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Category Archive: Articles

Wrestling Standout Accused of Breaking and Entering, Assault

    A former standout wrestler from Har-Ber High School in Springdale has been arrested this past Sunday after he broke into an assisted living facility and assaulted the staff, police...

Diego Borges On Copa Podio: “There’s Nowhere To Run”

    The groups have been drawn for Copa Podio. In addition to public picking Nicholas Meregali as a first opponent of Leandro Lo and Erberth Santos (fresh of his 4 gold medals at Belo...

Eddie Bravo Organizes Alternate Qualifiers for EBI 7

    Founder of Eddie Bravo Invitational events has invited all his students to vie for a chance to appear at Eddie Bravo Invitational 7. The catch? They will be appearing as alternates in...

Jacare Enraged Over St-Pierre Challenging Bisping: “I’ll break his neck!”

    Jacare is once again feeling left behind. The Brazilian was close to being able to dispute the middleweight belt on two occasions but he might be seeing the title shot surpass him once...

Gezary Matuda on Growth of Jiu-Jitsu Among Women, Possible MMA Bout and More

  Gezary Matuda is fresh of her victory at Worlds 2016 in the Women’s upto 53kg category. Just recently she was headlining an exciting training camp in Switzerland with Mackenzie Dern but...

Bracket for IBJJF Grand Prix 2016 is out

    Bracket for IBJJF 50.000$ Pro League GP Star Studded Card is out. Marcus Buchecha Almeida is looking to extend his winning streak after having placed 1st in both the Black Belt Adult...

Grapplers Who Have Embraced Cannabis Optimize the Experience

    We live at a strange time, as evidenced with the draconic fine of Nick Diaz for cannabis use when so many of his peers succumb to using steroids. Still some grapplers are openly...

Agility Ladder Drills For Jiu-Jitsu

  Brad Wolfson demonstrates 5 Agility Ladder drills to incorporate into your warmup routine to improve movement and footwork. www.soulcraftbjj.com  

Sergio ‘Canudo’ Zimmermann Seminar in Bosnia 9 &13 July

    Bosnae Team United -Pound for Pound Team Bosnia and Herzegovina proudly presents upcoming seminar from one of the world class bjj black belt, under Carlson Gracie lineage, Sergio...

Grappling Central Podcast Interviews Jeff Curran

    Grappling Central Podcast is arguably the best bjj themed podcast out there with a number of exciting guests as well as grappling with serious topics. And the latest episode of...

Invitation to Help Out a BJJ researcher! Short Survey

    Thomas Nadelhoffer is an associate Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience at College of Charleston (South Carolina) and he needs your help. As someone who works with...

‘What I’ve Learned in My 40 Years’ -5th Degree Black Belt Phil Migliarese

  Phil “Jiu-Jitsu Matrix” Migliarese  is currently a 5th degree Relson Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt with over 20 years of experience in BJJ and Mixed Martial Arts. A Gracie Worlds...

Vitor Belfort’s Daughter Vitoria Submits Boy in BJJ Competition

  UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort’s eldest daughter Vitoria has inherited her father’s fighting spirit. She recently dominated a boy in a BJJ tournament. Vítor was born on April 1,...

Russell Brand is training Brazilian jiu-Jitsu

    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the Hollywood A list celebrities. Famous people that train or have trained in BJJ include Ashton Kutcher, Prince Jackson (son...

Adam Dietrick (OCBJJ) Passed Away Earlier Today

    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community lost another young soul today. Tom DeBlass’ student Adam Dietrick passed away following complications from a blood clot that traveled to his lung....

Berkut 3 Card and Date Announced

    The Berkut BJJ invitational is putting together an amazing card with 10 elite (black belt) level submission only matches. The event will be held in Moscow, Russia on August 13th in...

Jiu-Jitsu World League Organizing NoGi Championship

  Jiu Jitsu World League is set to bring their ruleset into the NoGi enviroment! Their social media just announced:   “Big news! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ For the first time introducing a No...

Two Suspects Charged in Ryan Jimmo Hit and Run

    Edmonton Police charged two suspects for the death of Ryan Jimmo that ocurred earler this week in Canada. According to cbc.ca an altercation occurred between the drivers of two...

Tajikistan National Sport – Gushtigiri, Then And Now

    Tajikistan takes it’s wrestling seriously! Check out this video of a match somewhere in Tajikistan where a woman could be going against a man and the throws never stop.  ...

Watch: Chris Haueter’s Epic Speech & Seminar at BJJ Globetrotters Summer Camp

  The great Chris Haueter talks about thinking street while doing sport Jiu-Jitsu at the epic Jiu-Jitsu globetrotters summer camp in Leuven, Belgium. He also teaches some great grappling...

UAEJJF Canceling Absolute Divisions for 2016-2017

    The United Arab Emirates Jiu Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF) is one of the most influential organizations around in brazilian jiu-jitsu and they’ve just decided that they want to...

Dillon Danis On McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu: He’s Amazing On The Ground

    Dillon Danis is hoping to gain the edge for Copa Podio by training with the notorious Conor McGregor. McGregor has been frequently criticized as a bjj player even though he managed to...

Training Report: Fightzone (Checkmat) Malmo, Sweden

  Hi everyone! My name is Colin Leigh and I am a Canadian living abroad in Riga, Latvia. I am a two striped white belt under Vladislavs Čerņavskis, training at LEWC- Giudici BJJ in Riga. I...

Demian Maia to fight Carlos Condit on His Way to UFC Belt

    One of the best representatives of jiu-jitsu in the UFC has one of the biggest challenges ahead of him. Following a streak of 5 victories in the organization, Maia has moved up a spot...