Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Face Gordon Ryan in a Grappling Match
Jun 10, 2023BJJEE
Khamzat Chimaev, a Swedish-Chechen UFC welterweight/ middleweight, is still just a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, despite high level Wrestling experience. In one of his recent vlogs, he was seen...
Neil Magny On Grappling Khamzat Chimaev & Getting Submited: ‘He is Definitely the Real Deal’
Jan 20, 2023BJJEE
Neil Magny is one of the rare fighters that has been asking to fight Khamzat Chimaev for the past few years and he got to taste what that would feel like back in November. Khamzat Chimaev and Neil...
Khamzat Chimaev Submits Neil Magny at Renzo Gracie Academy
Nov 28, 2022BJJEE
Neil Magny is one of the rare fighters that has been asking to fight Khamzat Chimaev for the past few years and he got to taste what that would feel like. Khamzat Chimaev and Neil Magny’s paths...
The Democratic Beltchecker Challenges The IBJJF’s Jiu-Jitsu Monarchy
Dec 13, 2020BJJEE
It is revolution time in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu! Just like with every other revolution in history, it only takes one spark to start stirring things up against a monarchy. Medieval metaphors...
How to Know if Your BJJ Academy is Right for You
Aug 09, 2020grappler z
Sometimes BJJ practitioners may feel unhappy, unmotivated, or that their game isn’t progressing. It’s quite normal to have these feelings wash over you for a short period of time, but if it...
Keith Owen: BJJ Instructors Need To Teach Students To Be Better People
Apr 24, 2020BJJEE
Keith Owen lives in Boise Idaho and is a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Legendary 8th degree Gracie Black Belt Professor Pedro Sauer. He recently talked to Grappling...
Top 7 Things You Should Look For In A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Apr 10, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Bill Jones, BJJ black belt under Pedro Sauer, owner and head instructor at Top Level Martial Arts in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. If you would like to learn more about Bill or Top Level...
Round Up Of Funniest Cases Of fraudulent Belt Promotions
Aug 23, 2019BJJEE
Through the years many cases of self promoted jiu jiteiros were outed. While some excused themselves saying it was japanese jiu jitsu, a discipline they made out some outright owned it. Such was the...
How Do You Know When A BJJ Academy Is Right For You
Aug 04, 2019BJJEE
Picking a good place for yourself to practice is almost as important as deciding to do bjj as a bad choice can seriously hinder your journey. There’s many different factors you should be...
Vigilantes Plan Nationwide Dojo Storm of McDojos & Abusive Instructors
Jan 27, 2018BJJEE
The great thing about the Grappling/BJJ community is that it is self-policing. Whenever some something scandalous happens (fake black belt,abusive behavior, molestation etc…), these individuals...
Interview with Turkey’s Mert Berberoglu of Ankara BJJ
Oct 06, 2014BJJEE
Mert Berberoglu is BJJ purple belt and instructor at Ankara BJJ (affiliated with Corvos). He started practicing BJJ together with his instructor Eren Anlar in the year 2008 and founded...
Xande Ribeiro: “Online Belt Promotions Weaken Jiu-Jitsu”
Jun 25, 2014BJJEE
Online learning and belt testing in Jiu-Jitsu has drawn the attention of many famous BJJ practitioners . There are people who agree with the practice, but many are overwhelmingly...
Interview With Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s Brother, On His Atos Academy In Barcelona
Feb 12, 2014BJJEE
Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s brother, talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his new Atos academy in Barcelona, Spain. His trainings with Atos back in Brazil and the Jiu-Jitsu scene in Spain: Can you...
Most Annoying Personalities At The BJJ Academy— Which One Are You?
Apr 13, 2024BJJEE
A few years ago, this pretty funny list describing different BJJ personalities was made. I don’t know who the author is, but I got it from this FORUM It’s fun to see who among your teammates...
These are the 10 Principles Of Submission Wrestling, By Luta Livre Master Roberto Leitao
Jan 30, 2024BJJEE
Written by Raphael Levy of Jits.fr With two colleagues, I was doing a few years ago my first pilgrimage to Rio. And like many gringos before me, after a few weeks of frantic workouts, I ended up...
BJ Penn, UFC Hall Of Famer & BJJ Legend, Claims Dinosaurs Aren’t Real
Jul 17, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
BJ Penn is an MMA and BJJ legend. A former two-division UFC champion, as well as the first American to ever win the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Penn is also one of the fastest athletes to be...
Isolating The Hips: The Mount Escape Detail You Don’t Use
Jul 16, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Shrimp (i.e. Hip Escape) is one of the most fundamental moves in BJJ and probably one of the first ones you’ll learn. But that doesn’t mean you have to keep doing it the way you’ve been...
New UFC Champ Alex Pereira Promoted to BJJ Brown Belt Despite Never Having Submitted Anyone in MMA
Nov 16, 2022BJJEE
UFC middleweight champion Brazilian striker Alex Pereira has just been promoted to brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, according to social media journalist Ariel Helwani. Helwani wrote: “Last night,...
Jocko Willink: “When You’re Good At Jiu-Jitsu, You Can See The Future”
May 25, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Ever rolled with someone who was so good… That it seemed as if they could read your mind? Like, no matter what you did, it was almost as if they knew what you wanted to do way before you did?...
Gordon Ryan: ‘Nobody Cares About IBJJF Competitors’
Apr 14, 2022BJJEE
Closing a division is one of the controversial topics of Jiu-Jitsu at the moment especially after the Pan Ams where 5 out 9 black belt divisions ended in a close out between team mates. Today the...
No More Bromance: IBJJF Announces New Rules Against Teammate Close Outs
Apr 14, 2022BJJEE
Closing a division is one of the controversial topics of Jiu-Jitsu at the moment especially after the Pan Ams where 5 out 9 black belt divisions ended in a close out between team mates. Today the...
Examining Strengths and Weaknesses of the Major Grappling Arts
Apr 08, 2022BJJEE
‘Grappling’ refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or...
ADCC: 3 Times they got it wrong – but did they fix it?
Mar 14, 2022BJJEE
ADCC is arguably the pinnacle of submission grappling, and if you’re not convinced, rest assured that their marketing machine is working full time to have you believe it is. With infrequent...
Dillon Danis on Bar Altercation: ‘That Fat Slob Bouncer Might Go to Jail’
Oct 19, 2021BJJEE
BJJ black belt and 2-0 MMA fighter Dillon Danis, was recently involved in an altercation in front of New Jersey bar where he was caught on film being chocked by a bouncer who had formal Jiu-Jitsu...
