Strength Matters: Most Jacked BJJ Athletes
Jan 26, 2024BJJEE
Photo: Mike Calimbas Photography Helio Gracie believed superior technique could overcome all other disadvantages but in an effort to be at the top of their game – these jiujiteros put some serious...
ADCC Champion Yuri Simoes Gets Sidelined By Shoulder Surgery Following Training Injury
Jan 16, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
Three-time ADCC world champion Yuri Simoes has recently undergone surgery for a shoulder injury sustained during training. This injury initially occurred at the outset of his preparation for his bout...
BJJ Legend Fabricio Werdum Refused To Face Nick Rodriguez in a Grappling Match
Dec 19, 2023BJJEE
Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabrício Werdum revealed in a recent episode of his podcast “Nem me vi” that he had discussed facing American fighter Nick Rodrigues in UFC Invitational...
The Five Finger Guillotine is the Perfect Counter to the Body Lock Pass
Oct 02, 2023BJJEE
If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may noticed many top grapplers having incredible success with a certain type of pass: The bodylock pass which is also known as the double over pass....
John Danaher Shows Why You Need To Use The Ankle Pick More
Sep 22, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
How often do you use the Ankle Pick in Jiu-Jitsu? No, not just when it comes to your stand up game, but also when it comes to attacking your opponent from the bottom? Yeah, probably not as often as...
Giant Killer: The Evolution Of Lachlan Giles
Aug 30, 2023BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
Craig Jones: “Gordon Is A Technical Beast, But At The Same Time…”
Jul 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Nicky Rodriguez had a spectacular UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4 run, beating all of his opponents to win the absolute tournament title. Following the match, he called out Gordon Ryan to a...
Greasing in Bjj: The Unfair Advantage
Apr 28, 2023BJJEE
Greasing has been a hot topic in the grappling community lately. At the last WNO event, in a match between Nicky Rod and Felipe Pena, Pena accused Rod of greasing and being too slippery in their...
John Danaher’s Advice For Learning Details In BJJ: “The Human Mind Has Its Limits…”
Mar 13, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Ah, details… There’s so many of them in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – and the more of them you know, the better you get! However, it’s quite easy to get overwhelmed by the...
Wrestle Up: The Unfair Advantage In BJJ
Nov 11, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Do you wrestle up in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? If you don’t, you’re missing out on an enormous unfair advantage over your training partners and opponents. For starters, most BJJ athletes...
This “Wrestle Up” Single Leg Setup By John Danaher Is Remarkably Simple
Oct 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
One of the biggest “mistakes” that the majority of BJJ students make – and that you can exploit – is that once they get down to the mats, they stay down… Instead...
Ethan Crelinsten Undergoes Successful ACL & Meniscus Surgery
Sep 22, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Ethan Crelinsten – a BJJ black belt under John Danaher and a member of the newly founded B-Team – has undergone an ACL surgery in order to fix a problem that’s been hindering him...
These Are The 10 Best Takedown Artists in Grappling
May 19, 2020BJJEE
Wrestling is an inevitable part of submission grappling/BJJ and a key factor in many matches on elite and amateur level. BJJ practitioners are often criticized for neglecting their takedown game, but...
Keenan Cornelius Makes a Stop at The Blue Basement to train with DDS
Apr 23, 2019BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius has no angst about his recent ouster from the ATOS camp. Cornelius is making a seminar tour and dropped by the Renzo Gracie academy to train with Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan and the...
Dana White Claims UFC Is On The Road To Making a Deal With GSP
Feb 11, 2017BJJEE
While the comeback of Geroges St-Pierre is still under a big question mark the organization he’s still tied to – the UFC appears to have cleared up misunderstandings at the...
Garry Tonon Can Crack a Tune (And/Or Ralek’s Leg)
Jul 16, 2016BJJEE
Garry Tonon Sings. And he isn’t half bad either. In the latest case of taunting Ralek Gracie ahead of their Metamoris fight, Tonon has chosen to adapt a song called Lullaby (aka...
