UPDATE: Brendan Schaub Clarifies Being Demoted From Brown To White Belt At Gracie Academy
May 30, 2017BJJEE
Brandan Schaub is a retired football player, former UFC fighter and American podcaster. He is known to the grappling community through his tenure in the UFC, being featured in Metamoris...
Ralek Gracie Releases Bizarre New Rap Video
May 12, 2017BJJEE
Ralek Gracie has had a tortured relationship with the community. After initiating the sports bjj scene and pivoting it into a new ear he’s been plagued by debts, bad business decisions and...
UNITED Drag Defenses – 6 Techniques for EVERY Traveler! Gracie Breakdown
Apr 12, 2017BJJEE
A man’s refusal to give up his seat on an overbooked United Airlines flight led to a disturbing scene Sunday that has travelers up in arms over airline policies. The Department of...
BJJ Blue Belt Demotes Himself To White Belt To Train At Gracie Academy
Mar 18, 2017BJJEE
Demoting a student in Jiu-Jitsu is very rare. Under normal circumstances, everybody deserves their belt. Rener Gracie today stated that a BJJ blue belt that had trained at a reputable Sport BJJ...
Gracie Breakdown: Man Out-Grapples Florida Police Officer and Gets Away!
Feb 03, 2017BJJEE
Modern day police is facing countless hurdles. In addition to everything their training doesn’t always seem to cover some bare essentials of hand to hand combat that could help...
Gracie Breakdown Featuring Vince Vaughn Deconstructs First Ever UFC Ezekiel Choke
Jan 17, 2017BJJEE
Sunday night was a unique night in the UFC history. The fight card for UFC Fight Night Phoenix featured a match between Aleksei Oleinik and Viktor Pesta. It is in this fight that...
Ralek Gracie: ‘I’m Getting a Loan & Will Pay Everyone Back’
Oct 27, 2016BJJEE
Rener and Ryron Gracie have sent an email statement last week to Gracie Certified Training Center (GCTC) Owners warning them not to do business with their brother Ralek. Ryron and Rener Gracie...
Ralek Gracie Says Trying to Defend Himself Would Be Dishonorable
Oct 27, 2016BJJEE
Rener and Ryron Gracie have sent an email statement last week to Gracie Certified Training Center (GCTC) Owners warning them not to do business with their brother Ralek. Ryron and Rener...
Eddie Bravo Comments On The Fall Of Ralek Gracie & Metamoris
Oct 25, 2016BJJEE
Rener and Ryron Gracie have sent an email statement last week to Gracie Certified Training Center (GCTC) Owners warning them not to do business with their brother Ralek. One such email was...
Helio Gracie’s Grandson Ryron Meets Masahiko Kimura’s Grandson
Oct 25, 2016BJJEE
On October 23rd, 1951 Legends Masahiko Kimura and Helio Gracie fought in Brazil. Today 65 years later, their grandsons Ryron Gracie and Andrew Sato met at Ryron’s seminar in Hawaii....
Rickson Gracie Comments On Learning BJJ Online & Online Belt Promotions
Oct 20, 2016BJJEE
Earlier this year, an article on BJJEE revealed that BJJ instructor Roy Harris now offers to grade and promote students that he has never seen in person all the way to BJJ brown belt 2nd...
Vince Vaughn Working Hard On His BJJ At Renzo Gracie Academy
Oct 10, 2016BJJEE
Vince Vaughn joined the list of celebrity bjj practitioners a little while back. He was seen working on his jits with Rener and Ryron Gracie as far back as March of this year. Now...
UFC’s Bryan Ortega Out For 9-12 months From Not Tapping to Ryron Gracie
Sep 16, 2016BJJEE
UFC featherweight prospect is looking at a very difficult long break ahead following a shoulder injury in training. Brian “T City” Ortega has a fighting record that stands...
Gracie Breakdown: Silva vs Cormier
Jul 14, 2016BJJEE
Anderson Silva stepped up to face Daniel Cormier with just 3 days notice following Jon Jones drama. Win, lose or draw it was certain Silva, aka The Spider had plenty of bravado....
Gracie Breakdown: Alton Sterling Shooting
Jul 08, 2016BJJEE
The shooting of Alton Sterling occurred on July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling, a 37-year-old African-American man, was shot several times after being tackled to the ground...
Eve Torres Gracie Promoted to Purple Belt
Jun 25, 2016BJJEE
Former WWE Diva, Eve Torres Gracie has had a great week! After being involved in jiu-jitsu for a little over 8 and a half years she was awarded her purple belt by her husband, Rener...
Eve Gracie: How To Choke Someone With Their T-Shirt
Jun 14, 2016BJJEE
Eve Gracie, wife of Rener Gracie shows you how to choke someone with a T shirt. This is very useful in a self defense situation when someone is in your guard on the ground. It’s...
Royce Gracie Eager to Find a New MMA Opponent
Jun 12, 2016BJJEE
Royce Gracie isn’t quite ready to hang up the MMA gloves just yet! Following Bellator 149 where he knocked out Ken Shamrock, Gracie said in an interview it’s hard to leave...
Rickson Influences HUGE Changes to Gracie University
Jun 07, 2016BJJEE
In a surprising new video, released on the Gracie Breakdown YouTube chanel, four of jiu-jitsu’s most influential figures — Rickson Gracie, Ryron Gracie, Rener Gracie, and Pedro Sauer...
Drysdale Blasts Gracie Bros:’They Point Out Mistakes & Have Never Fought’
May 24, 2016BJJEE
With the growth of Gracie University, the controversy is mostly about the fact that they deliver a ‘technical blue belt’ to members who learn over the internet and send in footage of them...
60% Of Gracie University Affiliates Are Lead By Blue Belts
May 18, 2016BJJEE
We crunched the Gracie university affiliate numbers in order to gain some sort of insight into the big picture when it comes to gracie jiu-jitsu practitioners. After researching all the...
Blue Belt Opens First Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in China
Mar 29, 2016BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing all over the world. China, the most populated country in the world with 1,4 billion inhabitants, has also embraced BJJ. China started BJJ relatively late in Asia...
Gracie Breakdown: Katt Williams Punches Teen in Face & Gets Choked
Mar 25, 2016BJJEE
In a crazy video that went viral this week, we see Katt Williams punch a 17-year-old kid in the face and then get taken down and put in a chokehold before the fight was broken up! In this...
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...
