Travis Stevens Teaches The Most Powerful (Legal) Judo Throw
Feb 06, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Let’s face it: the fact is that you’re probably not practicing and drilling takedowns and throws as much as you should. But, hear us out; what if you could learn the most powerful legal...
Renzo Gracie’s Interaction with a Homeless Woman Will Melt Your Heart
Jan 29, 2020BJJEE
Renzo Gracie is one of the most charismatic and well loved people in Jiu-Jitsu. With Renzo, what you see is what you get and he will always speak his mind, even if it might get him in trouble: New...
Gordon Ryan Teaches His Arm-In Guillotine That Submitted Keenan Cornelius
Jan 13, 2020BJJEE
The Guillotine choke is an extremely popular submission in both Gi and NoGi. It is one of the first submissions many people learn and one of the most effective. There are a multitude of...
Who Are The Wealthiest People in Jiu-Jitsu?
Jan 10, 2020BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu is growing at a very fast pace all over the world. In almost every country, it is considered a middle to upper middle class sport (because of cat of training, cost of Gis, travelling to...
The 3 Submissions That Are Taking The BJJ World By Storm
Jan 07, 2020BJJEE
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...
How BJJ Personalities Celebrated Christmas on Social Media
Dec 26, 2019BJJEE
The holiday season is here, and with there are big BJJ tournamnets scheduled for the next few weeks. The worldwide BJJ community is spending time with loved ones and enjoying in good food. Some hard...
Renzo Gracie’s Valuable Lesson: Real Respect vs Superficial Respect
Dec 19, 2019BJJEE
The great John Danaher talked a great lesson that he learned from his instructor Renzo Gracie. This is a valuable lesson of life, and about real respect: Reflections on my sensei – real respect...
Epic Roll: GSP & Braulio Estima Go Back & Forth on the Mat
Dec 17, 2019BJJEE
Back in 2011, then UFC champion Georges St Pierre came to London to improve his Jiu-Jitsu by training with Roger Gracie and Braulio Estima. A 3x black belt world champion and 3x ADCC champion,...
Travis Stevens On Why Judo Has More Brotherhood & Less Politics Than BJJ
Dec 15, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Travis Stevens, an Olympic Silver Medalist in Judo and a black belt in BJJ under John Danaher, has a unique perspective on the differences between Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – one well worth...
Travis Stevens Blasts Gofundme Grappling Beggars: ‘Get a Job’
Dec 15, 2019BJJEE
Crowdfunding or Gofundme Crowdfunding is the collection of finance to sustain an initiative from a large pool of backers—the “crowd”—usually made online by means of a web platform. With...
Learning From Competition Black Belts & Learning From Those That Don’t Compete
Dec 15, 2019BJJEE
A few years ago, Keenan Cornelius made a video on a guard break that he said was WRONG and a worthless technique. This was the basic closed guard knee in the middle opening from the knees. The video...
The Dark Side: Building Yourself A Lethal Leg Lock Game That Will Make You Feared by All
Dec 11, 2019BJJEE
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years and paid zero attention to BJJ competitions and trends, you have no doubt watched the incredible rise in attention that the lower...
Is it Really Better to Have an Instructor Who Is A BJJ Champion?
Dec 08, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. When choosing an instructor, we all want to have this image of them as...
Reasons Why You Should Take Your Instructor’s Word With Reservation On Topics Unrelated To Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 06, 2019BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu inspires an awe inspiring lifestyle change in most of its beginners. From dedication to some thorough core changes, the benefits of lifestyle are undeniable: it will get you fit,...
What Level Of Intensity Should You Train Jiu-Jitsu At?
Dec 03, 2019BJJEE
How intense should one roll during BJJ training sessions? Some grapplers seem to believe in the ‘shark tank’ training environment which follows the Carlson Gracie maxim: “To...
Which Are The 2 Biggest BJJ Academies in The World?
Nov 29, 2019BJJEE
When you train BJJ, the BJJ academy is a central part of your life. It’s where you spend a lot of time every week, and for some people where they spend most of their day. We have already made...
Firas Zahabi’s Pick For The Best BJJ Academy in The World
Nov 28, 2019BJJEE
Have you ever wondered which were the best BJJ academies with the highest level in the world? When we say highest level, we mean a combination of things: the toughest rolls, biggest number of black...
Being A Gentleman On & Off The Mats
Nov 25, 2019BJJEE
They say that martial arts makes you more humble and ego-less. This is how it is ideally but is not always the case. John Danaher, known as one of the best BJJ instructors in the world shares his...
“I am on the mats all the time, so why am I not making progress?“
Nov 19, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
„I am on the mats all the time, so why am I not making progress?“ That just might be the biggest woe and worry of the seasoned Jiu Jitsu practitioner. Simply put, after a while, a BJJ plateau...
Shinya Aoki Has 5 Submissions From Back Control To Show You
Nov 07, 2019BJJEE
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...
Garry Tonon: ‘I Have The Tools To Submit Khabib’
Nov 05, 2019BJJEE
2019 ADCC bronze medalist Garry Tonon is currently 5-0 in MMA at One FC. He is widely regarded as one of the best wrestlers in BJJ. He recently sat down with the guys at BJJ Fanatics and shared some...
The Right & Wrong Way To Corner Someone in a BJJ Competition
Oct 11, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Max De Michelis blogger, BJJ Black Belt under Roberto Atalla and runs Rio Grappling Club Massa. Photo: Raphael Levy of Jits Magazine France Eliot Kelly is one of the top...
Jiu-Jitsu Has a Problem With Standardizing Names Of All It’s Techniques
Sep 30, 2019BJJEE
Learning BJJ is a process which requires to remember a lot of Jiu Jitsu techniques and moves. The problem is that some of them have Portuguese names, others have English or Japanese names, others...
Dean Lister Gives Advice on Leglocks, Being a Better Grappler and Dating With Caution
Sep 10, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
A household name in almost any BJJ community, Dean Lister is a 2 time ADCC World Champion and, perhaps more importantly, one of the jiujiteiros who are most responsible for the last decade’s...
