Training Report: Kristiansand Kampsport Senter, Norway
Nov 14, 2017BJJEE
Hi everyone! My name is Colin Leigh and I am a Canadian living abroad in Riga, Latvia. I am a newly appointed blue belt under Vladislavs Čerņavskis, training at LEWC- Giudici BJJ in Riga. I have...
NFL’s AJ Green Gets In Touch With His Inner GSP, Chokes Opponent In the Middle Of Football Game
Nov 06, 2017BJJEE
While scuffles are not rare at NFL games what ensued over the weekend was particularly odd. AJ Green ended up choking Jalen Ramsey with a nicely placed rear naked choke. In the end...
Ten Years After His UFC Debut, Demian Maia Has Accumulated A 19-7 UFC record
Oct 28, 2017BJJEE
Demian Maia is perhaps the biggest ambassador of the jiu-jitsu community in the Octagon. Just last week marked the 10 years since he made his professional debut in the UFC Octagon...
WATCH: Triangle Choke 101 (Videos)
Oct 08, 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...
David Branch on Tapping To Strikes: ‘I didn’t just give up’
Sep 18, 2017BJJEE
David Branch is a 1st Degree Black Belt under the Legendary Renzo Gracie. He started training under Relson Gracie at age of 22 years old. In 2004 he started training at the acclaimed...
Day One Of World Judo Championship Delivers Newaza and A Number Of Stunning Takedowns
Aug 29, 2017BJJEE
Day one of World Judo Championships in Buda Pest was quite exciting. The audience had a chance to observe a number of terrific throws and some nice newaza. Even though Travis Stevens at...
Steve Maxwell Mobility Conditioning for Combat Sport Seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia September 23rd
Jul 30, 2017BJJEE
Steve Maxwell will be coming to Sarajevo, Bosnia and he’s ready to share some knowledge! The seminar’s theme is: Mobility Conditioning for Martial Arts & Combat Sport. It will be held...
Training Report: Rhodes Knights BJJ, Rhodes, Greece
Jul 08, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Christian Wighus, a blue belt under Eduardo ”Teta” Rios at Frontline Academy in Oslo, Norway. You can read a training report done about Frontline Academy here, and please come...
How To Become a Master in YouTube-Jitsu
Apr 11, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Masafumi Matsumoto, a BJJ brown belt from Japan who has been travelling the world, training, competing and working as a translator. ‘Masa’ is known for having a very good guard,...
Pedro Valente: “We Teach Overeem How To Protect From Strikes On The Ground”
Apr 07, 2017BJJEE
Professor Pedro Valente Jr.. was recently a guest on the best BJJ podcast Grappling central podcast where he talked about various interesting topics such as self defense, practical training...
UFC’s Alistair Overeem Promoted To Blue Belt
Apr 05, 2017BJJEE
Alistair Overeem is a British born Dutch MMA fighter and kickboxer currently signed to the UFC. He is one of the only 2 fighters to hold world titles in both MMA and K-1 kickboxing at...
Training Report: Yamasaki BJJ Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden
Mar 22, 2017BJJEE
Hi everyone! My name is Colin Leigh and I am a Canadian living abroad in Riga, Latvia. I am a four striped white belt under Vladislavs Čerņavskis, training at LEWC- Giudici BJJ in Riga. I have been...
Transgender Wrestler Wins Title Despite Attempt To Ban Him From Competing
Feb 21, 2017BJJEE
Allen, Texas saw at a first glance typical podium – the winning wrestler pulled the tearful runner up next to him on the podium and the two exchanged a hug. What’s so...
Fedor’s Ex Manager Reveals Further Ties Between Trump and MMA World
Feb 14, 2017BJJEE
Prior to being elected the president of USA Donald Trump had many many ventures. In fact many of them even collosal failures. However one thing that reveals his further involvement in...
Norwegian Prodigy Tarik Hopstock: ‘I Compete Happy & Excited. Never Angry’
Feb 01, 2017BJJEE
If you’ve been following the European and World BJJ competition scene, you have probably heard of Tarik Hopstock. This year he won the IBJJF Europeans at purple belt, a title he had already won...
Gordon Ryan Recovering from Diarrhea Coming into Felipe Pena Superfight
Dec 17, 2016BJJEE
The most awaited grappling event of the end of the year will go down at Studio 540 in Solana beach, California on December 17th and will be financed by Mr Mo Jassim, an Emiratee businessman who is a...
Fedor Camp Statement Following Assault on Daughter After Criticism of Chechen Leader
Oct 13, 2016BJJEE
News from Russia (MKRU) has emerged that Fedor Emelianenko’s 16-year-old daughter was attacked on her way home from school by thugs. She was seemingly kicked in the chest, an attack that...
5 Tips That Could Improve Your Student Retention Rate
Sep 02, 2016BJJEE
The picture above was taken by a Renzo Gracie Portland Academy student. It depicts the number of class participants in the introductory course when it started, and below how many people...
Royce Gracie Weighs in On Lochte Drama: “Come Clean!”
Aug 19, 2016BJJEE
Another day of Olympic games is behind us. Amounting evidence leaves the US Olympic committee with no choice but to apologize for Ryan Lochte’s misbehavior. Yesterday Renzo...
Leandro Lo Vows To Conquer Absolute At IBJJF Worlds
Aug 06, 2016BJJEE
Leandro Lo has had an interesting year. At IBJJF Worlds Leandro Lo reaffirmed his dominance in the Medium Heavy division but this time he was representing the new founded NS...
John Danaher Provides Explanation For Mike Davila Controversy
Jul 23, 2016BJJEE
Infamous coach of Renzo Gracie Team, John Danaher provided an explanation for the display of unsportsmanlike behaviour during the last EBI 7. The display can be seen/heard about in this...
Training Report: Gokudo Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Paris France
Jun 20, 2016BJJEE
Guest post by Drazen Senicak, who trains at Constrictor Fight Team (Member of Team Neves) in Kula, Serbia, under BJJ black belt Dejan Tesic. My teammates and I decided to attain one of holy...
Reasons For Sport Jiu-Jitsu’s Recent Failure in MMA
May 14, 2016BJJEE
Photo: Royler Gracie knocked out by Yuki Kondo. It is getting increasing difficult for top BJJ champions to transition successfully into MMA. Just because someone is a legend in BJJ does not...
How To Get Easy Access To Advice From BJJ Experts
Apr 27, 2016BJJEE
Photo: Leon Sandoval www.heyleon.com, Instagram @heyleonmedia and Facebook.com/heyleonmedia Jiu Jitsu is a most complex art. While a system like boxing has a reasonable level of complexity, this...
