Should You Be Able to Earn a BJJ Black Belt Without Wearing a Gi?
Jan 26, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
There’s not a lot of things that get BJJ students as fired up as “belts”. That is, the color of the belts they wear, as well as the progress towards their next promotion. And, while...
Blind BJJ Black Belt Grapples with Blindfolded BJJ Black Belt
Jan 20, 2022BJJEE
Nicolas Plessis should be an example for all of us. This French BJJ black belt is a frequent competitor who has competed in his native France, at Europeans, and in Brazil. Nothing out of the ordinary...
BJJ Black Belt Competes At Local Tournament Blindfolded
Jan 20, 2022BJJEE
Daniel O’Brien is a bjj competitor known to a wider audience as a competitor at EBI. He’s also a black belt under Johnny Lee Smith and competes for Triad MA! Of course he’s got...
BJJ Black Belt vs. White Belt – Learn From These White Belt Mistakes
Jan 10, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Does a white belt stand any chance against a black belt in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu match? Hardly so, unless the black belt is severely injured and/or has both of his legs and arms tied up. However,...
BJJ Black Belt Shuts Down Black Belt Leg Lock Specialist’s Game
Jan 05, 2022BJJEE
Look up how to counter leg lockers on Google and you’ll find a number of counter-curses to remove the leg-locker curse, or leg-locking spell, which is, of course, a mythical spell from the world of...
Caio Terra Reveals How He Earned a BJJ Black Belt in 3 Years of Training
Dec 20, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Caio Terra is one of the best roosterweight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes in the world. He is a 12x BJJ black belt world champion who has earned his black belt in… Wait for it… Three...
Euroleague & NBA Star Igor Rakocevic Promoted To Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 15, 2021BJJEE
Igor Rakočević is a former Serbian professional basketball player who has played for major basketball teams including Red Star Belgrade, Real Madrid and for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA....
UFC Champion Alexander Volkanovski Promoted to BJJ Black Belt
Dec 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Alexander Volkanovski, UFC’s Featherweight Champion, has been promoted to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt! The promotion took place under Joe Lopez, at Freestyle MMA: View this post on...
Kade and Tye Ruotolo Promoted to BJJ Black Belt
Dec 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Kade and Tye Ruotolo, the famous “Ruotolo Brothers”, are now Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts! The two were promoted by Andre Galvao, who is more than proud of them and their achievements:...
67yr Old Woman Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu Takes Out Home Invader
Dec 12, 2021BJJEE
A 67-year-old woman used her jiu-jitsu training to stop an intruder from hurting her neighbor in California, USA. Donald Robert Prestwood, 59, who also lived in the building, assaulted Lorenza...
Brianna Ste-Marie, ADCC East Coast Trials Winner, Promoted to BJJ Black Belt
Dec 07, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Brianna Ste-Marie is having a great year! After winning the ADCC East Coast Trials, she was promoted to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt over the last weekend; by Brazilian Top Team Canada’s head...
Nate Diaz Receives the 3rd Degree on His BJJ Black Belt
Dec 06, 2021BJJEE
Nate Diaz started training Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 14. In 2o12, Nate Diaz, after 12 years of training, finally received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Cesar Gracie. He was awarded his black...
BJJ Black Belt Shows Proven Way To Escape a Fully Locked RNC
Dec 06, 2021BJJEE
Well, well, well. What do we have here… You’re in trouble again, aren’t you? You’ve given up your back, your opponent took it, placed their hooks in and secured a Rear Naked Choke. You are...
Watch: BJJ Black Belt Kody Steele KO’s Opponent in 13 Seconds
Nov 24, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Kody Steele is a well-known grappler, coming out of the Brazilian Fight Factory in Austin (Texas). He competes rather frequently at high-level tournaments such as Who’s Number One (WNO),...
Gilbert Burns Awards BJJ Black Belt to Bellator Heavyweight Steve Mowry
Nov 20, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is never easy… But it could be a little easier if you have the proper physical prerequisites for it. For example, if you’re tall. Or really tall – like...
BJJ Black Belt Did Surprisingly Well in International Freestyle Wrestling Competition
Nov 17, 2021BJJEE
Top British BJJ black belt Bradley Hill has been training freestyle wrestling for just 6 months in the UK and decided to test himself in an international Wrestling competition, Freestyle Wrestling...
It’s Never Too Late For BJJ: Betty Broadhurst Earns Black Belt at 65 Years Old
Nov 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
It’s been a big day for Betty Broadhurst this last weekend. She started her Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey 11 years ago, back when she was 54 years old; and now – after competing at and...
What a BJJ Black Belt Would Say to Himself at Every Belt Level
Nov 13, 2021BJJEE
Written by BJJ Black Belt Brandon Gross of the David vs Goliath BJJ Youtube Channel White belt – “Stop rolling 100% and treating every match like a death match. Let go of your pride,...
Rafael Lovato Jr.: “I Have 346 Matches as a BJJ Black Belt”
Nov 11, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
One of the most important things you could do for your BJJ progress is to compete as much as possible. Gaining plenty of competition experience at each belt level will spotlight the things you need...
BJJ Black Belt Instructor Starts a Fight with Vagner Rocha’s 15 Year Old Son After Losing to Him at ADCC Trials
Nov 10, 2021BJJEE
An unfortunate incident happened last weekend at the ADCC North American trials. An adult 10th planet black belt Quentin ‘The Hitman’ Rosenzweig faced Vangner Rocha’s 15 year old...
Effortlessly Transition Between 5 Triangles in One Sequence with Danaher Black Belt Brian Glick
Nov 08, 2021BJJEE
The triangle choke is one of the most common and also one of the highest percentage submissions in Grappling. When executed perfectly, it is a powerful weapon which is very hard to escape. There are...
Vin Diesel Praises His Close Friend For Receiving His Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu After Training For 20 Years
Nov 07, 2021BJJEE
Actor Vin Diesel, famous for the Fast & Furious Franchise, has been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on and off for the past 20 years. He is currently a blue belt. One of his best friends is a...
Watch: High Level BJJ Black Belt vs. High Level Striker
Nov 06, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
“Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or striking in a fight… Which is better?” The age-old question that is a source of many discussions in martial arts circles, as well as many verbal fights. So,...
Flashback: A White Belt BJ Penn Defeating 2 Judo Black Belts in a Judo Tournament
Nov 02, 2021BJJEE
This happened in 1997. BJ back then just started BJJ and he was still a white belt. As a white belt he absolutely dominated these black belt judoka in Judo rules. His nickname prodigy was very...
