9 Year Old Born Without Limbs Finds Success in Wrestling
Jul 16, 2017BJJEE
Wrestling mats are where 9 Year old Long Beach Born Isaiah Bird feels best. In his fifth year on the wrestling team, Isaiah went 27-12. “I just keep going on,” he said. “[I...
Roberto Cyborg Abreu: The Real Goal Is Making Champions Off The Mat
Jul 16, 2017BJJEE
Roberto Cyborg Abreu is one very interesting bjj personality. Largely self taught bjj ace has almost every accolade under the sun in his name. Yet he’s conscious about his role in...
Ben Askren Calls Maia’s Takedown Game Basic, Says He doesn’t stand a chance
Jul 16, 2017BJJEE
The anticipation for the Welterweight title fight between Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley has everyone excited. The good match of skills, as perceived by most but not by wrestling boy...
When Is The Right Time To Start Competing in MMA?
Jul 16, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Mark Lajhner founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy and of mmacoach.net. Mark is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), Wrestler, BJJ purple belt, MMA coach...
Purple Belt Impresses Bernardo Faria With Creative Lapel Choke
Jul 16, 2017BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu is limitless. There are always new techniques that come up and anybody can develop new techniques! 5x world champion Bernardo was recently conducting a seminar in Louisiana and as he always...
Loop Choke Puts Opponent To Sleep At Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo
Jul 15, 2017BJJEE
Grand Slam Tokyo was quite interesting to watch. Among memorable moments was Alexander Vieira putting his opponent to sleep with an undeniable loop choke. Take a look: In other news the...
Following Latest Success Rafael Lovato Jr. Believes The Title Isn’t Far
Jul 15, 2017BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. put on another interesting performance. He managed to pull off the RNC following barely 2 minutes on Mike Rhoades. Lovato told MMA Fighting: “Regardless of who...
ACB Jiu Jitsu Crowns Winners in Black Belt Division
Jul 15, 2017BJJEE
ACB Jiu-jitsu has crowned winners of all black belts divisions just one day before holding the grand prix. Winners are: 60 kg. – Caio Terra 65 kg. – Fernando Pena 75 kg. – Gabriel...
Augusto Tanquinho: I never Put Aside Training In the Gi
Jul 14, 2017BJJEE
Augusto Tanquinho Mendes has plenty of interesting events to look forward to. The celebrated bjj champ is currently signed to UFC but in addition to this he’s also preparing for...
Danis Gets Into An Altercation On New York Leg Of Notorious Tour
Jul 14, 2017BJJEE
Being a sidekick for one of the most popular stars of today is no easy feat. Just last night Dillon Danis had to step up and along with Artem Lobov and Owen Roddy stand up for his star...
“Welcome To The Jungle”; Ralph Gracie’s Gauntlet Is No Joke
Jul 14, 2017BJJEE
Running the Gauntlet is a tradition that more and more academies abandon every day. Most modern academies abandon it because it’s a legal liability and to put it bluntly, it’s bad for business in...
Mongolia Elects Former Judo Star As President
Jul 13, 2017BJJEE
Over the years judo and politics were usually represented by Russian president Vladimir Putin. But as of late there’s another contender. Mongolia just elected an ex judo star as...
Tool Singer Maynard James Keenan Talks How He Built His Own Gym And What Attracted Him To BJJ
Jul 13, 2017BJJEE
Maynard James Keenan is the latest cool guest who Joe Rogan managed to get on the podcast. The podcast starts on a bjj note: “So if you want a place to train, you should just buy a gym....
BJJ Scout Previews What To Expect Of Maia’s Title Shot
Jul 13, 2017BJJEE
Just yesterday we reported on Demian Maia’s discontent over what might be his shortest camp ever. Still he’s every bit as hopeful that he will manage to secure the title...
Dillon Danis Denies Dying his Hair To Resemble Notorious Star Pupil
Jul 12, 2017BJJEE
Dillon Danis certainly manages to stir up controversy in any interview he gives. Unbeknownst to us his dyed hair was attributed to making him look like Conor McGregor in the media...
Demian Maia Voices Discontent With “Shortest Camp”
Jul 12, 2017BJJEE
Demian Maia has always been a champion of the bjj community – even if at times this made him unattractive to the UFC and substantially delayed his title shot. “It’s...
Tom Davey: ‘How I Gained 20Lbs Of Lean Body Mass In 2 months’
Jul 12, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Tom Davey Hi, guys – this is a BJJ related topic. I am talking about strength and conditioning. My conditioning has been really good – I’ve never been overly concerned...
Rare Footage: Rickson Gracie Seminar at MAIA Supershow 2017
Jul 12, 2017BJJEE
It’s very rare to see footage of a Rickson Gracie showing a BJJ technique or a Seminar. Here is some footage from Rickson’s recent seminar at the MAIA Supershow 2017. The event cost 200$/...
Demian Maia Explains The Importance Of Teaching BJJ as Well As Competing
Jul 11, 2017BJJEE
Many players nowadays specialize in certain moves and as such there’s a big clash of generations in bjj today. This is one of the possible explanations for why bjj just...
Gordon Ryan Responds To Danis’ Diss: “Pretty sure you’re 0-2 against us p*ssies”
Jul 11, 2017BJJEE
Dillon Danis interview with Ariel Helwani is the gift that keeps on giving. There Danis explains the penalites he’s received before from Marcelo, his peculiar haircut and why you...
NewYorker Profiles Danaher Death Squad
Jul 11, 2017BJJEE
Danaher Death Squad is one of the rare teams that’s managed to covet the attention of mainstream media. Previously Tonon was featured in Rolling Stone, even though they...
Keys To Success In BJJ From 8x BJJ World Champion Michelle Nicolini
Jul 11, 2017BJJEE
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...
Split International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Croatia August 26th
Jul 10, 2017BJJEE
It is with great pleasure that we announce the second UAEJJF event of the 2017/2018 season: SPLIT INTERNATIONAL PRO JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP in Split, Croatia, organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...
Charity BJJ Tournament In Toronto Shut Down
Jul 10, 2017BJJEE
BJJ in Canada has taken another hit. As per Grappling Industries’ head David Aguzzi: “NO FREE BJJ. I have officially been shut down in Ontario. I was going to spend up to...
