How To Counter Khabib’s Leg Weave Pass & Control
Oct 24, 2020BJJEE
Controlling your opponents in BJJ can be tough, especially in No Gi because of the lack of control due to the slippery rashguards. This gets even tougher if you need to do so when they turtle up; it...
What Makes Rickson Gracie Different From Other Jiu-Jitsu Practitioners
Oct 08, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Why The Mount Is Superior to the Back in MMA or For Fighting
Sep 24, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Is it Possible To Finish Strangles Using Only 3-5% Strength?
Sep 14, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
How to escape the Mount when Your Opponent is Raining Down Punches
Jul 30, 2020BJJEE
After the criticism from MMA fans about Vitor Belfort’s unability to escape Chris Weidman’s mount, Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins shows how to stay safe and escape the mount...
How To Develop Your Jiu-Jitsu Being More Relaxed & Using Less Strength
Jul 11, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Lessons From Rickson Gracie: Importance of Positional Training in Jiu-Jitsu
May 09, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
How to Break Down Jiu Jitsu Techniques to Make Them as Efficient as Possible
Apr 29, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Rickson Gracie On How To Have Unbreakable Posture in the Closed Guard
Apr 13, 2020BJJEE
Rickson Gracie shows some game changing concepts on the importance of proper posture when in your opponent’s guard. He emphasises the use of hips much more than arms. For him, proper posture will...
Can Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Make You A Complete Martial Artist?
Dec 23, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became...
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...
Fabio Gurgel’s Best Armbar From Side Control
Dec 07, 2019BJJEE
How can you FINISH more from side control when you get there? It’s simple. You have to put a tremendous amount of pressure on your opponent and provoke a reaction so that you can use your two...
Andre Galvao Has An Effective Way Of Opening The Closed Guard
Oct 16, 2019BJJEE
Closed guard is a dangerous place to be in for the one on top. Your opponent has so many options and you, realistically have very few. You either have to open it or force a submission. You need to...
Rickson Gracie Secret: Side Control Escape Great vs Big Guys
Oct 13, 2019BJJEE
The person who knows Rickson Gracie’s style inside out is Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15...
What is a Black Belt in BJJ Really Worth?
Aug 28, 2019BJJEE
By Guillaume (Gile) Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. Jiu-Jitsu is effective because you can’t be a fake and train in this sport. The long...
How Do I Finish More From Side Control When I Get There?
Aug 26, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Keenan Cornelius On Helio & Rickson Gracie: ‘Their Level Was Probably Tough Purple Belt’
Aug 18, 2019BJJEE
There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj greats...
5 Qualities Which Define a Great Jiu-Jitsu Instructor
Aug 17, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became...
Jean Jacques Machado on Why Rickson Gracie Was So Good
Aug 08, 2019BJJEE
Jean Jacques Machado speaks on years of experience training with Rickson Gracie. He was Rickson Gracie’s student from back in the days, from the time he trained under him in Brazil until when...
Rickson Gracie’s Principle On Improving Weaknesses in Your Jiu-Jitsu Game
Aug 08, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Gurgel & Traven Describe Training with Rickson ‘It Was Very Humbling’
Jul 24, 2019BJJEE
There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj...
Rickson Gracie Teaches How To Keep your Posture
Sep 14, 2018BJJEE
Posture is one of the core principles of jiu-jitsu. Proper posture will keep you safe from submissions and sweeps. From Henry Akins, a Rickson Gracie black belt: In order to open the...
How the BIGGEST Boxing Match of all time was WON using Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 28, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
How Did an Injured 40yr Old Rickson Defeat a 15yr Younger Saulo Ribeiro
Jan 31, 2018BJJEE
There are many stories of Rickson Gracie manhandling and submitting BJJ world champions when they came to visit him in his academy during the 90’s. One of the names that come up are bjj...
