Garry Tonon’s MMA Opponent Rahul Raju “very happy with his purple belt” & “trained leglocks for 2 months”
Oct 19, 2018BJJEE
Garry Tonon’s mma career has been steadily on the rise since he made a debut against Richard Corminal this past year. In addition to the Corminal match up Tonon also faced Rahul Raju –...
Matt Heafy Of Trivium talks Falling in love with the ‘dark jiu-jitsu world’ of Leglocks
Sep 01, 2018BJJEE
Matt Heafy has long been a practitioner of bjj. Trivium Frontman Matt Heafy Says JIu-JItsu Is A Metaphor For Life In the past he’s been credited with explaining how bjj has helped his music...
3 Painful & Unique Compression Locks From Luta Livre (IBJJF Legal)
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
A compression lock, muscle lock, muscle slicer or muscle crusher, is a grappling hold which causes severe pain by pressing a muscle into a bone. A compression lock can cause a joint lock in a nearby...
Vlad Koulikov Addresses Biggest Differences Between BJJ And Sambo: Sambo’s Not BJJ With Leglocks
Feb 12, 2018BJJEE
Vlad Koulikov is a world renowned sambist having placed 3x in the USA open and represented USA in Combat Sambo worlds in 2008. He is also a BJJ and Judo black belt. In addition to this...
John Danaher Gives Extensive Interview On BJJ Origins, GSP, Leglocks and More
Nov 03, 2016BJJEE
John Danaher is the latest guest at Matt Serra’s UFC Unfiltered podcast. During his appearance he explained how he started doing bjj. Apparently during Danaher’s tenure as a...
Pedro Sauer Black Belt Ricky Lundell: “Jiu-Jitsu Players Are White Belts At Leglocks…”
Sep 09, 2015BJJEE
Ricky Lundell can be considered a genius and a BJJ phenom, having received his black belt from Pedro Sauer at age 19. the youngest person in North America to be promoted to black...
Polaris Profile – Masakazu Imanari, ’10th Degree Red Belt’ in Leglocks
Sep 08, 2015BJJEE
Masakazu Imanari has 32 wins in MMA, 22 submission victories, and has never been submitted in the cage. He fights Garry Tonon, one of the best American submission artists around at Polaris 2....
How Good Can You Be at No Gi Jiu-Jitsu without a High Level Leg Lock Game?
Apr 17, 2024BJJEE
The majority of No Gi Jiu-Jitsu competitors have likely invested countless hours mastering the intricacies of leg locks to gain an advantage over their opponents. However, you may be surprised to...
Flashback: MMA Legend Minotauro Nogueira Training Sambo in Russia
Apr 16, 2024BJJEE
Retired MMA legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, better known as Minotauro was a few years ago in Russia, where he was conducting a PR campaign for the UFC for which he is an ambassador. In Moscow, the...
John Danaher Explains The Problem He Has With Wristlocks
Apr 09, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
The Wristlocks are one of those cool submissions that BJJ blue and purple belts tend to try out a lot in rolling sessions… But are they effective in their attempts? That is to say – do...
Dean Lister’s Leg Lock Advice: “You Have To Do Much More Of This…”
Mar 31, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
Know that saying: “Why would you ignore 50% of the human body?” It was made popular by John Danaher… But it was actually Dean Lister that Danaher heard it from first. So, it’s...
AJP’s Guide To Avoiding Illegal Submissions On Each Belt Level
Mar 16, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
The sport Jiu-Jitsu, as a competitive module of the martial art, has a complete chart of illegal moves for each category and belt level, aiming to safeguard their competitors and introduce more...
BJJ Legend Ricardo Almeida Says BJJ Instructionals Aren’t Enough: “You Still Need A Professor”
Jan 22, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
It seems like there’s no limit to what you can learn today – all because of the power of the Internet. And that’s no different when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. YouTube...
Judo Legend Teddy Riner Regularly Trains BJJ: ‘This Might Win Me the Gold at the Next Olympics’
Jan 22, 2024BJJEE
Double Olympic champion & 10x world champion Teddy Riner (FRA) is the greatest ever heavyweight and a strong candidate for greatest Judoka of all time. At 2.04 m and 140kg, he is a physical...
John Danaher Explains Why Strangles Are Better Than Joint Locks In BJJ
Jan 19, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
If you had to choose between strangles (i.e. chokes) and joint locks in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… Which one of the two would you pick? Well, strangles would be the smartest choice. Why? John...
#1 Advice To Start Using Your Legs The PROPER Way In Jiu-Jitsu
Jan 01, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
What do you use your legs for, when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training and competition? Yeah, for guard retention and guard passing, as well as for setting up submissions such as the various...
Understanding The Z Lock Leg Attack In BJJ
Dec 12, 2023BJJEE
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...
Gordon Ryan Shows Important Concepts For Leg Lock Escapes & Counters
Oct 28, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
When it comes to Leg Locks, it’s best to learn how to apply and escape them as soon as possible… Yes, even as a white belt. Though, attacking them is one thing – and escaping (or...
Upgrade Your Straight Ankle Lock With The “Legal Reap Foot” Setup
Sep 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
If you’re someone who enjoys doing Leg Locks, then chances are that Heel Hooks have been your primary focus – not Straight Ankle Locks and their variations… Which is a big shame,...
BJJ Shoulder Locks: Understanding The Differences Between Tarikoplata And Baratoplata
Sep 21, 2023BJJEE
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...
Henry Akins Demonstrates Americana Lock When Opponent Locks Arms
Sep 10, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Ude Garami aka the ‘Americana’ is probably the first submission you will learn in a Jiu-Jitsu class. It’s very basic and very powerful. If you have been training a long time, then chances...
Robert Degle Betraying his Own Kind: How To Pass a Leglocker’s Guard
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE
When searching on Google for ways to counter leg lockers, you will come across various counter-curses that aim to remove the leg-locker curse or leg-locking spell, which are fictional spells from the...
ONE Championship’s Roberto Soldić Praises Mikey Musumeci: “He’s A Legend”
Aug 28, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Roberto Soldić is a Croatian MMA fighter, who currently competes in ONE Championship. He’s a feared knockout artist and, as such, you’d think that he enjoys striking more than...
Craig Jones: “The Whole Leg Lock Phase in Jiu-Jitsu Has Already Passed”
Aug 20, 2023BJJEE
Gunnar Nelson is a professional Jiu Jitsu and MMA fighter from Iceland. Gunnar started training in BJJ under Ireland’s Joh Kavanagh and he placed fourth in the ADCC tournament (open weight...
