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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News, Featured, Videos

Watch: Romulo Barral’s Emotional Retirement From World Championships

Photo: JiuJitsutimes.com   At the 2016 Worlds, 2 BJJ legends retired. The first was Michelle Nicolini who took silver and the second was 5X world champion Romulo Barral. Barral reached the final...

UFC Slightly Backtracks On Ban For Helwani

After receiving plenty of media attention for evicting Helwani and two colleagues from UFC 199, TMZ caught up with Dana White and inquired what exactly being “banned for life” entails....

Michelle Nicolini Says Goodbye to BJJ Competitions

One of the most decorated athletes (both male and female) in BJJ has announced she will not be competing anymore. The 8x World champion announced prior to Worlds 2016 that this will be her last...

Spotlighting Winners Of Worlds 2016

 Absolute In a much anticipated match against Erberth Santos, Buchecha scored a slim victory. He won 6 to 4. You might say the cooler heads prevailed and that Almeida was determined to keep up with...

Team Alliance Wins Big at Worlds 2016

Team Alliance has managed to repeat the success and come out as the most decorated Male Adult Team at Worlds. Last year they had 121 medals in the same category while this year they managed to win...

Exclusive BJJ Camp in Ibiza with Rodolfo, Buchecha & Leandro Lo

  This amazing camp happened last year for the first time. Many people didn’t believe that such elite stars could come together in one mega summer BJJ camp, but it happened and it was...

Marcio André beats Cobrinha at Worlds 2016, Other Results

 Marcio Andre Photo by Preston Smith  Marcio Andre just beat Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” and eliminated him from the semi finals of Featherweight black belts at the IBJJF Worlds 2016. The...

Several Reporters Banned For Life From UFC Events

  Several reporters from MMAfighting were banned for life from UFC events last night. Ariel Helwani tweeted about being evicted from the building where UFC 199 was taking place shortly after...

Angelica Galvao: Her Important Role in Her Husband’s Career

  Angelica Galvao is BJJ black belt and wife and student of Andre Galvao. After a Five year layoff Angelica put on an amazing display at the 2011 World Jiu Jitsu Championships to capture the...

Rafael Mendes: The Road to 6X World Champion

  5x World Champion Rafael Mendes is already a legend in the sport. He wants to cement his legacy and be the best ever. This means that he needs to break all records. Roger Gracie has 10 world...

BJJ & Surf Camp with Legendary Coral Belt Mauricio Gomes in El Salvador

  Casa Kickapoo is organising its  5th camp of the season with no other than legendary 7th degree coral belt Mauricio Gomes from February 5th to 12th ! Mauricio Gomes is one of six people...

How To Roll with a Chair, Tractor Tire or Empty Gi Jacket

  When you don’t have a training partner or even a grappling dummy, you can always take a chair. It surprisingly mimics a human body… Click to play: If you liked that, check out how...

Why This Year is the BEST time EVER to travel and Train BJJ!

Photo: Indianapolis BJJ– Marcello Monteiro Guest post by Eric York, BJJ purple belt, world traveller and president of BJJ Lifestyle brand Yolo BJJ.  Travelling the world is a BLAST! Training...

3 Tips For Good Posture [Yoga for BJJ]

  Sebastian Brosche from Yoga for BJJ teaches us how to counter the three most common postural errors we all are making!   Shoulder issues are wide spread in BJJ and many of them can be...

BJJ in a Street Fight: Hoodie Choke

  Here we look at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu choke utilizing your opponent’s hood on their jacket, as demonstrated by Steve Austin out of Sion BJJ. This is a variation of a choke which is...

2016 Worlds Preview: Buchecha’s Return, Faria & Lo’s Legacy

  The yearly IBJJF world championships will once again be held between the 1st and 5th of June, in Long Beach California. The competition will feature the biggest stars of our sport, especially...

Huge Guy Challenges Much Smaller BJJ World Champ Robson Moura

  The official video – Robson Moura had a huge guy walk into his school and challenge anyone there to fight for $20. Robson said he would fight him, and beat him in 5 minutes – and...

Watch: Augusto Ferrari’s Training & Seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia

  Last weekend, legendary competitor Augusto Ferrari was in Sarajevo, Bosnia by the invitation of Ferrari Team Sarajevo. He spent 4 days training with Ferrari Team and on the May 28 he had a...

John Danaher On The Heart & Work Ethic of Travis Stevens

  The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has won his biggest international tournament to date by claiming the -81kg gold medal at the 2016 World Masters. He...

Training Report: Team Agua In Amsterdam, Holland

  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...

(Video) Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias 20 years of Worlds

  Last year during the 2015 IBJJF Worlds, history was be made. Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias is the only Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor to have competed in all 20 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships,...

Coach Of BJJ Kid That Beat Up Bully Talks Proudly About Student

    Javill Byron, the instructor from Miami WMB Training Center talks about the kid who trashed his bully with martial arts earlier this week, were in a Q&A. The boy is 12 years and...

‘Creontism’: Jiu-Jitsu’s Biggest Hypocrisy

The term creonte originated within Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations in Brazil to refer to a student who either is, or perceived to be, disloyal to a particular school or organization,...

Rickson On JJGF’s Difficult Last 2 Years & New Goals For 2016

  One of the biggest names in the history of Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, Rickson Gracie , about two years ago, founded the Jiu-Jitsu Global Federation (JJGF), an organization created in order to unite...