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Putting Tremendous Pressure From Side Control by Carlos Farias

Why put pressure? Pressure will wear them. It tires them and forces to either take the pain or open up and make a mistake. Carlos Farias and Bernardo Faria show how to put tremendous pressure from...

Floyd Mayweather Pivots – Set to Face Kickboxing Sensation Tenshin Nasukawa at RIZIN 14

Floyd Mayweather might soon find himself on the same card with Gabi Garcia. While many speculated on Floyd nobody could’ve guessed this. Today live from Tokyo, RIZIN announced a massive...

Jon Jones Shoves Gustafsson at the Face Offs

One of the most intimidating fighters of all time is getting ready for his comeback. Jon Jones had his first staredown with Alexander Gustafsson – and something went awry. Jones subsequently...

Charlie Hunnam Receives Blue Belt

Charlie Hunnam has been introduced to the world of bjj earlier in 2016 when reports surfaced he actor was practicing along with Machado and inspired by black belt and director of the latest “King...

The Butcher Shop Choke by Neil Melanson Will Terrify Your Training Partners

The cradle is a basic technique in amateur wrestling. Its name refers to the move’s similarity to the way a person holds an infant in their arms. The wrestler performs the cradle by grabbing...

Rickson Gracie Teaches How To Keep your Posture

  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...

No BJJ Schools Nearby? Here is How You Can Still Train

So, you’ve decided to enter the “ossome” realm of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu… After reading countless articles about how BJJ positively impacts the mind by improving confidence, relieving stress...

The Best Side Control Escape In BJJ: Spinning Out in Anticipation

Side control is one of those positions that is just plain horrible. Our opponent can mount attacks, we can’t, they can stall and rest, we’re carrying all of their weight, and they torque their...

John Danaher Might Be Considered A Leglock Wizard – But In His Own Words Nothing Beats the Back

Jiu jitsu is easy to observe as just one segment whether it be just passing just guard or just leglocks even with new generations. However one must never neglect the whole picture. Not only should...

Why Do No-Gi Only Guys Refuse To Train Gi But Gi Guys Often Do Both?

In Jiu-Jitsu, you rarely see Gi practitioners who refuse to train No Gi, but the large majority of “NoGi only” practitioners literally hate the Gi and never train in it. Why is that?...

Garry Tonon New MMA Matchup Revealed – Fight Goes Down July 27th

Garry Tonon found a new mma opponent. In an exciting turn of events ONE FC announced earlier Garry Tonon’s new opponent will be Rahul Raju.  Raju is a 5-2-0 fighter nicknamed “The...

Roger Gracie Announces Formation of New Jiu Jitsu Federation

Roger Gracie has been calling England his home for a number of years. His academy in London is one of the Europe’s staple bjj academies. He’s just announced the formation of the United...

Huge Landmark For Brazil Judo – National Squad Gets First Ever Female Headcoach

Brazil’s new judo headcoach is Yuko Fujii. She’s broken every barrier. 35 Year old black belt made history and not just in Brazil. Fujii is one of the very few women in the world allowed...

AJ Agazarm Responds: Geo Is a B*tch For Life

Yesterday we announced Geo Martinez and Aj Agazarm grappling match up was on for Kasai 3. The whole match came after AJ Agazarm called out Joe Rogan and subsequently Eddie Bravo. Which Geo Martinez...

Tom DeBlass Has a Message to the Students Who Have Left BJJ

The dropout rates in bjj have long been considered very high. Commonly most academies at any given time have about 50% of class populated by white belts – beginners who opted in for the course...

Andre Pederneiras Steps Down From Nova Uniao To Run Academy Open To All Teams

Andre Pederneiras, leader of Brazilian BJJ and MMA team Nova Uniao, has announced that he is stepping down from his position. The longtime coach, will be instead focusing on his recent project Upper...

How To Make Your BJJ & Yourself Calm like Roger Gracie

Recently, Roger Gracie claimed the title of the best to ever step on the mats. He defeated Buchecha in the much expected rematch and he has done so by submission in a very short time, after he took...

How To Do The Savage Loop Choke From Side Control by Alexandre Vieira

Lapel chokes are some of the cleanest, most efficient submissions you can secure when training jiu jitsu in the gi. The loop choke is one of the deadly subsets of those lapel chokes. The thing that...

Bernardo Faria’s Tip For Competition Success: Training Exhausted

5x world BJJ champion Bernardo Faria knows a thing or two about how to train in order to become a champion. He achieved a phenomenal double gold medals in the BJJ Mundials in 2015. Be sure to check...

IBJJF Rule Changes For 2018 Go Live July 2nd – No Definitive Language Regarding Advantages

Below is the list of updated rules – Guide for 2018   RULES UPDATE GUIDE – 2018 PAGE 7 1.3 Referee Duties Rule revision: 1.3.7 • While standing, one of the athletes steps into the...

Kurt Osiander’s Sneaky Lapel Choke Feat. Anthony Bourdain

Let’s pay tribute to the passing of Chef and bjj blue belt Anthony Bourdain with a look back at a special installment of Kurt Osiander’s hugely popular YouTube “Move of the...

Combat Jiu Jitsu Set To Feature Upkicks – No More Stalling Says Eddie Bravo

Combat Jiu Jitsu has been attracting attention since the event first got started. In a way this event was developed from old community Challenge footage. “The Brazilians, they like the idea of...

John Danaher Answers: How To Make Sure Your BJJ Keeps Progressing

In jiu-jitsu we always start off learning so much. Much of the time spent at whitebelt (ie around 1-2 years) is spent just learning terminology and trying to get a handle on the system. From there...

Ne Waza Presented For 1st Time During Canadian Open National Judo Championships

The interest trends in martial arts have the judo community willing to branch out and change. Interest in bjj has far eclipsed those interested in judo as recent review of google trends revealed....