Top Three Reasons for Children’s Belt Testing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Jun 05, 2019Ben Germano
If your academy is like many others, the children Jiu-Jitsu curriculum has different belts and roughly follows the IBJJF guidelines for these belts. Belts are awarded when the student display’s a...
The Gold Standard to Finishing Omoplata by Shawn Williams
May 09, 2019BJJEE
The omoplata is highly underestimated submission/sweep in Jiu-Jitsu because not many people know the fine details which make it so effective. There seems to be a common misconception among the bjj...
Garry Tonon Puts On Impressive GNP Clinic at One
Mar 31, 2019BJJEE
Garry Tonon was once again in the cage this Sunday in Japan. The event in question was ONE: A New Era. The BJJ champion Cruised on to his 4th stoppage victory in his MMA career. The American grappler...
Using “Old School” BJJ To Demolish “New School” BJJ
Feb 05, 2019BJJEE
Often times when training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu we will here some people refer to their Jiu Jitsu as “Old School.” Some people will say “I have an old school game.” What does...
Drysdale Questions If Fadda lineage is a Non-Gracie lineage
Jan 07, 2019BJJEE
Robert Drysdale has recently dedicated himself to authoring a bjj documentary. It was to be called Closed guard – the movie. In order to do this Drysdale shared bits relating to interesting bjj...
Danaher on How An Older Part Time Grappler Can Defeat World Class Athletes in Competition
Dec 24, 2018BJJEE
Can an older athlete, working a busy professional career and many other demands from marriage and family etc train to be competitive with the best Jiu jitsu athletes in the world who are much younger...
NO GI BJJ CAMP w/ Lauri & Elvira Karppinen 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu in Belgrade, Serbia
Sep 02, 2018BJJEE
Kimura BJJ Serbia Academy will be hosting an amazing 2 day No Gi BJJ Camp with 10th planet Jiu-Jitsu standouts Lauri & Elvra Karppinen from Finland. Price is just 10 eur for the day camp payable...
Vagner Rocha Demonstrates His Nasty Wrist Lock From Kasai Pro 3
Aug 21, 2018BJJEE
Vagner Rocha took second place at last weekend’s Kasai Pro 3 losing to Renato Canuto. He made waves with a nasty wrist lock on Marcin Held (verbal Tap) which went viral: Gulp , guess that...
4 Really Dumb Things BJJ Nerds Say & Do
Jul 26, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. 1. I weigh...
Wrestle-Jitsu: Bulgarian Wrestler’s Way Of Reversing Side Control
Jul 18, 2018BJJEE
Have you ever tried to pin or control a top level Wrestler in side control? It’s no fun at all… Check out this interesting take on how a top-level wrestler would go about escaping side...
Team 10th Planet Wins Quintet 2
Jul 16, 2018BJJEE
Team 10th Planet has pulled off an impressive triumph at Quintet’s official second event. Rules: Each team has 5 members Total team weight must not exceed 430kg Openweight Winner is...
IBJJF Rule Changes For 2018 Go Live July 2nd – No Definitive Language Regarding Advantages
Jun 14, 2018BJJEE
Below is the list of updated rules – Guide for 2018 RULES UPDATE GUIDE – 2018 PAGE 7 1.3 Referee Duties Rule revision: 1.3.7 • While standing, one of the athletes steps into the...
Wrist Locks, Secret to Attacking the Giants
May 02, 2018BJJEE
When people think of “Dirty tricks” in jiu jitsu, they are often referring to moves that are much easier than the effect they accomplish would imply. Moves that are simply beyond the pale of what...
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 Techniques John Danaher bannes At His Classes
Mar 12, 2018BJJEE
John Danaher is widely considered one of the best contemporary bjj coaches around. Through the years he’s developed some of his own personal tweaks. Now in spite of being...
Here’s How To Build A Game Plan For Your First BJJ Competition
Feb 27, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
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...
BJJ 101: A Breakdown Of The Main Positions In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 23, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
Facing The Beast: One Man’s Experience Fighting Saulo Ribeiro In Competition
Dec 09, 2017BJJEE
BJJ Black Belt Eddie Edmunds, had the honor of facing 6x world champion Saulo Ribeiro in competition at the 2007 World Championships (mundial) here is his experience: Source:...
Training Report: Kristiansand Kampsport Senter, Norway
Nov 14, 2017BJJEE
Hi everyone! My name is Colin Leigh and I am a Canadian living abroad in Riga, Latvia. I am a newly appointed blue belt under Vladislavs Čerņavskis, training at LEWC- Giudici BJJ in Riga. I have...
The Most Popular Submissions In MMA
Oct 27, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
A Breakdown Of The Chokes In BJJ (Videos)
Oct 24, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
WATCH: Triangle Choke 101 (Videos)
Oct 08, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
Exposed: Martial Arts Instructor Claims BJJ Black Belt Under “USA Martial Arts Alliance”
Oct 06, 2017BJJEE
The curious case of Josh Trowbridge first appeared on reddit where user untotentsd questioned his legitimacy. Indeed Trowbridge has a very weird list of credentials including both...
