Breaking Closed Guard For White Belts (Don’t Make These 2 Mistakes)
Feb 25, 2020BJJEE
Opening a strong closed guard in the Gi is usually very tough. You can either stand explosively and use both hands to push open the legs or you can pass from the knees. For No Gi you can try this...
How Do You Deal With Wrestlers As A White Belt?
Feb 08, 2020BJJEE
Wrestling background makes for some very tough opponents. To a skilled grappler there are several worthy options namely: 1 They give up their backs easy 2 They hate being on their backs 3 They will...
Fake White Belt Prank by Popular Youtuber w/ Legit BJJ Background
Jan 30, 2020BJJEE
Danny Mullen is a Youtube superstar who is known for among other things, kissing random old ladies, drinking urine, and generally doing crazy unexpected things. Over the years, we have seen many...
Krav Maga Instructor Brags Online About Winning a BJJ Match in Masters White Belt Division
Jan 24, 2020BJJEE
In a tournament in Poland, Wojciech Cieślak, a Krav Maga Master was competing. Nothing special, but he was signed to the MASTERS WHITE BELT category. He won his first fight by anaconda choke (a...
Lifelong Martial Artist On Putting On White Belt Again When Starting Jiu-Jitsu
Jan 22, 2020BJJEE
Tom Callos is a martial arts business and school management teacher, coach, and consultant. He helps martial arts teachers and other professionals. He is also the step father of Keenan...
How Many Days a Week Should I Train as a White Belt?
Jan 06, 2020grappler z
Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. “How many times a week, as a white belt, should I train to make sure I’m making the most effective use of my time, without overtraining and...
Most Common Mistakes White Belts Make (Guide for BJJ Beginners)
Dec 30, 2019BJJEE
If you are novice at something it is perfectly common that you are going to make mistakes but how you address them will determine the speed of your progress. Here won’t be much about...
4 Sweeps Every White Belt Needs To Master In BJJ
Dec 25, 2019BJJEE
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...
52 kg BJJ Brown Belt Takes on 180kg White Belt with 1 Year Experience
Dec 24, 2019BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu is truly known for being the martial that favorizes the smaller, weaker practitioner against the bigger one… We have seen so many times the David vs Goliath match ups. Examples that...
Geo Martinez Gives Advice For Struggling White Belts
Dec 18, 2019grappler z
When you are a BJJ white belt, you will often be on a emotional roller coaster ride. You have to deal with constantly getting smashed in training by everyone, and often find yourself wondering why do...
The Blind Leading the Blind: When White Belts Advise Other White Belts…
Dec 12, 2019BJJEE
Every person who trains, trained or will be training bjj has something in common – they all were a white belt once. The first step into Brazilian jiu-jitsu is sometimes harsh and unpleasant, but...
Goth Adult Film Star & BJJ White Belt Makes Pro MMA Debut
Oct 02, 2019BJJEE
Rebecca Bryggman (aka Orion Starr- Adult film name) will be featured on the Mir vs Nelso Bellator card.She will be making her pro MMA debut. She trains at Maximum BJJ which is a Matt Serra affiliate....
Weekly White Belt Advice: Closed Guard Sweeps
Aug 19, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
In the previous article of our Weekly White Belt Advice series, we’ve talked about the very basics of the closed guard – what it is, its defensive and offensive purpose and the body...
Weekly White Belt Advice: Closed Guard Basics and Breaking The Posture
Aug 11, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
The closed guard is often times the first position a beginner Jiu Jitsu practitioner learns about and starts practicing. Therefore, in the next couple of White Belt Advice articles, we’ll take...
Weekly White Belt Advice: An Introduction to The Series!
Aug 04, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Being a BJJ white belt is far from easy. The surroundings are new, the pressure – not just the psychological one, but the one from being inside your training partner’s side control as well...
Undercover BJJ White Belt Tim Kennedy
Aug 03, 2019BJJEE
UFC vet Tim Kennedy, a BJJ black belt & US Army Ranger pulled off a great prank at a Gracie Humaita BJJ academy, he went in undercover as a BJJ white belt. Watch the face of the students when the...
Black Belt Erin Herle Whoops Male White Belt
Apr 23, 2019BJJEE
Rubens Cobrinha Charles’ black belt Erin Herle just accepted to be a part of an interesting exhibition – she agreed to have a rolling session filmed against fighttips’ Shane who is...
The Easiest Half Guard Sweep For A BJJ White Belt
Mar 28, 2019BJJEE
As a beginner it’s quite often the hardest to figure out how a sweep works. Submissions are somewhat easier. You grab onto the isolated limb and apply pressure but working a sweep quite often...
BJJ White Belt Helps To Stop Attackers in School Mass Shooting
Mar 17, 2019BJJEE
Rhyllary Barbosa, a BJJ white belt from Sao Paulo was one of the heroes during a recent school shooting that happened at Raul Brasil School near Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to the Police, two former...
White Belt Sued Coach For Injuries Sustained In Competition
Mar 08, 2019BJJEE
A jiu-jitsu practitioner claims he suffered leg injuries due to bad coaching – including a torn meniscus that required knee surgery while competing at a North Vancouver invitational. The man in...
Joe Rogan: I Was Just a White Belt, When I Got Hired By The UFC
Feb 07, 2019BJJEE
Joe Rogan has come a long way from the days he used to be a martial arts instructor. He recently talked how it is he came to be the voice of UFC: “I was in the martial arts world, I used to teach...
Out Of Control BJJ Hazing: Unconscious White Belt Abused By Teammates
Dec 09, 2018BJJEE
Over the years we’ve reported on various hazing rituals – however this last one is truly disturbing. While there are many different promotion rituals perhaps the most famous is the...
Absent Referee Didn’t Realize White belt Choked Out Opponent
Aug 17, 2018BJJEE
Choking someone until they lose consciousness is a risk associated with bjj competitions. However it’s still quite surprising when it happens – and especially so if nobody does anything...
Xande Ribeiro Puts on a White Belt & Tries Out Aikido Weapons Training
Jul 26, 2018BJJEE
It’s always healthy to step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Xande Ribeiro is currently touring Europe for seminars and he recently was in Slovakia where he visited his student...
