These Are The Highest Percentage Back Takes From The Closed Guard
Feb 24, 2020BJJEE
In the previous article of our Weekly White Belt Advice Series we have covered closed guard sweeps, so it makes sense to take a good look into high percentage back takes from closed guard in this...
How Strength & Conditioning Training Can Help Bring Your Grappling Game To A New Level
Feb 23, 2020BJJEE
When you embark on a jiu jitsu journey you often get inspired with stories of smart approach diminishing size advantages often through the inception of MMA. The idea of doing jiu jitsu to be good...
What Happens To Your BJJ Game When Cross-Training in Judo
Feb 20, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Neil Adams MBE, an English judoka who won numerous Olympic and World Championship medals in judo representing Great Britain. Adams was the first British male to win a World title, and...
Draculino Blasts 10th Planet JJ, “American Jiu-Jitsu”: There Is Only Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 05, 2020BJJEE
Vinicius „Draculino“ Magalhães is a fifth-degree black belt under the legendary founder of Gracie Barra, Carlos Gracie Jr. A part of the „golden generation“ of BJJ, he has trained with other...
Creative Ways To Use The Gi In BJJ
Jan 09, 2020BJJEE
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...
Guy Did 52 BJJ Training Sessions In 1 Month – Here’s How It Went
Jan 09, 2020BJJEE
Do you always feel wiped out after Jiu Jitsu? Always sore the next day barely able to perform? Well meet Marcus Greatwood a free diver and BJJ purple belt who trains under Roger Gracie and Judo...
Jacare Reveals Reason For Leaving BJJ For MMA
Jan 08, 2020BJJEE
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is the ultimate grappler with world class ground game and fantastic stand up takedown game. He is a BJJ and Judo black belt formed at ASLE academy with his first instructor...
Brendan Schaub Weighs in On Claim That Ashton Kutcher Could Beat Conor McGregor in a Grappling Match
Dec 30, 2019BJJEE
In his recent Fighter and the Kid podcast episode, Brendan Schaub – a former MMA fighter and a stand-up comedian – spoke with co-host Brian Callen, amongst other things, about wether newly...
Drysdale:’The Average BJJ Black Belt Makes More Money Than The Average MMA Fighter’
Dec 26, 2019BJJEE
Ten years ago, serious BJJ practitioners mostly shared a common goal of excelling first in BJJ and then transitioning to MMA. The reasons were mostly for a sporting challenge but more often it was...
Is Your Belt Too Long And Keeps Falling Off? Try This!
Dec 19, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
However important as it may be to know as many principles and techniques as possible, it is equally important to know the very basics – for example, how to tie your belt properly! Even though that...
Epic Roll: GSP & Braulio Estima Go Back & Forth on the Mat
Dec 17, 2019BJJEE
Back in 2011, then UFC champion Georges St Pierre came to London to improve his Jiu-Jitsu by training with Roger Gracie and Braulio Estima. A 3x black belt world champion and 3x ADCC champion,...
Joe Rogan Boils Down Essence Of Jiu Jitsu In A Minute Talk – All About Basics
Dec 12, 2019BJJEE
Joe Rogan recently Boiled Down Essence Of Jiu Jitsu In A Minute Talk. The comedian, announcer, actor and man of many other talents has always been vocal about his passion for jiu jitsu. Among other...
Is it Really Better to Have an Instructor Who Is A BJJ Champion?
Dec 08, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. When choosing an instructor, we all want to have this image of them as...
21 Highest Level BJJ Academies in Europe
Nov 29, 2019BJJEE
Have you ever wondered which were the best BJJ academies with the highest level in Europe? When we say highest level, we mean a combination of things: the toughest rolls, biggest number of...
Tim Kenedy Had a BJJ Gi Grappling Match with Dave Camarillo
Nov 26, 2019BJJEE
UFC vet Tim Kennedy, a BJJ black belt & US Army Ranger is enjoying his time being retired from professional fighting but it doesn’t mean that he is finished competing. The Royler Gracie...
Try This Kouchi Makikomi Variation, Terere’s Signature Takedown
Oct 31, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist in...
Rigan Machado Believes Ashton Kutcher Would Beat McGregor in a Grappling Match
Oct 30, 2019BJJEE
Ashton Kutcher came back in BJJ news yesterday when he was promoted to brown belt by his instructor Rigan Machado. This means that he has been training more or less regularly for the past 5 years (He...
Ashton Kutcher Promoted To Brown Belt in BJJ
Oct 30, 2019BJJEE
Superstar actor is now just one step away from getting his black belt in BJJ. He today received his brown belt from the hands of Rigan Machado, the BJJ instructor to the stars: Rigan Machado Designs...
Avoid Getting Submited by Using the Simple ‘Keep the Family Together’ Concept
Sep 06, 2019BJJEE
Photo: John Liot. Written by Lionel Mescam, BJJ black belt belt, instructor at Le Cercle BJJ academy in Paris, France In July 2013, I attended my first seminar on Jersey island with Braulio ESTIMA....
Stopping The Knee Slice Pass Before it Even Starts with Xande Ribeiro
Aug 22, 2019BJJEE
Knee slice is one of the highest guard passes in BJJ. It works really well against bottom half guard players that like to either play knee shield or to drop their shield play a Lucas Leite style...
Get Out Of The Dreaded ‘Superhold’ with a Simple Tip From Xande Ribeiro
Aug 21, 2019BJJEE
When you play half guard, the worst thing you can do is letting your opponent get passed all of your line of defenses (feet, knees, arms) and smashing you with a tight head and arm control. This is...
Xande Ribeiro: ‘The Next Time Someone Passes My Guard, I’ll Become a Businessman’
Aug 19, 2019BJJEE
Xande Ribeiro is a mythical figure in Jiu-Jitsu. He ranks high up with Roger Gracie, Jacare, Braulio Estima, Marcelo Garcia, his older brother Saulo as the best ever competitor in BJJ. – Xande been...
Xande Ribeiro On Why His Guard Hasn’t Been Passed in 13 Years
Aug 19, 2019BJJEE
@fabricio.rocha.fotografia Xande Ribeiro has legendary stature – he’s been an active competitor at the black belt level since the early 00s. His 7 World titles are accompanied by many other...
Xande Ribeiro On How To Never Get Your BJJ Guard Passed Ever Again
Jul 31, 2019BJJEE
Xande Ribeiro has legendary stature – he’s been an active competitor at the black belt level since the early 00s. His 7 World titles are accompanied by many other different ones. The 38 year...
