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3 Ways to Protect Your fingers When Training BJJ and Judo

Written by Matt D’Aquino, a multiple Australian and Oceania Champion and a 2008 Beijing Judo Olympian. He has been studying Judo for over 23 years. He is a 3rd Degree Black belt and a black belt in...

4th Degree BJJ Black Belt is Giving Away Free Drilling & Conditioning DVDs For The BJJ Community

Want a free Guard Passes Drill and Conditioning DVD? Renato Migliaccio is a 4th-degree black belt under the late Ryan Gracie, Founder of Sampa Jiu-Jitsu, and founder of the International BJJ...

Mahamed Aly Has Invaluable Advice For Surviving as a Beginner in BJJ

When you’re just starting out on your BJJ journey, it’s easy to get confused by the excess of information at your disposal; techniques, positions, drills, diet… It can be a bit...

Develop Your Game with Solo Drills With A Gi Top

As we all know Jiu-Jitsu practice requires a partner and mats. However your BJJ academy might be currently closed you may miss some time on the mats. In this video Alec Baulding shows some great BJJ...

Tom DeBlass To Close Minded BJJ Traditionalists: ‘Don’t Knock it, Learn it’

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is currently in a transition period with a rift in the community. On one side you have the traditionalist that are closed minded about the rapidly evolving Grappling game, and...

How To Get Better at Jiu-Jitsu While You’re Not Allowed to Train Due To Coronavirus

What to do when your BJJ academy is closed because the Coronavirus? How can you get better while you forced to stay home? Here are 5 ways to get better at Jiu Jitsu while you’re not allowed to...

6 Mistakes That BJJ White Belts Make (And How To Fix Them!)

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...

Reverse Triangle From Side Control Using the Magic Skirt Grip

In BJJ, most experienced practitioners are used to defending front triangles. These are the type of triangles set up from a guard position, either closed, half, or open guard. You can usually set up...

Here’s How You Can Beat That Bigger Guy In BJJ Class

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...

How To Decrease Knuckle, Finger & Joint Pain in Jiu-Jitsu

When Keenan Cornelius, an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner renowned for his “Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam,” was asked about his injuries, he noted, “My fingers hurt the most.”  Knuckle and...

Why Your Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Won’t Promote You (Yet)

  In every BJJ academy there is somebody that has been training Jiu-Jitsu for years, sometimes even more years than most of the others and they are still stuck at their current belt. Why...

Most Unexpected Triangle Variation for BJJ

In Brazilian jiu-jitsu, practitioners are used to defending front triangles. These triangles are the one usually set up from a guard position, closed half guard or open guard. There are numerous...

BJJ Black Belt On The Time He Was Randomly Assaulted in London

I teach and train Jiu Jitsu primarily as a means to have a set of skills to deal with violent situations out in the real world, competition Jiu Jitsu comes second, always will. We live in violent...

The Missing Details To The Controversial Arm-in Stack Pass That Confuses Newbies

The traditional beginner Gracie Jiu-Jitsu guard pass where you stack your opponent and put one hand in and one hand out and pass to the side is still being thought widely in BJJ academies. Now, many...

10 Reasons to Leave a BJJ Academy

  Article translated from Spanish to English with the agreement of the excellent Spanish language BJJ website PasandoGuardia.com Photo by Arik Dao. Many people when they stop seeing a training...

Dealing With Competition Stress: How To Turn It Into A Fearsome Weapon

  Written by Johan De Wannemaeker A sunny, Sunday morning… A car pulls up into a parking lot of a sports complex. You are finding yourself behind the drivers’ seat. Slowly you turn off the...

BJJ World Champion Rafael Lovato Jr Makes History; Wins Bellator Middleweight Title

BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato did it! The undefeated MMA fighter (10-0 MMA) dominated and toook a decision win over the dangerous veteran Gegard Mousasi in the main event of Belllator London at...

Police Officer Credits Jiu-Jitsu And Krav Maga For Surviving A Fight With Brutal Outcome

    Police Officer Kristen Richmond has bjj and krav maga to thank for surviving a harsh encounter with a suspect. In her own words: This will probably be one of the rawest posts I’ll...

To Stand & Pass or Stay on the Knees & Pass?

Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv.   Often times during a jiu-jitsu battle, the majority of the time is...

What We can Learn from ADCC 2017

Written by Stefan Rüegg, BJJ black belt and instructor at Frota Academy in Zurich, Switzerland. Short ADCC 2017 analysis. (just my opinion as a bjj black belt): 1) any kind of leg attacks are...

Roger Gracie: “Winning By an Advantage Doesn’t Make You Better than Opponent.”

  Roger Gracie is regarded as the best competitor of all time by many jiu-jiteiros. Indeed he is a 14x World champion, many of these in the black belt division in addition to 3 absolute World...

Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner Survives Acid Attack & Chokes Aggressor

  Imagine yourself walking in a dark place in the middle of the night when all of a sudden, a dark figure wearing a black ski mask, throws acid in your face and breaks your nose with brass...

Royce Gracie in Trouble with IRS for Fraud Totalling $1,15M

  UFC Hall of Famer and current Bellator MMA brand ambassador Royce Gracie (48 yrs old) will face Ken Shamrock (51 yrs old) in a trilogy fight on Bellator in February 19, 2016 in Hosuton, Texas....

Renzo Gracie & Dan Lukehart Denounce Gracie Academy’s Brainwashing of Students

    Dan “TrumpetDan” Lukehart is the owner and head instructor at Brea Jiu-Jitsu. Dan has been training Jiu-Jitsu since January of 2006 and is a black belt under Beneil Dariush. Dan...