Canadian BJJ Instructor Blasts Firas Zahabi For Refusing to Roll with Women in BJJ
Dec 10, 2020BJJEE
Riccardo Carminati Galli is a Swiss BJJ instructor based in Toronto, Canada where he runs @BJJbattalion academy. He was revolted by what fellow Canadian BJJ/MMa coach recently said about his reasons...
Barata Freitas Legal Team Denies Rape Charges, Claiming It Was Consensual
Dec 10, 2020BJJEE
A Brazilian jiujitsu champion and instructor at the famous Jackson-Wink MMA Academy has been arrested, jailed and accused of drugging and raping a client last month. Rafael de Freitas, 37, aka...
Man Wearing BJJ Gi with White Belt Wanted By Police in Texas After Being Involved in Assault
Dec 08, 2020BJJEE
A man wearing a BJJ gi and a white belt is wanted by Police in League City, Texas after being involved in an assault on November 27th. The Police department first described the man as wearing a...
UFC Champ Israel Adesanya Promoted to Purple Belt in BJJ: “It’s Time to Start Tapping People Out!”
Dec 08, 2020BJJEE
UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (20-0) is currently working on his BJJ Gi & No Gi game at Atos HQ in San Diego, California. Adesanya has been training BJJ for a few years under the...
BJJ Champion Rafael ‘Barata’ Freitas Accused of Drugging, Raping Client
Dec 06, 2020BJJEE
A Brazilian jiujitsu champion and instructor at the famous Jackson-Wink MMA Academy has been arrested, jailed and accused of drugging and raping a client last month. Rafael Freitas, 37, aka Barata,...
Enson Inoue Promoted to 5th Degree BJJ Black Belt Despite IBJJF Not Recognizing His Rank
Dec 06, 2020BJJEE
MMA legend and old school BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has started training Jiu-Jitsu again in 2016 after taking a...
Garry Tonon Wins in ONE Main Event & Maintains Unbeaten MMA Record
Dec 05, 2020BJJEE
Held this Friday (4), in Kaalang, Singapore, the “ONE Championship – Big Bang” marked the return of Garry Tonon to the Asian organization’s MMA fights. Featured in the main event of...
Gordon Ryan, John Danaher and the DDS Big Plans in Puerto Rico
Dec 03, 2020BJJEE
It goes without saying that one of the hottest topics in the BJJ community recently has been the change of location that the top BJJ team from New York city has decided on. Of course we talking about...
British PM Hails New Vaccine as ‘Biological Jiu-Jitsu’
Dec 03, 2020BJJEE
The UK prime minister Boris Johnson press conference has just come to an end. The PM welcomed the new Pfizer/Biotech vaccine, saying rollout will begin next week. About 800,000 older people, care...
Teenage Champ Kade Ruotolo Taps BJJ Black Belt with Rare Choke to Win Combat Jiu-Jitsu World Title
Dec 02, 2020BJJEE
Buggy choke has turned quite a few eyebrows since videos of it first surfaced a few years ago. Now the Buggy choke was on display in the finals of last weekend’s 2020 Combat Jiujitsu World...
Japan: 63 yr Old Fights Off Attacking Bear Using Karate
Nov 25, 2020BJJEE
A 63-year-old karate black belt started out as the victim of an encounter with an angry bear, but ended up the victor, police in Japan have said. Atsushi Aoki was fishing in the mountains of...
Muay Thai Instructor Uses Jiu-Jitsu to Subdue Manhattan Baby Abduction Suspect
Nov 23, 2020BJJEE
A good Samaritan used his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills to stop an attempted kidnapping at Madison Square Park in NYC this month. Brian Kemsley, 33, a Muay Thai instructor and BJJ practitioner found...
Watch: Epic Trailer For New Jiu-Jitsu Movie w/ Sean Patrick Flanery, Dennis Quaid & Renzo Gracie
Nov 19, 2020BJJEE
After the calamity that is the new Nicolas Cage movie called “Jiu-Jitsu” which actually has nothing to do wit Jiu-Jitsu, we now have a promising MMA/BJJ movie coming up. The trailer for...
Fellipe Andrew Explains Decision To Switch Teams from Zenith to Alliance
Nov 19, 2020BJJEE
Fellipe Andrew made a huge impact at this year’s European championship when he won the gold in the black belt absolute in spectacular fashion. The Zenith black belt became the first man to submit...
BJJ Stars 4 Recap & Results: The Return of Leandro Lo & Gabi Garcia
Nov 17, 2020BJJEE
📸 @carolhaberfotografia In yet another historic night, BJJ Stars 4, held last Saturday, in São Paulo, promoted great matches. In the main event, multi-champion Leandro Lo confirmed his...
Transgender BJJ Black Belt: ‘There is No Scientific Evidence That Trans Athletes Have Unfair Advantages Over Other Athletes’
Nov 17, 2020BJJEE
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is very peculiar as a hobby. It sort of immerses the practitioner deeply within a special lifestyle which is basically a subculture on it’s own. After Fallon Fox, the female...
Despite 8 Having Herniated Discs, Rickson Gracie is Back to Rolling Again
Nov 16, 2020BJJEE
There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj greats...
What Happens when a Thief Tries to Rob a 72 year old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Coral Belt
Nov 15, 2020BJJEE
Don’t ever mug a grandpa who does Jiu-Jitsu! Especially when it’s a 8th degree coral belt called Franco Penteado (Hairstyle). In this picture, he is with Turkish BJJ black belt Burak...
Firas Zahabi: ‘Wrestlers are Learning Jiu-Jitsu but BJJ Guys Aren’t So Open Minded to Wrestling’
Nov 15, 2020BJJEE
GSP’s coach Firas Zahabi was very critical about Jiu-Jitsu’s use in MMA in an interview with Sherdog.com. Firas is a BJJ black belt but feels that the fact that Jiu-Jitsu players...
Renzo Gracie On The Time He Got Shot & Bumping Into the Gunman Years After
Nov 14, 2020BJJEE
Renzo Gracie on Time He Got Shot & Bumping Into the Gunman Years After. From http://www.bobbyrazakmovies.com
Fair Play? Pan Champ Gifts Opponent 2 Points & Loses Match
Nov 13, 2020BJJEE
Fair play or stupid? Kristian Woodmansee, a BJJ world champion, 2x Pan Champion, 2x European Champion did a selfless act a few years back at the Pan that surprised many people. Here’s the...
Young Entrepreneur Created a Sophisticated Protective Glove for BJJ
Nov 11, 2020BJJEE
In brazilian jiu-jitsu our hands often take the brunt of the action. Especially for those of us who are gi fans. Often times an athlete will lose a significant percent of usage of his hands. Keenan...
2X ADCC Champ, Yuri Simões Makes MMA Debut for ONE Championship Against Experienced Opponent
Nov 10, 2020BJJEE
Yuri Simões, two-time champion of ADCC (the biggest grappling tournament in the world) and two-time world champion No-Gi by IBJJF, among other great titles, is ready for a new challenge in his...
Does The Term ‘Creonte’ Still Make Sense Today in BJJ? BJJ’s Biggest Champions Respond
Nov 10, 2020BJJEE
Considered one of Jiu-Jitsu’s most controversial topics, changing teams during a BJJ practitioner’s career has coined the infamous term: Creonte. Back in the day, BJJ (in Brazil), was held in...
