Swiss BJJ Federation Sponsors Swiss Team To Compete at IBJJF Europeans & Worlds
Mar 18, 2016BJJEE
The International Swiss Confederation of Brazilian JiuJitsu (ISCBJJ) has just announced that it will reward the best BJJ competitors in Switzerland in 2016, in a prestigious end of the year...
Chael Sonnen to Face Michael Bisping in Grappling Match
Mar 15, 2016BJJEE
This Sunday March 20, in Phoenix, Arizona, there will be a very strange fight event. UR Fight will host a mixed style event with a few freak shows: Here is the fight card announced so far:...
Fadda Black Belt’s Opinion On Gracie Training Centers & Gracie University
Mar 13, 2016BJJEE
Guest post by T. Lee a bjj black belt under Julio Cesar of GFTeam (Fadda lineage- Non Gracie Jiu-Jitsu lineage), and www.m3fight.com. He is also a 4th degree judo/jujitsu black belt member...
(Video) Shinya Aoki Taking Arms At Judo Competitions in Japan
Feb 19, 2016BJJEE
Shinya Aoki is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing currently for Rizin Fighting Federation, grappler, and former police trainee currently competing in ONE Championship’s...
Tom DeBlass: ‘My Students Need To Know That Win Or Lose, I Always Tried’
Feb 16, 2016BJJEE
Photo: Garden State Photography- Mark Ward Tom DeBlass is a former Bellator and UFC fighter with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jisu under Ricardo Almeida. Tom was a County Champion Long Jumper...
3 Best Ways To Pass The X-Guard
Feb 11, 2016BJJEE
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,...
BJJEE.com Editor Gile Huni On ‘No Holds Barred’ Podcast: Discusses Future of BJJ
Jan 28, 2016BJJEE
“No Holds Barred” is one of the longest running MMA/Grappling podcasts, and is headed by Eddie Goldman: The Conscience of Combat Sports, the Godfather of MMA Media, and the Voice...
Vinny Magalhaes: ‘BJJ Became a Weird Game with P*ssified Rules’
Jan 26, 2016BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing at an amazing rate worldwide. More people are training in all corners of the world. BJJ is evolving. The direction that sport BJJ is going is worrying many....
1 year Update on BJJ Purple Belt Demoted To White Belt at Gracie JJ Academy
Jan 25, 2016BJJEE
Popular Blogger MegJitsu (Check out her blog megjitsu.com) last year wrote an article where she talked about ‘How to Change BJJ Schools’. Up until recently, Meg had been training...
Rener Gracie: “Back Injury Inspired Me To Create Gracie University”
Jan 19, 2016BJJEE
Rener Gracie, love him or hate him, you can’t deny that he’s a brilliant businessman. Rener and his brother, Ryron Gracie created Gracie University, an online Jiu-Jitsu learning...
How To Set Up a Sambo Style Fireman’s Carry w/ Reilly Bodycomb
Jan 19, 2016BJJEE
The fireman’s carry is a takedown technique used in amateur wrestling/ Judo/ Sambo/ Brazilian and other grappling arts. Reilly Bodycomb’s Sambo background gives him a unique...
Rickson Gracie’s Statement on Gracie University & Online Blue Belts
Jan 18, 2016BJJEE
Photo: Jiu-Jitsu Style Magazine. 2 years ago, with all the controversy following Rener Gracie’s statment that ‘learning Jiu-Jitsu online is even more effective than in the...
Mike Mrkulic, Montenegrin-American BJJ Black Belt, Dies in Car Crash
Dec 30, 2015BJJEE
Montenegrin-American BJJ black belt Mike Mrkulic (44) has tragically passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning due to a car crash. Mike Mrkulć was what you could call a BJJ prodigy....
Training Report: Luta Livre, NR Fight Club in Paris, France
Dec 28, 2015BJJEE
Written By Guillaume Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Serbia. I had planned my mini Euro BJJ tour for months. I could only take a week off as I had too many obligations...
Jeff Monson Gets Faceplanted in First Fight as a Russian Citizen
Dec 27, 2015BJJEE
Over the past years, Jeff Monson has spent a lot of time in Russia, and has declared “I have a Russian soul” and applied for citizenship. He officially became a Russian citizen in...
Eddie Bravo Bans Heel Hooks for Minors at EBI
Dec 22, 2015BJJEE
Eddie Bravo has decided to ban heel hooks for minors competing at his Jiu-Jitsu invitational, EBI. The decision comes as a result of the recent kids match between Riley Breedlove and Sophia...
Garry Tonon On Heelhook Injury at EBI 5 Kids Match
Dec 15, 2015BJJEE
A heel hook is a leg lock affecting multiple joints, and is applied by transversely twisting the foot either medially or laterally. The torsional force puts severe torque on the ankle, which...
Buchecha Reveals Being Submitted By Rockhold: ‘He’s Dangerous’
Dec 09, 2015BJJEE
3x world absolute Jiu-Jitsu champion, Marcus Buchecha had the opportunity to train several times with Luke Rockhold – challenger to middleweight belt in the UFC – at AKA. An expert...
2 Serbian Grapplers Win Metamoris Challenger in Impressive Fashion
Nov 17, 2015BJJEE
At last weekend’s Metamoris Challenger in Los Angeles this Sunday, two Serbian Jiu-Jitsu players won their division in impressive fashion. In the lightweight category, Aleksandar Rajacic...
Navy Seal Legend On Which Martial Arts Are Best For Self Defense
Oct 28, 2015BJJEE
From September of 1990 to 2010 Jocko Willink was a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and Seal Task Unit Commander leading hundreds of operations in combat. He earned his Black Belt in Brazilian...
5x BJJ World Champion Bibiano Fernandes: “Being Homeless In The Jungle Made Me Strong. I Never Give Up.”
Oct 16, 2015BJJEE
Bibiano Fernandes is a 5x Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion and 3x Pan American Champion who was considered to be the best under 64kg/141lbs in BJJ before he moved on to MMA. He has...
GSP Hinting at UFC Return in 2016
Oct 14, 2015BJJEE
Two years after Georges St-Pierre vacated his UFC belt and took time off from the sport, the Canadian is finally showing some signs of a possible return. Saint-Pierre is away from the...
Submitting Opponents from Full Guard with Babu
Oct 12, 2015bjjee
When transitioning from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grappling to MMA grappling we can notice a few hiccups in our game that in the past were never a problem. We call these hiccups ground and...
“Das ist … Luta Livre“ German Rap Song About Luta Livre
Sep 29, 2015BJJEE
Luta Livre is growing in Germany and “Real Ronin” Marco Schneider (LL Lilagurt and head of Combat Center Lüneburg) raps in a song about his passion: Luta Livre. The video was...
