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Result for: blue belt

BJJ Blue Belt with 62 Tournament Matches Tries Out Judo Sparring

“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.” Judo and BJJ: Similar Jacket, different rules and mentality. Judo training will vastly improve...

Blue Belt Worked Out Like Gordon Ryan For 60 Days & Then Entered a Competition

In the span of about 18 months: Gordon Ryan Went From 163 Lbs To 232 Lbs & Back To 194 LBS & Transformed Himself From a Relatively Unknown Grappler To The Best No Gi Grappler On Earth,...

Sandbagger At 2024 IBJJF Europeans: Blue Belt Competes As White Belt & Wins Gold

Sandbagging is a term used in martial arts to denote a practitioner who competes at a skill-bracket deemed less rigorous than their actual level of competitive ability. The term is adopted similarly...

What Happens When a BJJ Blue Belt Spars with a Judo Brown Belt?

“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.” John Danaher Judo and BJJ: Similar Jacket, different rules and mentality. Judo training will...

Actor & 10th Planet Blue Belt Mickey Rourke Displays His Jiu-Jitsu Skills in Recent Footage

World famous actor Mickey Rourke has been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for the past few years under the tutelage of Scott “Einstein” Epstein, a black belt under Eddie Bravo of 10th Planet...

BJJ Blue Belt Claims ‘God’ Promoted Him To Black Belt in BJJ

Through the years many cases of self promoted jiu jiteiros were outed. While some excused themselves saying it was Japanese jiu jitsu, or a discipline they made up, out some outright owned it. Such ...

No Gi BJJ Blue Belt Has a Painful Experience Rolling with a Luta Livre Black Belt

Many BJJ practitioners believe that Luta Livre is just a No Gi version of BJJ but that can’t be further from the truth. Any BJJ grappler that has had he chance to train in a legit Luta Livre...

BJJ Blue Belt Submits BJJ Black Belt in Tournament, Casually Shakes it Off

In a BJJ competition, anything can happen. You will often see surprises, especially in the No Gi divisions where some competition mix the belt levels. It’s not uncommon to see a blue belt face a...

How To Neutralize That Ultra Aggressive BJJ Blue Belt?

Guest post by Masafumi Matsumoto, a BJJ black 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,...

Gordon Ryan Reveals What Every BJJ White Belt & Blue Belt Should Focus On

If you’re a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu white or blue belt, then you know how difficult it can sometimes be to focus on the right things. On the things that make most sense to you, your progress, and...

BJJ Blue Belt Mark Zuckerberg Grapples Alexander Volkanovski & Israel Adesanya on Boat with Grappling Mats

Meta founder and new BJJ blue belt Mark Zuckerberg recently shared some new footage of his training sessions with UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski. In a new video posted over...

BJJ Blue Belt Travels 5,937 Miles to Learn Bjj from John Danaher

Alex Toma is a BJJ blue belt from Romania whose dream was to go meet his idol John Danaher and train under him. In February 2023, he packed his bags and travelled to Austin, Texas to stay for 5...

18 yr Old BJJ Blue Belt Defeats New Wave Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt

In a BJJ competition, anything can happen. You will often see surprises, especially in the No Gi divisions where some competition mix the belt levels. It’s not uncommon to see a blue belt face a...

Bodybuilder Bradley Martin Rolling with 56 yr old BJJ Blue Belt Bryan Callen

It’s official: MMA legend Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has accepted a grappling match against bodybuilder and Internet personality Bradley Martyn! The UFC Hall Of Famer and...

Mark Zuckerberg Promoted To BJJ Blue Belt

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and Meta founder & CEO, has been promoted to BJJ blue belt! The promotion took place last evening, by coach Dave Camarillo – who also earned the 5th degree BJJ...

Brazilian Football Player João Gomes Promoted To BJJ Blue Belt

João Gomes is a Brazilian football player who plays as a midfielder for the Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gomes is currently on vacation in Brazil, where he was welcomed with a...

Barry Bonds, Baseball Legend & PED User, Earns Blue Belt in BJJ

Barry Bonds, a highly acclaimed Major League Baseball player, has made quite an inpact on the history of baseball. He is known for his achievements as an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates and...

The Man Who Nate Diaz Submitted in the Street is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt Who Has Competed

The man who got choked out by Nate Diaz in a recently viral street fight has decided to speak out… Wowing to get back at the professional MMA fighter! The fight took place after the...

BJJ Blue Belt Submits Gracie Barra Black Belt, Casually Walks it Off

In a BJJ competition, anything can happen. You will often see surprises, especially in the No Gi divisions where some competition mix the belt levels. It’s not uncommon to see a blue belt face a...

BJJ Blue Belt Defeats Black Belt in Grappling Competition

In a BJJ competition, anything can happen. You will often see surprises, especially in the No Gi divisions where some competition mix the belt levels. It’s not uncommon to see a blue belt face...

Solid BJJ Blue Belt Trains in a Room Full of World Champions

If you’re like most people, you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because it’s a fantastic way to de-stress, to learn a useful skill, to stay in shape, and to hang out with cool people. what you’re...

UFC Middleweight Promoted Himself To Blue Belt in BJJ

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is far from being as serious and strict as other forms of martial arts. The main reason is probably due to the fact of it being a martial art/sport that has mostly been developed...

Gordon Ryan “Promoted” To BJJ Blue Belt By Roger Gracie

Gordon Ryan and Roger Gracie had an opportunity to roll together in Austin, Texas; where the Gracie came in order to record a podcast episode with Lex Fridman. Ryan wrote about the awesome experience...

Tom DeBlass: “Tom Hardy Is A Very Solid BJJ Blue Belt”

Tom Hardy is a 4-stripe BJJ blue belt… But how good, really, are his Jiu-Jitsu skills? Well, Tom DeBlass – who’s been coaching the famous actor a couple of times, as well as...