Gabi Garcia Set To Duel MMA Veteran who Made Her Name Defeating 330 lbs Opponent

    Gabi Garcia hasn’t had much luck finding good opponents. Even though Rizin dangled some women who can parallel Garcia’s stature none of them are upto par when it comes to.....

Last Pure Grappler to face Tyron Woodley, Andre Galvao Talks Maia Match Up

    While Tyron Woodley has plenty of experience in the octagon – many of you might be unaware that the last Brazilian he’s fought in his MMA career and the only pure Grappler...

BJJ Girls Camp Feat. Mackenzie Dern & Gezary Matuda Was Amazing

Photo: Joshua Halvatzis, Goliveco Frota Academy has recently helped organize another prestigious camp in cooperation with BJJ Private Camps. This time the Guest teachers were none other than...

Fan Offers 15k For A Soiled Shorts Of Justine Kish

    Justine Kish recently guested on the Submission radio and shared a fan has offered to buy the shorts she defecated in while defending an rear naked choke. “The most lucrative (offer)...

Josh Barnett Interested In More Grappling, Reveals How He Subbed Dean Lister After 17 Years

    Josh Barnett has recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience and revealed that while his MMA days might be nearing to a close he’s seriously considering doing more grappling....

Female Uses Choke To Restrain Harasser, Who Then Cries While Getting Arrested

    The time we live in has many benefits and challenges – but perhaps one of the biggest ones is that every incident can garner incredible publicity. Which is exactly what happened...

How To Do a No Gi Uchi Mata with Mark Lajhner

David Avellan asked Mark Lajhner founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy  and of mmacoach.net. , to show us how to do an Uchi Mata in a No Gi environment. Mark is a Judo black belt...