Body Lock Passing: Don’t Be Too Early… But Don’t Be Too Late, Either
Nov 17, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Body Lock passing can be a great addition to your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skillset. Especially if you haven’t experimented with this passing style before; when you learn the proper setups and...
Jeff Glover: “Wrestlers Can Be More Dangerous Than BJJ Black Belts”
Oct 19, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Jeff Glover was a recent guest of The Jason Chambers Podcast, where the two discussed many interesting things; one of them being the belt system in Jiu-Jitsu. Chambers mentioned that, even though...
Force Your Opponent To Turtle Up With The “Kosoto”
Oct 04, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Turtle position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is nowhere as greatly explored as other positions are. That is to say: there are a number of possibilities when your opponent turtles up, both for...
ADCC Superfight: Gordon Ryan Makes History Winning Division & Superfight vs Andre Galvao
Sep 19, 2022BJJEE
2022 @adcc_official watch live on @flograppling Gordon Ryan -750 vs Andre Galvao Winner: Gordon Ryan by submission (rear naked choke). An early double leg takedown by Galvão started off the...
Elder Cruz Gets Promoted to BJJ Black Belt by Lucas Leite
Jun 09, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Elder Cruz is one of the most successful athletes to have come from the Checkmat team in the recent years. This year, 2022, has been an amazing as well… And now it became even better, as he was...
ADCC North American West Coast Trials 2022: Full Results
Apr 05, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The ADCC North American West Coast Trials have now come to an end too. It has been the biggest one ever, as a number of athletes looked to reserve their spot for this year’s ADCC World...
The Rise Of Modern Jiu-Jitsu Master John Danaher
Nov 16, 2021BJJEE
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...
Gordon Ryan Shows Off New $1 Million House in Austin, Texas
Oct 25, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Earlier this year, in September, Gordon Ryan and John Danaher announced that they would be leaving Puerto Rico for good – as a result of many things, one of them being unable to find their own...
Craig Jones Grappling with Three-Time Division 1 Wrestler Jason Nolf
Oct 05, 2021BJJEE
Craig Jone’s recently posted an interesting video of him training at his new academy, B-Team Jiu-Jitsu Academy located in Austin, Texas. Jones did some no No Gi grappling training with...
The Easiest Way To Add the Kneebar to your Game
Sep 24, 2021BJJEE
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...
Gordon Ryan Responds To Brazilians Pushing For a Brazil vs USA Event
Mar 10, 2021BJJEE
BJJ black belt champion and Dreamworks team leader Isaque Bahiense has announced his plan to organize a mega grappling pitting the best grapplers from Brazil and USA against each other. Bahiense came...
Brazilians Pushing for Brazil vs USA Event As Payback for the Ryan-Galvao Slapping Incident
Mar 09, 2021BJJEE
BJJ black belt champion and Dreamworks team leader Isaque Bahiense has announced his plan to organize a mega grappling pitting the best grapplers from Brazil and USA against each other. Bahiense came...
Garry Tonon Gives The Latest On The DDS Puerto Rico Academy
Jan 28, 2021BJJEE
It goes without saying that one of the hottest topics in the BJJ community recently has been the change of location that the top BJJ team from New York city has decided on. Of course we talking about...
The 3 Most Promising Prospects In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 18, 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...
Luke Rockhold Slams BJJ Community: “All St*roids & Leglocks”
Nov 30, 2019BJJEE
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will be facing the 2019 ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez in a grappling superfight at the upcoming Polaris on Nov. 30 event in Newport, Wales. You...
Keenan Cornelius Makes a Stop at The Blue Basement to train with DDS
Apr 23, 2019BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius has no angst about his recent ouster from the ATOS camp. Cornelius is making a seminar tour and dropped by the Renzo Gracie academy to train with Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan and the...
New Wave vs B-Team: Which Gym Reigns Supreme for Jiu-Jitsu Training?
Apr 15, 2024BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu enthusiasts often find themselves debating the merits of different gyms, especially when considering where to train among the top contenders. In Austin, Texas, two gyms stand out due to...
Eddie Bravo Announces Inaugural EBI Open: A Shift In Professional Grappling
Mar 27, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
Eddie Bravo has just revealed plans to host the inaugural EBI Open Tournament in El Paso, Texas – scheduled for June 17, 2024! Since its inception in 2014, EBI has stuck to the model of...
Which are the Best Olympic Lifts for Grapplers & Wrestlers?
Mar 01, 2024BJJEE
Everyone these days has an opinion on the Olympic lifts. Thanks to Crossfit and a resurgence of old-school functional training, the Snatch and Clean and Jerk are now programmed into even the average...
Gordon Ryan Slams BJJ Athletes Claiming To Be Natural But Secretly Using PED’s
Feb 06, 2024BJJEE
Today’s biggest No Gi grappling athlete, Gordon Ryan draws attention for his high-level game and also for his declarations off the mats. Last month, the American faced former teammate Nick...
Blue Belt Worked Out Like Gordon Ryan For 60 Days & Then Entered a Competition
Feb 02, 2024BJJEE
In the span of about 18 months: Gordon Ryan Went From 163 Lbs To 232 Lbs & Back To 194 LBS & Transformed Himself From a Relatively Unknown Grappler To The Best No Gi Grappler On Earth,...
How To Become Stronger For Jiu-Jitsu When You Have Limited Time
Feb 02, 2024BJJEE
How will you love to describe yourself? As a grappler? or as a strength trainer? If you contrive to be successful on the mat you better figure it out here fairly promptly. There are lots of basic...
Strength Matters: Most Jacked BJJ Athletes
Jan 26, 2024BJJEE
Photo: Mike Calimbas Photography Helio Gracie believed superior technique could overcome all other disadvantages but in an effort to be at the top of their game – these jiujiteros put some serious...
Masahiko Kimura’s Insane Daily Training Routine
Jan 07, 2024BJJEE
Masahiko Kimura)was a Japanese judoka who is widely considered one of the greatest judoka of all time. (5 ft 7in 170 cm; 85 kg, 187 lb) He was born on September 10, 1917 in Kumamoto, Japan. In...
