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IBJJF Rule Changes For 2018 Go Live July 2nd – No Definitive Language Regarding Advantages

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

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

    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

      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

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New Grappling Tournament, QUINTET: 5-member Teams battle it out in a “Winner Stays On”

    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

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Facing The Beast: One Man’s Experience Fighting Saulo Ribeiro In Competition

    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

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

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A Breakdown Of The Chokes In BJJ (Videos)

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WATCH: Triangle Choke 101 (Videos)

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Exposed: Martial Arts Instructor Claims BJJ Black Belt Under “USA Martial Arts Alliance”

    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...

54 Perfectly Executed BJJ Techniques in 12 minutes- Draculino

BJJ master Vinicius Draculino shows 54 perfect bjj techniques from takedowns to submissions to guard passes and more… Classic Baiana takedown Twisted Baiana takedown Hook trap Baiana takedown...

Roger Gracie And Buchecha Square Off To a Submission Victory at Gracie Pro

    Metamoris had it’s ups and downs but one definitive upside was a really cool match they put together – the one between GOAT Roger Gracie and a fierce modern age king of absolute...

Kyra Gracie Talks Organizing Clash Of Kings: Roger Gracie Rematch With Buchecha

    On July 22 and 23, at the Carioca Arena 1, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro an epic rematch will be taking place Roger Gracie a 10x Worlds Winner will be combating the other 10x...

What We Learned From Combat Jiu-Jitsu

    Yesterday’s 11th edition of the Eddie Bravo Invitational had more than one thing going for it. But certainly one of the most intriguing aspects of the event was the 4 men Combat...

Army Female Fights Male in Combatives Competition (Strikes & Grappling)

In 2001, Matt Larsen, then a Sergeant First Class, established the United States Army Combatives School at Fort Benning. One of the fundamental aspects of US Modern Army Combatives training is the...

Reverse Kimura Trap- David Avellan

  Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best grapplers, such as BJJ Black Belt World Champions Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis Humphries,...

How to Escape the Body Triangle- Shawn Williams

  A Body Triangle also known as a Figure-four body lock, is a technique in grappling that is employed from the back, back mount, or less frequently from the closed guard, whose purpose is to...

Garry Tonon Appologizes To Saulo Ribeiro, Danaher comments on Controversy

    Yesterday was quite eventful in the bjj community. Following John Danaher’s post about the banning of jumping to closed guard at ALL levels in his gym several members of the...

Metamoris 7: Results And Videos

    Metamoris 7 was held last night in Los Angeles, California. After many issues securing the original card it was all together abandoned for the card featuring organization’s...

Report: Italian BJJ Open, 3rd Biggest BJJ Tournament in Europe

Report of Italian BJJ Open 2016 UIJJ – IBJJF. Guest post by Enrico Di Luise,  Brazilian JiuJitsu coach and competitor (GPT Messina) and translated by Gloria Coccoli (Jorge Santos BJJ –...

Mundials 2016 By The Numbers

Statistical analysis of the biggest tournament in BJJ calendar revealed some interesting trends. The Long Beach Walter Pyramid Tournament hosted some of the best athletes in the world of Jiu-Jitsu...