Rafael Lovato Compares Competing in BJJ at The Mundial in Brazil & Worlds in USA
Jan 15, 2020BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. is the current Bellator Middleweight champion, a 3 x world BJJ champion (1 x in Gi and 2 x in No Gi) and is the second American (B.J. Penn being the first) to win the...
The Best Strategies For Breaking Tough Guards Shared
Jan 09, 2020BJJEE
On October 28, 2012, the final day of the 5 Brothers Machado Camp, just as the stellar event was drawing to a close on a beautiful Texas day, Prof. Jean Jacques called the attention of all...
Instructors Should Encourage Students To Find Their Own Unique Grappling Style
Aug 18, 2019grappler z
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. As an instructor, we must realize that it is not about us anymore, it is...
Actor Tom Hardy Takes Up Personal BJJ Cause – Head Ambassador of REORG Jiu-Jitsu Foundation
Dec 15, 2018BJJEE
Actor Tom Hardy is famous for many roles but the one he’s taken on recently is perhaps among the most admirable. Hardy who is pretty private usually in the past vouched for Reorg jiujitsu but...
Actor Kinnaman promoted to blue belt and Rigan Machado wears a strange looking belt
Sep 29, 2018BJJEE
Actor Joel Kinnaman has joined the ranks of gi practicing actors around February of 2018. As a part of stunt work in the Rigan Machado related stunt studio 8711 which helped Keanu Reeves prep for...
Miyao Brothers Set To Represent Brazil in UWW Grappling Worlds
Sep 07, 2018BJJEE
Grappling has great many rulesets. One prominent federation to hold Grappling competition is the United World Wrestling. Interestingly this is one ruleset famous for allowing knee reaps and for a...
Baseball Player Started Doing BJJ To Be Injury Free and It Worked
Mar 20, 2018BJJEE
Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli had an enormous amount of trouble with each consecutive year he’s played in a baseball league. Cervelli signed a three-year, $31 million...
John Danaher: The Man Behind The Legends
Nov 20, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
Charlie Hunnam Reveals Main Goal – To Get a BJJ Black Belt by The Time He’s 45
Jul 17, 2017BJJEE
Movie King Arthur may not have gotten the best reception around the world but that’s no hindrance for the main star who was bitten by the bjj bug in the process of making the...
Superman Rocks Trademark Rashguard While Doing BJJ
Sep 04, 2016BJJEE
DC Comic’s latest movie superman Henry Cavill is an avid bjj practicioner. Even though he’s just a beginner he has found it in his heart to rock the superman blues to...
(Video) Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias 20 years of Worlds
May 29, 2016BJJEE
Last year during the 2015 IBJJF Worlds, history was be made. Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias is the only Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor to have competed in all 20 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships,...
(Video) Anderson Silva Rolls with Ricardo De La Riva In Preparation For Bisping
Feb 14, 2016BJJEE
BJJ black belt Anderson Silva has been training with Ricardo de La Riva for the past few years. De la Riva is the master of Rodrigo Minotauro (Anderson’s BJJ master). During a recent...
Guybson Sa, Holds Victories Over Buchecha & Rodolfo & Has a Unique BJJ Lineage
Aug 19, 2015BJJEE
Have you ever heard of Guybson Sa? He might be BJJ most underrated competitor. Guybson holds big wins over elite grapplers such as Rodolfo Vieira, Marcus Buchecha, Jeff Monson and...
Metamoris Founder Robert Zeps on the Future of Jiu-Jitsu & his Non Affiliated BJJ School Studio 540
Jul 20, 2015BJJEE
Photo by Leon Sandoval. Englishman Robert Zeps is one of the most interesting people in Jiu-Jitsu. He is a BJJ black belt that came to America back in 1995 and started training jiu-jitsu just...
‘Megaton’ Dias to Celebrate 20th Year in a Row Competing at IBJJF Worlds
May 29, 2015BJJEE
This weekend during the 2015 IBJJF Worlds, history will be made. Wellington ‘Megaton’ Dias is the only Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor to have competed in all 19 World...
Saulo Ribeiro: “When You Compete In The US, You Don’t Feel The Same Vibe Like In Brazil.”
May 26, 2015BJJEE
Six-time world Jiu-Jitsu champion, Saulo Ribeiro is one of the great names in the history of the sport. At the height of his career, he made his name as the biggest star of the...
Watch: Anderson Silva Rolling w/ BJJ Legend Ricardo De La Riva
Apr 05, 2015BJJEE
BJJ black belt Anderson Silva has been training with Ricardo de La Riva for the past few years. De la Riva is the master of Rodrigo Minotauro (Anderson’s BJJ master). During a...
Braulio Estima on Competitions in 2015 & How He Plans To Reconquer World Title in 2 years Time
Nov 25, 2014BJJEE
Multiple world champion Braulio Estima talked with Guillaume Huni of BJJ Eastern Europe at last weekend’s Toukon Challenge in London. Braulio discussed his recent 2 year ban from...
Anderson Silva Hires Ricardo De La Riva to Improve His Jiu-Jitsu for Nick Diaz Fight
Oct 15, 2014BJJEE
Anderson Silva will be facing Nick Diaz in the UFC in January of next year. Both fighters are Jiu-Jitsu black belts. During a recent press conference in Brazil, he appeared with a new...
Old School: The “Dirty Dozen”, The First 12 non-Brazilian Black Belts
Sep 01, 2014BJJEE
The BJJ Dirty Dozen are the first 12 non-Brazilian students to receive Black Belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. While in Brazil Jiu-Jitsu has been around for almost 90 years, the rest of the...
A Night Of Tweets: MMA & BJJ Pros React To Metamoris IV
Aug 11, 2014BJJEE
Check out MMA and BJJ stars reacted in tweets to Metamoris IV: Shayna Baszler @QoSBaszler #Metamoris4 is everything submission wrestling matches should be. Awesome venue, presentation, &...
WPJJC Trials Sao Paulo results & Review: New Generation Takes Over
Jan 19, 2014BJJEE
The World Pro JJ Sao Paulo trials was held on Saturday the 18th of January in São Paulo, Brazil. The event drew a lot of stars in the audience, such as Marcio Pe de Pano, Rodolfo Vieira, Leandro...
WPJJC Sao Paulo Trials: Renato Cardoso Submits Sergio Moraes
Jan 18, 2014BJJEE
Many of the top BJJ athletes in Brazil competed this weekend in Sao Paulo for a spot at the World Pro in Abu Dhabi. The black belt matches were six minutes long, and many surprises happened: One of...
World Masters & Seniors Results: Saulo Ribeiro Dominates Senior 1 With Double Gold
Oct 07, 2013BJJEE
With a gold in the absolute and the other in the super heavyweight Saulo Ribeiro in senior 1, was one of the big stars at the World Master & Senior Jiu-Jitsu , held in California on Sunday...
