The Incredible Story of How Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Saved a Police Detective’s Life
Sep 08, 2020Maurice Scardigno
My name is Maurice Scardigno. I’m a Detective Lieutenant with a large northern New Jersey police department. I’ve been in law enforcement for 19 years, and have training in BJJ off and on since...
BJJ Black Belt’s Point Of View: Why Jiu-Jitsu Is Not Suitable For a Street Altercation
Sep 07, 2020BJJEE
Written Florent Luccioni , an important member of the French Jiu-Jitsu community. He and his twin brother Jean Claude are both BJJ Black belts under Francisco Nonato and run Arte Suave Jiu-Jitsu...
‘Yes Gi’ or ‘No Gi’. Why Should You Train In The Gi?
Sep 04, 2020BJJEE
Written by: Gustavo Dantas Why train in the gi?? Well Gustavo Dantas has the answer: About the Uniform The official uniform of Jiu-Jitsu in which you will be training is called a “Kimono” or...
Police Officer Lands Big Takedown On Resisting Suspect But Fails Miserably To Hold Him Down
Aug 27, 2020BJJEE
The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...
Here’s Why You Need To Start BJJ ASAP
Aug 15, 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...
Aikido Techniques Used Against Pro MMA Fighters in Sparring
Aug 15, 2020BJJEE
Aikido once used to be a famous Martial Art, respected by all martial artists. Yet these days it is losing it’s popularity fast, while being compared to other modern martial arts. Yet what made it...
Austrian Judo Champion is Kanye West & Kim Kardashian’s Bodyguard
Jul 03, 2020BJJEE
The most photographed couple in the world: Kanye West & Kim Kardashian are guarded by Pascal Duvier, an Austrian Judo Champion. Duvier has over 35 years of experience in Judo and was a...
The Power Of The Kimura Lock & Control For Police Officers
Jun 15, 2020BJJEE
The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...
Gracie Breakdown: Expecting Cops to Fight Crime Without Proper Training, is a Crime in Itself
Jun 15, 2020BJJEE
Often times online we see videos of police officers who are unable to live up to the challenge of their job takes to improper training they receive. Rener and Ryron’s Gracie Breakdown just...
Nationwide Movement From Police Officers To Make Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Training Mandatory
May 28, 2020BJJEE
The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...
Most Common Types of BJJ Academies: The Good, Bad & Ugly
Mar 10, 2020BJJEE
Written by Johan De Wannemaeker brown belt from Prana BJJ Academia. So you decided to give Brazilian jiu jitsu a try…and you loved it right away. Now you are seriously considering training a...
Tom DeBlass On Things You Get Wrong About BJJ
Mar 07, 2020BJJEE
The benefits of Jiu-Jitsu are numerous: self defense, increased fitness, health, social skills, self confidence, humility, ego killer, camaraderie etc…However, not everybody will understand this...
BJJ Cop Reacts To 15 Year Old Catching a Cop in a Guillotine
Feb 07, 2020BJJEE
Footage has emerged of 15 year old high schooler putting a police officer in a guillotine choke from closed guard during an altercation that occurred in a high school in Gold Coast, Australia. Police...
The REAL Reason Why Cops Won’t Train BJJ
Dec 28, 2019BJJEE
The potential for jiu jitsu to enable police officers to be better at their job is enormous. We often observe videos like trips and perfect stand up technique enabling men in nasty situations to...
Why Did Valente Bros Change The Spelling From ‘Jiu-Jitsu’ to ‘JuJutsu’
Dec 12, 2019BJJEE
Valente Brothers Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, also known as Gracie Miami, is a school of self-defense located in North Miami Beach Florida. The school has over a thousand students and currently teaches courses...
Here’s How BJJ Cultivates Discipline
Dec 01, 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...
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...
What Happens When a Thief Tries To Rob a BJJ Practitioner Uber Driver: ‘I’m a Jiu-Jiteiro You S.O.B.!’
Jul 25, 2019BJJEE
A motorcycle Uber-driver got robbed in Brazil. What the robber didn’t know is that the driver was a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner skills to take the robber down, put him in a body triangle, slapping him...
The First BJJ Black Belt in India – A Nation of 1.37 Billion People
Jul 15, 2019BJJEE
India is well known for its freestyle grappling, also known as “Khusti” or “Phelwani,” and is also said to be the birthplace of one of the oldest forms of martial arts:...
The Great Division in Modern Day BJJ: Where is it All Going?
Jun 12, 2019BJJEE
In todays world of divisiveness between politics, religion, healthcare and pretty much everything else Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu cannot escape its practitioners strong opinions stirring amongst the...
Former Impact jiu jitsu Coach Ian Kramer Allegedly Clubbed a Female at Political Rally
May 04, 2019BJJEE
While there’s all the reasons for jiu jitsu to be practiced by law enforcement officers there’s also quite a few reasons to not allow people with Violent criminal tendencies to train....
Ex-Misawa BJJ instructor Convicted of Attempted Manslaughter in on-base Brawl
Apr 26, 2019BJJEE
Ex-Misawa BJJ instructor Rodrigo Pineda Gomez, 44, has been convicted of attempted manslaughter. Gomez and his 21-year-old son, Miguel Gomez, assaulted three airmen on Misawa Air Base in 2016....
Gracie Breakdown: Excessive Force Use During Walmart Arrest
Apr 25, 2019BJJEE
It seems like we talk about the importance of jiu jitsu for law enforcement officers every day – but that’s just because it is that important. It’s important to note that context...
Citizen Controls Suspect After Police Officer Is Unable to Arrest
Apr 05, 2019BJJEE
One of the things that cannot be overestimated is the value of jiu jitsu for the law enforcement members. Hand to hand combat and the ability to control a suspect without injuring them seem like a no...
