Henry Akins Injured In Serious Accident In Hollywood
Sep 05, 2018BJJEE
Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Rickson Gracie was in a very serious accident last night. Akins writes: Greatful to be alive… I got in a really...
The Legendary Sergio Penha’s High Pressure Side Control That Submits People & Surprise Americana
Sep 04, 2018BJJEE
Bernardo Faria recently visited the legendary red and white belt Sergio Penha at his academy in Las Vegas. Penha is most known for his epic competition match in the 1980s where he almost defeated...
Khabib Makes The Best Facial Expressions During Rubber Guard Demonstration
Aug 23, 2018BJJEE
Dagestani wrestlers are known for many things, among them being tough, fearless and unrelenting. However what they’re probably not is crazy flexible or so can be judged from the multitude of...
6 Activities That Will Positively Impact Your Jiu-Jitsu
Aug 19, 2018BJJEE
You probably have heard the saying: “If you want to get better at Jiu-Jitsu, then do Jiu-Jitsu.”. It’s true, nothing beats actually training in Jiu-Jitsu in order to improve your...
The Most Successful Wrestlers To Have Transitioned to MMA
Jul 19, 2018BJJEE
Wrestling is famously among the biggest indicators of success in MMA today. While cage fight outcome was once purely a bjj thing nowadays it’s more reliant on cage wrestling strategies,...
France Hosts Record Breaking National BJJ Championship
Jul 03, 2018BJJEE
This past weekend was the French National Championship, organized by the CFJJB (IBJJF representative in France). Photos: Jits Magazine France. Close to 900 adult competitors (600 in gi and 300 in...
Coral Belts Fabio Oliveira And Claudio Marculino Duke It Out With Amazing BJJ Exchanges
Jun 11, 2018BJJEE
A few in the world have had the opportunity to personally watch a match between two coral belts, facebook page Jiu-Jitsu UFRJ – Team Minerva made it a point to record this moment to share with...
Combat Jiu Jitsu Set To Feature Upkicks – No More Stalling Says Eddie Bravo
May 29, 2018BJJEE
Combat Jiu Jitsu has been attracting attention since the event first got started. In a way this event was developed from old community Challenge footage. “The Brazilians, they like the idea of...
How To Safely Add Strikes To Your Jiu-Jitsu Training
Apr 17, 2018James duscio
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. Let’s be honest, the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was to defend...
Henry Akins Debunks Keenan’s Claim That Opening Closed on The Knees is Wrong
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Roberto Atalla: Jean Jacques Machado’s Ego is As Inflated As Rigan Machado’s Belly
Mar 12, 2018BJJEE
Jean Jacques Machado recently explained how it is that his promotion doesn’t fall under the same criteria as others saying: My name is Jean Jacques Machado. I recently turned...
Jean Jacques Machado Responds To Claims He Got His Belt Before Fulfilling the Requirements
Mar 12, 2018BJJEE
Earlier this week we reported on a case of students promoting their black belt professor to the rank of red and black belt. Curious Case Of Students Promoting Their Coach To Red çand...
If JJ Machado Doesn’t Qualify for Coral Belt, Why is He Denouncing a Fake Coral Belt?
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
Earlier this week we reported on a case of students promoting their black belt professor to the rank of red and black belt. This instructor had been a student of Jean Jacques Machado who is himself a...
How the BIGGEST Boxing Match of all time was WON using Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 28, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
BJJ Black Belt Scott Naugle Arrested For Failing To Register As Sex Offender
Jan 26, 2018BJJEE
Scott Naugle of Leverage Jiu Jitsu was convicted of sexual battery on a child of less than years of age as we previously reported as part of a bigger story on sexual deviants who were a part...
Japan’s BJJ Pioneer Yuki Nakai Trains Japanese National Judo Team
Jan 12, 2018BJJEE
Yuki Nakai is the first Japanese born BJJ black belt and he has a Kosen Judo background. As a Judo black belt, Nakai competed at the Nanatei kosen judo championship, leading his university to the...
Bottom Mount Mistakes: Your Natural Instincts Will Get You KO’d
Jan 10, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Will We See a Re-Emergence of Self-Defense Centered Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Dec 15, 2017BJJEE
A group of BJJ enthusiasts are cultivating a dedicated family of hard-working adults and children through Jiu-Jitsu. It is called BJJ-4-Change, and leading the way is Patrick Bittan, an expert...
Facing The Beast: One Man’s Experience Fighting Saulo Ribeiro In Competition
Dec 09, 2017BJJEE
BJJ Black Belt Eddie Edmunds, had the honor of facing 6x world champion Saulo Ribeiro in competition at the 2007 World Championships (mundial) here is his experience: Source:...
Maynard James Keenan Demonstrates Techniques And Talks How BJJ And Creativity Connect
Nov 06, 2017BJJEE
Maynard James Keenan is an American progressive metal singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning American...
Is Closed Guard Still effective or is it Outdated?
Oct 01, 2017James
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. Watch any of the early UFC’s and you see Royce Gracie submitting people...
Instructor Accused Of Sexual Assault and Child Abuse At Winnipeg Jiu Jitsu Academy
Sep 26, 2017BJJEE
Another rotten apple has bee unearthed. A Winnipeg firefighter and jiu-jitsu studio owner has been arrested after 3 girls aged 12-18 accused him of incidents of sexual abuse spanning...
Are We All Just Shrimping The Wrong Way?
Aug 31, 2017BJJEE
In bjj there are several typical movements that are being taught to all the beginners on the very first class. These movements are the foundation of bjj. But even so many practitioners...
Steve Maxwell Mobility Conditioning for Combat Sport Seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia September 23rd
Jul 30, 2017BJJEE
Steve Maxwell will be coming to Sarajevo, Bosnia and he’s ready to share some knowledge! The seminar’s theme is: Mobility Conditioning for Martial Arts & Combat Sport. It will be held...
