How to Prepare For & Apply a Winning Strategy in a Jiu-Jitsu Competition
Jan 25, 2022BJJEE
Jiu-jitsu is a personal trip. And many things are different from one practitioner to another. Today we are going to look at how to prepare well for a competition. How to approach these important...
Watch: BJJ White Belt Submits Brown Belt in Competition
Jan 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
When a BJJ white belt faces a brown belt in training, he’ll lose 99% of the time… And if he, by any chance, faces him in competition, winning is less probable than winning the lottery....
Grapple in the Temple BJJ 3 Day Extravaganza: Seminars, Competition and Beach BBQ
Jan 09, 2022BJJEE
Thailand just announced that ; from Jan 11, 2022, international travelers from any country around the world, regardless of their vaccination status under their Alternative State Quarantine scheme....
Felipe Costa: “People Who Never Compete Tend To Make The Gym Their Competition”
Dec 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
What do you focus on the most in training… Do you focus on trying out the newly taught techniques, even though you’re aware that they won’t work immediately? Or do you resort to...
Felipe Pena Announces Retirement from IBJJF Competition
Dec 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Felipe Pena has now managed to do it all, after winning the 2021 IBJJF World Championship Absolute division (following Nicholas Meregali’s disqualification from the final match). Therefore,...
6x World Champion Gabi Garcia Retires from IBJJF Competition
Dec 13, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Gabi Garcia, one of the most recognizable and respected Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes in the world, has decided to retire from IBJJF competition. The 6x world champion decided to do so at the 2021...
5 Things You Can Do for Your Body Before a BJJ Competition
Dec 08, 2021BJJEE
Competition days can be rough. This isn’t just for practice anymore; you’re in it to win. But a competition day can take a serious toll on your body if you’re not prepared. You...
High Rollerz 10: Bellator Champion AJ McKee Announced for Competition
Dec 02, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The High Rollerz events are coming back with a splash! High Rollerz 10 (December 11) will feature a 16-man tournament in which 160lbs black belt athletes will compete for a $10K prize. The tournament...
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...
How To Find The Right Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy That Will Prepare You For Competition
Nov 14, 2021BJJEE
Training BJJ for fun and training for competition are two different things. Some BJJ academies will not properly prepare you for competition, so we put down the main things that you need to look for...
Legendary Wrestler Aleksandr Karelin On How He Mentally Prepares For Competition
Nov 14, 2021BJJEE
The mental game is 90% of your success. Aleksandr definitely had the mental edge. Aleksandr Karelin, born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR is a Hero of the Russian Federation and was a...
Gordon Ryan Returns to Competition at Who’s Number One (WNO) in October
Sep 27, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Do you think that the excitement about BJJ competitions can’t be higher? You thought wrong, because it’s just been announced that Gordon Ryan will make his return to competition sooner...
Sandbagging Anyone? Grappling Industries to Crack Down on Sandbaggers at their Competitions
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE
Sandbagging is a term used in martial arts to denote a practitioner who competes at a skill-bracket deemed less rigorous than their actual level of competitive ability. The term is adopted similarly...
WNO Championship: Craig Jones Sidelined from Competition
Sep 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Who’s Number One (WNO) two-day tournament will take place on September 25 and 26 – in two weeks time – and will feature eight-person brackets. However, the promotion has just announced yet...
It’s All Been Done Before: “X-Guard” Used in Judo Competition in the 1980’s
Sep 03, 2021BJJEE
The x-guard is an open guard where one of the combatants is standing up and the other is on their back. The bottom combatant uses the legs to entangle one of the opponent’s legs, which creates...
Kywan Gracie Defeated Conor McGregor in BJJ Competition: ‘His Ground Game is Weak’
Aug 30, 2021BJJEE
Photo: Jiu-Jitsu style Gracie Behring, son of the legendary Marcelo Behring and a black belt under Roger Gracie was the last man to defeat Conor McGregor in a BJJ competition match. It was during the...
Ex Powerlifting World Champion Wins First Competition as a BJJ Blue Belt in Absolute Division
Aug 21, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Powerlifting is an extraordinarily tough sport. Athletes that train it gain great strength, that could be later easily transferred to the skills on the mats! Such was the case for Mark MacQueen, an...
Andre Galvao’s Competition Proven Method of Opening Closed From The Knees
Aug 20, 2021BJJEE
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...
How Rickson & Kron Gracie Warm Up For BJJ Competition & Training
Jul 28, 2021BJJEE
Many times you will see competitors stretching before their match… What many do not realise is that any kind of static stretching while your body isn’t warmed up is actually bad for you....
Overcoming the Fear of Losing in BJJ Competition
Jul 07, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. So many of us have great ideas, large ambitions and day dreams that...
How To Plan Your BJJ & Strength Training For An Upcoming Competition
Jul 07, 2021BJJEE
By Peter Lakatos -Strength coach for Carlson Gracie Hungary & StrongFirst Master instructor You are doing bjj, planning to compete and you just figured out, that maybe planning...
Rickson by Armbar- Rare Competition Footage of Ponytail Wearing Rickson Gracie
Jun 25, 2021BJJEE
Rickson Gracie is a mythical figure in Jiu-Jitsu. 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...
Travis Stevens- How I Mentally Prepare for Judo/BJJ Competitions
Jun 24, 2021BJJEE
Competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu isn’t as simple as just „going out there“ and „giving your best“. Sure, it’s important to enjoy the experience and have fun; but if you want to create...
How To Face Your BJJ Competition Fears & Let Them Fuel You
Jun 24, 2021BJJEE
Written by Guillaume ‘Gile’ Huni, 2nd degree bjj black belt, instructor at Kimura BJJ Serbia. BJJ competitions are always nerve wracking. It’s no wonder that a lot of BJJ players...
