Use your “Spidey senses”! Go from good to great in BJJ: Awareness
May 25, 2012BJJEE
Source: http://www.davecamarillo.com/ Have you ever wondered what makes some grapplers great and other just mediocre? I don’t but I have an idea: Awareness in other words using your...
Old school & new school Jiu-Jitsu? It’s the same thing!
May 24, 2012BJJEE
We often hear a lot of guys talking about this move being old school bjj or this other one being new school…What a lot of guys don’t realize is that someone sometime in the past has...
Cauliflower ears in Jiu-Jitsu. What causes them, how to prevent and treat them
May 23, 2012BJJEE
This article was sourced from a few articles notably from http://www.grapplearts.com/index.php and a few forum posts on sherdog. I also added my story as I’m also a cauliflower guy 🙂...
3 Ways to Use Cold Therapy for Increased Recovery
May 18, 2012BJJEE
Source: Andrew Read for http://breakingmuscle.com/ I’ve often heard that taking a cold shower after a hard training can greatly helps recovery. This article from breakingmuscle covers those...
The hidden cost of pursuing your passion (Jiu-Jitsu)
May 16, 2012BJJEE
Source: Valerie Worthington for Breaking MuscleBJJ is more than just a 2 time a week hobby for must of us. Very fast it becomes a passion. This article covers the real costs of pursuing your passion...
A black belt is a white belt that didn’t quit! Pressure And The New Belt
May 10, 2012BJJEE
Article written by BJJ black belt Darren Curie for Combatbaseblog Jiu Jitsu is a simple process stripped of the typical BS of the “traditional” arts (for now); you train long and hard,...
How to train for a BJJ competition: 8 weeks competition training program
May 01, 2012BJJEE
Posted in Inside BJJ. Strength & Conditioning Coach Leo Frincu to put together a basic 8 week training program for a normal (think non-champion) Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor. As we all know, if...
Croatian BJJ Open 2012 Complete Results
Apr 30, 2012BJJEE
Female adult White -60.0kgPlace Name Academy Country Team points1. LIVIA PLETTENBERG AKXEBJJ VIENNA AUSTRIA 92. ADRIANA VUKOVIĆ RIO GRAPPLING CLUB CROATIA 33. ANA BUSTRUC BLACK DRAGON CROATIA 13....
Nutrition corner: Is juicing healthier than eating whole fruits or vegetables?
Apr 28, 2012BJJEE
We all know that lots of fruits and vegetables are good for you when combined with a balanced diet. If you train BJJ, you want to be as fit and healthy as possible. The problem is not everybody likes...
Why BJJ will never be in the Olympics
Apr 25, 2012BJJEE
Article written by JSHo on the MMA.tv forum As an Olympic year, the pipedream of BJJ or NoGi making it onto the programme is resurrected, I realised the article i wrote for On The Mat isnt accessible...
Loyalty in BJJ. What is a “Creonte” anyway?
Apr 20, 2012BJJEE
Article written by Bill Thomas for BJJ Weekly “For better or worse, Facebook has made millions of private squabbles public. Years ago when we had an issue with someone we could vent to a few...
The story behind Alliance BJJ Moscow
Apr 10, 2012BJJEE
This is a older interview (september 2011) from our friends at BJJ HeroesRodrigo Cabral is now teaching in Austin, Texas but Alliance BJJ Russia is still running strong and there are now BJJ...
7 Key concepts to have a dangerous guard
Apr 08, 2012BJJEE
Original article by Junior Samurai at Graciemag As Carlos Gracie Jr. puts it, “The guard is a Jiu-Jitsu fighter’s fortress.” And that’s the straight truth. Starting from the position,...
Sleep may be your best performance booster in BJJ
Mar 27, 2012BJJEE
Seven hours of sleep might not be enough for many BJJ athletes to perform at their best. Sleep and its impact on athletic performance still is being researched. However, it is clear that athletes who...
Romulo Barral promises to fight for victory at the Pan Ams
Mar 25, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to our friends from www.grapplerinfo.pl for providing us with the information. Romulo Barral, the Two-time BJJ world champion, at the recent San Diego trials for the World Pro took second...
Crazy berimbolos, back takes and leg drags, meet the new aces of BJJ: The Miyao brothers!
Mar 19, 2012BJJEE
Joao (black gi) and Paulo (blue gi) Miyao They’re twins born on May 11, 1992. They started training in Andirá, Brazil with Professor Adriano Carvalho of Norte Sul Jiu-Jitsu academy. About a year...
Update on Alexander Trans – Training for the Pan
Mar 17, 2012BJJEE
Our friends at www.mma-connection.com have a number of interesting fighter blogs, and one of them is for Danish BJJ World Champion Alexander Trans. He is at the moment training in Brazil and...
Who was the first European to win a gold medal at the BJJ Worlds in the black belt division? Laurence Cousin Fouillat of France!
Mar 02, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to my friends at BJJ Heroes and IKUSA.FR for the original article Worlds 2007 The French Laurence Cousin Fouillat is regarded as the first European female black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...
The meaning of “OSS” or “OSU”
Feb 29, 2012BJJEE
OSS Kanji When you train BJJ you will often hear the word “OSS” in various situations.The famous “OSS” has many origins. The first definition of “OSS” as an abbrevition for Onegai...
How to find your ideal weight for BJJ training and competition
Feb 18, 2012BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a very demanding sport. You’re grabbing, pulling, pushing, getting thrown, and generally exerting a huge amount of energy. It is such a great workout that it is one of the...
Strength and conditioning training for BJJ for less than 10 euros: the homemade Bulgarian training bag.
Feb 17, 2012BJJEE
In this article I will show you how to make you’re own Bulgarian training for less than 10 euros and get a great functional workout for BJJ from it.The Bulgarian training bag is used in...
Why Eastern Europeans have all the physical attributes to dominate BJJ and Grappling.
Feb 15, 2012BJJEE
Russia’s Aleksandr Karelin Have you ever wondered why the Eastern European countries dominated the Olympics in wrestling and weightlifting? Also why international strongmen competitions have...
How Your Jiu-Jitsu Training Can Survive The Current Cold Wave
Feb 07, 2012BJJEE
With the temperatures hitting way below zero degrees celsius in most of Eastern Europe and North America (-25 in some areas), the question you are probably asking yourself is how am I going to train...
Setting Up The Guillotine Choke Without Losing Position & Compromising Yourself
Jan 17, 0203BJJEE
The Guillotine Choke is a very powerful submission, one that gets all of the attention from everyone when performed correctly! However, if you don’t set it up properly, it can be defended...
