National PTSD Day Shines A Light On Positive Jiu Jitsu Influence
Jun 28, 2018BJJEE
PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or...
How To Do The Savage Loop Choke From Side Control by Alexandre Vieira
Jun 25, 2018BJJEE
Lapel chokes are some of the cleanest, most efficient submissions you can secure when training jiu jitsu in the gi. The loop choke is one of the deadly subsets of those lapel chokes. The thing that...
Confessions Of A Guard Player: Guard Players Hate These 4 Moves
May 21, 2018BJJEE
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,...
Old Church Was Converted Into BJJ Academy
May 20, 2018BJJEE
BJJ academies are sometimes found in unique locations. There are some that are converted warehouses, restaurants, nightclubs and now believe it or not, even a church! BJJ world champion Bernardo...
Amazing Omoplata From Rubber Guard Finish at IBJJF Dallas Open
May 03, 2018grappler z
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...
5 Best Escapes From Difficult Positions
May 03, 2018BJJEE
Guest pots by Matt D’Aquino, a multiple Australian and Oceania Champion and a 2008 Beijing Judo Olympian. He has been studying Judo for over 23 years. He is a 3rd Degree Black belt and a purple...
Danaher Presents His Leglock System in Detailed Diagram
Apr 25, 2018BJJEE
Last week, John Danaher made a surprising announcement: He has started filming a new instructional series with the leading website BJJ Fanatics, who feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass,...
How To Escape a Full Nelson with 3x ADCC champ Dean Lister
Apr 19, 2018BJJEE
The full nelson (sometimes called a double nelson or a double shoulder lock) is done by performing half nelsons with both arms. In collegiate, high school, middle school/junior high school, and most...
Sweep the World: How To Sweep Any Bigger, Stronger Opponent
Apr 18, 2018BJJEE
Coming up through the jiu jitsu ranks as you develop your personal game plan you will gravitate to certain positions based on a number of factors like your body style, age, and overall athleticism....
To Stand & Pass or Stay on the Knees & Pass?
Apr 17, 2018James Duscio
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. Often times during a jiu-jitsu battle, the majority of the time is...
Blue Belt Submits Black Belt Within a Minute With Self Invented Sub – Genchitine
Apr 15, 2018BJJEE
FFA Blue Belt Devin Genchi has a powerful submission he patented. The genchitine. It’s a mixture of a guillotine choke and the crucifix. And he’s had much success with it over the course...
John Danaher On How He Plans To Change The Game Of Video Instructionals
Apr 13, 2018BJJEE
Yesterday, John Danaher made a surprising announcement: He has started filming a new instructional series with the leading website BJJ Fanatics, who feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass,...
John Danaher To Release Instructional Series with BJJ Fanatics
Apr 12, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher is a man of many talents, certainly the biggest coaching world class grappling (Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan, Eddie Cummings, Travis Stevens etc..) and mma talent (Georges St-Pierre, Chris...
Russian Market Renames Chicken to Conor McGregor
Apr 12, 2018BJJEE
There is a massive 50% OFF SALE on Video Instructionals at BJJ Fanatics, which feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass, Craig Jones, Dean Lister, Bernardo Faria and many more….(Type in...
Z Guard Smash with Tom DeBlass
Apr 10, 2018BJJEE
The use of half guard and all of its variations is all the rage right now. More and more jiu jitsu practitioners are following the lead of Roberto “Gordo” Correa who was the first...
5 Benefits of Training BJJ Early in the Morning
Dec 09, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. Not getting...
Antonio Carlos Jr. Reveals He Suffered From Panic Attacks And Reveals He Credits Meditation With His Recovery
Nov 04, 2017BJJEE
We often read and admire the antics of Demian Maia in the Octagon, we also read and cherish watching the matches of Leandro Lo, Garry Tonon and others. While the name Antonio Carlos Jr...
DeBlass Debunks Famous BJJ Quote: “No Losing, Either Win or Learn”
Aug 30, 2017BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu has it’s fair collection of powerful quotes from some of its leaders. These quotes are a source of inspiration for the BJJ community. One of the most famous quotes in BJJ, comes from...
Which Brazilian & American States Have The Most BJJ World Champions?
Jul 21, 2017BJJEE
In 2015, Brazilian BJJ website BJJ Forum conducted a study of all IBJJF Jiu Jitsu World Championships since 1996, seeking to identify which states have made the most male black belt world...
Should Beginners & Advanced Train In The Same Class?
Jun 23, 2017BJJEE
In many smaller academies BJJ instructors mix beginners and advanced students in the same class. This is mostly due to lack of available classes and instructors. The problem with running multi...
IBJJF Worlds 2017: Meregali Dethrones Lo, Musameci Brings First Title To Non Brazilian In a Decade
Jun 05, 2017BJJEE
Another IBJJF World Championships are behind us. The prestigious brazilian jiu-jitsu championship saw the first non american winner of a category since 2007! While Buchecha asserted his...
Who made it to the Quarterfinals: IBJJF Worlds Day 1 Results
Jun 04, 2017BJJEE
1st day of adult male black belt division was quite exciting. Although many usual contenders have stayed away from absolute this year there was ample opportunity to watch huge clashes such as Erberth...
Start Winning BJJ Matches With Superior Takedowns
May 08, 2017Monty L. Collier
Photo by Flashsport: Leandro defeated Erberth Santos thanks in a big part to superior takedowns. Recently, Leandro Lo defeated Gordon Ryan at the ADCC West Coast Trials. How did Leandro Lo defeat...
How I Got My Black Belt From Rickson & Kron Gracie in Less Than 8 years
May 01, 2017BJJEE
Photo: Rickson Gracie promoting Brandon Hetzler to black belt after he submitted all of his opponents at the 2010 Jiujitsu Pan Ams. The road to a black belt is usually a long and hard one full of ups...
