People Will Forget Champions; Building A Successful Team is More Important
May 17, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. “The medals don’t mean anything and the glory doesn’t last. It’s...
Submission Underground 7 Features Tag Team Matchup For First Time, Streams Online
Apr 16, 2018BJJEE
Submission Underground was conceived along with Flocombat in cooperation with Chael Sonnen. But as things changed the promotion found itself struggling to get promoted the way it was...
Craig Jones Leads Team Polaris to Quintet Victory
Apr 11, 2018BJJEE
When Sakuraba announced his group grappling event many of us in the grappling community were baffled. How would a group challenge worked? As Quintet1 proved in association with UFC Fight Pass –...
Sakuraba’s Quintet Pits BJJ and Sambo & Judo against Catch Wrestling Team
Mar 27, 2018BJJEE
Sakuraba announced an interesting tournament a while back. The promotion’s meant to put an emphasis on team spirit, something you don’t see all that often in bjj. With a group...
3 Champions Leave Leandro Lo’s Brotherhood Team To Join Atos San Diego
Feb 09, 2018BJJEE
Team switching in Jiu-Jitsu is a very controversial topic that will always provoke different points of views and arguments among the BJJ community. Throughout Jiu-Jitsu history, there have always...
New Grappling Tournament, QUINTET: 5-member Teams battle it out in a “Winner Stays On”
Feb 06, 2018BJJEE
It seems like every day a new grappling competition promotion is coming out. However there’s something quite unique about this latest development – it’s meant to put...
Why Jiu Jitsu Is A Team Sport
Jan 28, 2018BJJEE
Grappling is traditionally considered an individual sport. Not only is some of it guided by selfishness but also there’s nobody to pass the ball to when it comes to game time...
Japan’s BJJ Pioneer Yuki Nakai Trains Japanese National Judo Team
Jan 12, 2018BJJEE
Yuki Nakai is the first Japanese born BJJ black belt and he has a Kosen Judo background. As a Judo black belt, Nakai competed at the Nanatei kosen judo championship, leading his university to the...
GF Team Scammed By Fraud Travel Agent
Jan 08, 2018BJJEE
Last year around the same time a group of bjj athletes including Thalison Soares aka Little Miyao was scammed out of thousands of dollars. This time GF Team was in the crosshairs of a...
Mongolian Judo Team’s Hard Core Training Regimen
Dec 04, 2017BJJEE
In July 2013, for the first time in history, an IJF Judo Grand Prix was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. By integrating the World Judo Tour, this event gave its credentials to a country which has...
Jiu-Jitsu Over Politics: Iranian, Israeli & Saudi Arabian Teammates at Atos San Diego
Nov 28, 2017BJJEE
With the current harsh political situation around the world where many countries are enemies, Jiu-Jitsu proves to be a positive ray of hope for unity. When people have been brought up to hate...
Ricardo Liborio Leaves American Top Team
Oct 31, 2017BJJEE
Ricardo Liborio is considered, by many to be the best Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt formed by Master Carlson Gracie and an all around legend of the sport. Ricardo Liborio was also the very first...
UAE Apologizes To Israel For Treatment of Judo Team, Snubbed By Their Hosts Because Of Their Nationality
Oct 30, 2017BJJEE
Israeli athletes haven’t had the easiest time in sports due to the tricky political situation. You may have seen examples such as: Video: Egyptian Judoka Refuses To Shake...
Israeli Judo Team Banned From Competing Under National Flag in Abu Dhabi
Oct 18, 2017BJJEE
When politics get involved into sports it’s usually a guaranteed mess. The organizing committee of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in Judo ruled recently that Israeli team cannot compete...
Jordan Burroughs May Wrestle For Iranian Team At Clubs Cup
Oct 15, 2017BJJEE
Burroughs is perhaps the most recognizable wrestler in the United States however it looks like he’ll be taking his likeness to Iran – competing for the best club in the...
Gordon Ryan: Our Team Are Pretty Much The Only People That Don’t Dope
Sep 28, 2017BJJEE
Gordon Ryan has been through a tremendous transformation this year. While much of the spectators are skeptical he credits much of his transformation to his friend model/body builder Nathalie...
Ze Radiola on the Growth and Success of ZR Team Worldwide
Sep 04, 2017BJJEE
Early last year, José Olimpio, more known as “Zé Radiola”, a former leader of the Gracie Barra organisation, officially left GB to form his own team: ZR Team. Ze Radiola is one of the most...
Carlson Gracie Team’s Silveira Tells How He was Forced To Fight Sakuraba Twice In A Night
Jul 06, 2017BJJEE
Kazushi Sakuraba was recently declared a UFC Hall Of Fame member. But what many of the new generations might not realize is that Sakuraba only fought a single fight in the UFC Octagon....
Woodley Trying To Steamroll Demian Maia Into July Title Fight
Jun 16, 2017BJJEE
Tyron Woodley has long been set for match up with brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Demian Maia. However Maia, 39, fought Masvidal in May and may be needing time to recover and execute a...
Victor Silverio Leaves GF Team For Gracie Barra
Jun 13, 2017BJJEE
Team switching has held quite a bit of controversy over the years in the bjj community. The last to contribute to the trend is Victor Silverio who has opted out of GF Team in order to...
Judo Mixed Team event added to the 2020 Olympic Games
Jun 12, 2017BJJEE
The preparation for Tokyo Olympics set for 2020 are well under way. And the grappling community just got some exciting news. The games are now set to feature a Judo Mixed Team event....
Georgian Judo Team’s Secret Routine You’d Never Guess
May 18, 2017BJJEE
Georgian Judo has quite a few interesting names – among them Georgian born Greek judoka legend Ilias Ilidis. Indeed judokas in Georgia work a lot on honing their skills. ...
Team USA Jerseys Revealed For UAEJJF
Apr 13, 2017BJJEE
In late March it was announced that US athletes will have an opportunity to represent their country at the UAEJJF Worlds. United States Jiu-jitsu Association and Storm Kimonos made an...
Team McGregor Vs Team Diaz: Danis vs Shields at SUG4
Mar 28, 2017BJJEE
The controversial BJJ world champion Dillon Danis was signed to Bellator last month, despite still being 0-0 in MMA. He was offered a first fighting against 5-0 Neiman Gracie but backed out. Neiman...
