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Category Archive: BJJ News, Featured

Anthony Bourdain Found Dead at 61

Celebrated chef and BJJ blue belt Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in a suicide by hanging on June 8, 2018, in his hotel room in Strasbourg, France. Bourdain was filming an episode...

Keenan Cornelius Slams IBJJF And Flograppling For Not Covering His Match – “Silence Is Betrayal”

Keenan Cornelius was dead set on winning the worlds this year. The bjj prodigy had a singular mindset which is why he felt pressured to release a comprehensive statement after this happened:...

Buchecha Surrenders Title To Leandro Lo – Plus More Results from WORLDS 2018

Buchecha has had a turbulent year, still he has proved he has much heart when he opted to give the open weight title to his friend Leandro Lo. The gesture came after Lo had to back out due to injury...

Nicholas Meregali Submits Felipe Pena Only To Be Stopped By Buchecha

The absolute division for Black Belts of the 2018 IBJJF Worlds kicked off yesterday with some interesting moments. The news of the day is that finale will be featuring Leandro Lo vs Buchecha once...

350lbs Powerlifting Champion Competes at BJJ Worlds

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu attracts all types of profiles from computer nerds to elite athletes from other sports. At this year’s BJJ world champion, it was quite surprising to see strength athlete...

Rodolfo Vieira Next Opponent Announced – Match Set In June

Rodolfo Vieira will be adding another MMA fight to his resume quite soon. The bjj ace most recently defeated german serbian bjj black belt Alexander Neufang Watch: RoldolFo Vieira Faces Alexander...

Andre Galvao Retires from BJJ Competition at Age 35

One of the greatest BJJ competitors in history has finally retired after a glorious 13 year career. Andre Galvao, co-founder and leader of Atos Jiu-Jitsu, a 5 time ADCC champion & 11 times world...

Eddie Bravo Training Jiu-Jitsu with His 6yr old Son

There is no greater joy than to share your passion of Jiu-Jitsu with your children. Making them appreciate the gentle art is not an easy task though as many of them may not understand the intricacies...

Confessions Of A Guard Player: Guard Players Hate These 4 Moves

Guest post by Masafumi Matsumoto, a BJJ brown belt from Japan who has been travelling the world, training, competing and working as a translator. ‘Masa’ is known for having a very good guard,...

3 Game Changing Half Guard Tips from Tom DeBlass

It’s no secret that Tom Deblass’ favorite position is the half guard. It’s a position he has been using since he was a blue belt nearly 15 years ago. Since then he has been refining...

Rose Namajunas: ‘I Would Like To Test My Jiu-Jitsu with Mackenzie Dern’

UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas was recently on the UFC unfiltered podcast where she was asked about what she thought about mackenzie Dern’s performance and her missing weight...

People Will Forget Champions; Building A Successful Team is More Important

Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. “The medals don’t mean anything and the glory doesn’t last. It’s...

Dominick Cruz on Mackenzie Dern: ‘It’s basically cheating’

Over the last week we’ve seen a mixed bag of Mackenzie Dern comments. on one had she’s undoubtedly a star on the rise with that shining performance against Amanda Cooper. Still her...

Danaher Shows Powerful Attack Series from Ashi Garami & Inside Sankaku Positions

At a sold out jiu jitsu seminar at Dynamix MMA in Los Angeles, CA, John Danaher demonstrated a powerful attack series from the cross ashi garami & inside sankaku positions. The Japanese term ashi...

Teddy Riner Decides To Skip 2018 World Judo Championships

10 times world Judo champion and 10 times Olympic gold medalist Teddy Riner has decided not to compete at this year’s World Championships in Baku. He confirmed it in an IJF interview: IJF: Will...

Amazing Omoplata From Rubber Guard Finish at IBJJF Dallas Open

The omoplata is highly underestimated submission/sweep in Jiu-Jitsu because not many people know the fine details which make it so effective. There are many ways to set up an omoplata. One of the...

Wrist Locks, Secret to Attacking the Giants

When people think of “Dirty tricks” in jiu jitsu, they are often referring to moves that are much easier than the effect they accomplish would imply. Moves that are simply beyond the pale of what...

Flexible Guy Uses Inverted Guard For Self Defense Against Huge Lady

Many self defense experts will tell you that the sport specific inverted guard used in BJJ is useless in the street… Well this little guy was able to use it to some degree of success against a...

Craig Jones Shows how he took Lo’s back & Submited Him at the ADCC

Craig Jones is the biggest name in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu right now. Whether or not he is the best is irrelevant, Craig is the newest name on the scene and has taken the BJJ community by storm. Many...

Breaking Down Mendes Bros Guard Passing System (Leg Drag, Drills….)

The Mendes brothers Guilherme and Rafael are universally known as one of the best guard passers in Jiu-Jitsu history. Their system consists primarily around the leg drag, the longstep, windshield...

10th Planet Coach & Former UFC Fighter Arrested For Sexually Abusing Underaged Girl

Gerald Strebendt (39), instructor of 10th planet Eugene and former UFC fighter has been arrested today (Wednesday) for allegedly sexually abusing an underaged female student. This is not the first...

Three of the Best Back Takes from Guard

When becoming a guard player, it is crucial to have a wide arsenal of attacks from different guards.  One of the most important elements to becoming a tricky guard player is learning back takes from...

Geo Martinez Responds To AJ Agazarm With Maturity and Poise

While AJ Agazarm has been all about the WWE approach to his jiu jitsu career a subtle approach does sometimes work. While Denny Prokopos threw child like tantrums to Agazarm’s gauntlet Geo...

Guy Throws Hands with Cop & Throws Him with Massive Judo Throw

It’s never a good idea to attack a police officer, even less to throw them with a Kosoto Gake Judo throw. This guy obviously trains as this is a complex move to set up. He perfectly timed his...