Keenan Cornelius Speaks On Crossing Your Feet During Armbars
Nov 02, 2020BJJEE
One of the most common and most controversial questions of BJJ history is whether crossing your feet when doing an armbar is right or wrong. The answer is not black or white. This question is a bit...
Keenan Cornelius Reacts To IBJJF Legalizing Heel Hooks: ‘IBJJF Can Overtake ADCC’
Oct 13, 2020BJJEE
It’s been confirmed. Heel hooks and reaping will be allowed in No Gi competions for brown and black belts starting from 2021. The IBJJF (International Jiu-Jitsu Federation) has announced the news...
Keenan Cornelius Explains Why You Need Not Fear The Heel Hook
Oct 06, 2020BJJEE
Heel hooks have once again come into focus following the triumphant return of Ryan Hall to the octagon. This prompted great many discussions questioning if BJ Penn – an old school bjj prodigy...
Keenan Cornelius: ‘How Your Instructor Taught You To Open Closed Guard is WRONG’
Oct 04, 2020grappler z
BJJ black belt Keenan Cornelius released a video where he discredits the classic way of opening closed guard: knee in the middle, isolate a leg and push back. Keenan stated: “The way that your...
The Most Basic but Most Powerful Pass in Jiu-Jitsu by Keenan Cornelius
Aug 28, 2020BJJEE
Do you want to know a little secret? Old School Passes are the best weapon against new school guards. When you have an opponent that likes to use more modern guard styles like lapel guard, worm...
Catch Wrestling For BJJ: The Spinal Splitter with Keenan Cornelius
Aug 20, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There are *those* kinds of Catch Wrestling submissions that, once you see them, make you shiver with fear… But that make your eyes shine with happiness as well! Yeah they’re nasty, but...
Gordon Ryan On Why He Lost All Respect For Keenan Cornelius
Apr 05, 2020BJJEE
Gordon Ryan has pubicly expressed his thoughts on Keenan Cornelius. According to Gordon, Keenan’s recent actions have dissapointed him. Gordon explained how Team Renzo Gracie welcomed Keenan to...
Keenan Cornelius Shows The PERFECT Triangle Set Up
Mar 30, 2020BJJEE
If you’re looking for the perfect triangle choke set up, then why not learn it from the master. Keenan Cornelius states the triangle choke to be one of his all-time favourite submissions because...
Keenan Cornelius Shows a Must See Wormguard Sweep From Deep Half
Mar 03, 2020BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius is one of the most important innovators in bjj today. He is constantly working on different guards and making variations. His latest work is based around the worm guard integration...
Renzo Gracie on Keenan Cornelius Disrespecting Rickson: ‘You Just Got Submitted by a Triangle’
Feb 21, 2020BJJEE
Renzo Gracie recently appeared on the UFC unfiltered podcast where he was asked about the new BJJ generation of BJJ and how they don’t want to fight MMA: Renzo (speaking about the new...
Keenan Cornelius Shares Best Way to Escape a Jiujitsu Triangle – And Not Get Armbarred In Process
Feb 21, 2020BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius is one of the bannerman of ATOS in every way. He’s gained international popularity with the innovations he’s brought to the game including his staggering combinations of...
The Brilliant Triangle Set Up Fellipe Andrew Used To Tap Keenan Cornelius
Feb 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...
How To Pull Off Keenan Cornelius’ Reverse Omoplata on Yuri Simoes
Jan 14, 2020grappler z
The reverse omoplata is the Lochness monster of Grappling, wherein it’s a very rare submission especially at the highest level. This weekend Keenan Cornelius was able to pull it off against a...
Gordon Ryan Teaches His Arm-In Guillotine That Submitted Keenan Cornelius
Jan 13, 2020BJJEE
The Guillotine choke is an extremely popular submission in both Gi and NoGi. It is one of the first submissions many people learn and one of the most effective. There are a multitude of...
Take a Tour Of Keenan Cornelius’ New Academy Legion BJJ in San Diego
Jan 02, 2020BJJEE
Take a tour of Keenan Cornelius’ new academy, Legion in San Diego. Follow Keenan as he gives you a glimpse behind the scenes. Legion is 10.000 sqf and accommodates BJJ practitioners of all...
Keenan Cornelius Has a Stealth-Like Triangle Setup From The Back
Dec 29, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Tell us, honestly: how many times have you taken someone’s back, only to struggle to finish with a choke for the remainder of the round? Yup, all too often. Well, Keenan Cornelius has a sneaky...
Heaviest Pass in Jiu-Jitsu: The Sidesmash by Keenan Cornelius
Oct 02, 2019BJJEE
Why put pressure? Pressure will wear them. It tires them and forces to either take the pain or open up and make a mistake. There’s no easy way to learn how to pass the guard and improve your guard...
Keenan Cornelius Answers Critics of His ‘Helio & Rickson Have A Purple Belt Level’ Statement
Aug 20, 2019BJJEE
A few days ago we published an article that caused quite a big stir in the BJJ community: Keenan Cornelius On Helio & Rickson Gracie: ‘Their Level Was Probably Tough Purple Belt’ Many...
Keenan Cornelius On Helio & Rickson Gracie: ‘Their Level Was Probably Tough Purple Belt’
Aug 18, 2019BJJEE
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...
Keenan Cornelius Reveals Issues With Galvao Leading To Him Being Kicked Out Of Atos
Jun 18, 2019BJJEE
Last April, Keenan Cornelius was asked to leave Atos, a team he’s belonged to for 6 years. Cornelius has been widely considered one of the prodigies of the sport for quite some time now. Here are...
Keenan Cornelius First Alignment From A Proper Medical Professional
May 13, 2019BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius has been grappling at least half his life. Through his matches Keenan got a lot of damage done to his fingers, back and body in general. Cornelius shared that one of his main issues...
Keenan Cornelius Set To Represent BJJ Globetrotters At Worlds
May 09, 2019BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius has made his choice. At the upcoming world jiu jitsu championship he will be representing the colors of BJJ Globetrotters. A choice he made based on leniency. The legendary American...
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...
Keenan Cornelius On Future Plans After Being Asked To Leave Atos
Apr 18, 2019BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius has been asked to leave Atos, a team he’s belonged to for 6 years. Cornelius has been widely considered one of the prodigies of the sport for quite some time now. Here are...
