Why Do So Many Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belts Get an Inflated Ego?
Apr 16, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. We all know there is a pretty clear difference in skill sets for each...
Sports Scientists Reveal Which Submission Grappling Chokes Are The Most Effective
Mar 29, 2021BJJEE
Setting up no gi chokes is an invaluable skill that every serious grappler needs in their submission arsenal. These chokes are powerful tools whether gi or no gi, sport, mma, self defense, etc. Dr...
Gordon Ryan Denounces Team Atos Backstabbing & Keenan Cornelius: ‘They’re A Group Of Scum’
Mar 01, 2021BJJEE
At the recent ‘Who’s Number One’ event, Gordon Ryan shocked the BJJ community when he slapped Andre Galvao. After the dusta was cleared, Ryan made a statement denouncing Team Atos and...
Business Jiu-Jitsu: Meet Michael Zenga, The Man Behind The Great Success of BJJ Fanatics
Jan 28, 2021BJJEE
If you train Jiu-Jitsu you have for sure heard of the leading website BJJ Fanatics, who feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass, Craig Jones, Dean Lister, Bernardo Faria and many...
Garry Tonon Gives The Latest On The DDS Puerto Rico Academy
Jan 28, 2021BJJEE
It goes without saying that one of the hottest topics in the BJJ community recently has been the change of location that the top BJJ team from New York city has decided on. Of course we talking about...
From Police Detective To Traveling The World Teaching BJJ, Meet BJJ Brown Belt Jack Brown
Jan 18, 2021BJJEE
Jack Brown is a Scottish BJJ brown belt under Marcos Nardini who is currently traveling all around the world during this crazy Pandemic and training BJJ. Jack quit his job as a Police detective,...
‘World’s Best Grappler’ Easily Submits Olympic Judo Champion Satoshi Ishii at SUG 20
Dec 31, 2020BJJEE
Not even the second performance within the Submission Underground promotion was successful for Satoshi Ishii. After being defeated by Mason Fowler ten days ago in the title fight, the...
Easy BJJ Sweeps That Work on Wrestlers
Dec 28, 2020BJJEE
When you train Jiu-Jitsu, facing a wrestler can be a daunting task. They have great grappling conditioning, are very scrappy, have great base, and are very aggressive. Wrestlers have strength,...
BJJ Brown Belt Ashton Kutcher Rolling with UFC’s Paulo Costa
Dec 27, 2020BJJEE
Ashton Kutcher came back in BJJ news in 2019 when he was promoted to brown belt by his long time instructor Rigan Machado. Kutcher has been training more or less regularly for the past 5 years (He...
Lachlan Giles Has Game Changing Details to the Arm Triangle
Dec 14, 2020BJJEE
Kata-Gatame/ Head and arm choke/ Arm Triangle choke is used as a hold down in Judo, and it is mostly used as a choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. There are many schools of thought...
How To Control & Tame a Spazzy Training Partner
Nov 05, 2020BJJEE
You know him. Jumping around even if it doesn’t quite make sense to do so. Accidentally punching you in the face from time to time. Rolling as if it’s a matter of life and death. He’s not a bad...
Caio Terra On Being Weak in Lifting Weights But Having ‘Mat Strength’ in BJJ
Oct 11, 2020BJJEE
If Jiu Jitsu was a test of strength, we could just have a set of weights at the door – and a contest as you come in to see who is strongest, and then go home having never touched the mats. Now...
How to Pass Guards Quickly and Easily By Using Leglocks
Oct 10, 2020BJJEE
Australia’s Craig Jones made a huge impact last year when came out of nowhere and dominated and submitted huge stars Leandro Lo, Murilo Santana and even the UFC’s Chael Sonnen at the 2017 ADCC....
Gordon Ryan Details Covid-19 Experience: ‘I Lost 15lbs & Lost Sense of Smell For a Month’
Sep 30, 2020BJJEE
3x ADCC champion Gordon Ryan tested positive for Covid-19 2 months ago and had to, along with Craig Jones, pull out of the last Who’s Number One main card. In this video from his instagram, he...
How to Safely Train the Heel Hook
Sep 26, 2020BJJEE
A heel hook is a leg lock affecting multiple joints, and is applied by transversely twisting the foot either medially or laterally. The torsional force puts severe torque on the ankle,...
5 Stages of The Body Lock Pass by Lachlan Giles
Sep 20, 2020BJJEE
If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may noticed many top grapplers having incredible success with a certain type of pass: The bodylock pass which is also known as the double over...
This Bodylock Pass Straight To Mount is The Safest Guard Pass in Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 20, 2020BJJEE
If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may have noticed the Miyao brothers having incredible success with a certain type of pass: The bodylock pass which is also known as the double...
The Year of Roberto ‘Cyborg’: How The 40 yr Old is Winning Everything This Year
Sep 19, 2020BJJEE
Not many professional athletes get to do a winning streak in the sport of BJJ. The brutal competition and the fact that in most major tournaments you get to face 4 or 5 guys that are at the top of...
The 3 Most Promising Prospects In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 18, 2020BJJEE
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...
John Danaher On Why You Should Always Favor Strangles Over All Other BJJ Techniques
Sep 14, 2020BJJEE
“For the choke, there are no “tough guys”. With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.” Helio Gracie Setting up no gi...
MMA Fighters try Master Wong’s self-defense
Sep 03, 2020BJJEE
You might be wondering what Wong’s self defense is – according to a site that used to sell it for only 97 pounds it is: “The Master Wong Wing Chun Self Defense training course is a...
Gracie Combatives Student Watched Over 100 Fights on YouTube And Came Away With 6 Key Takeaways
Jul 11, 2020BJJEE
Street fights are unlike your gym sparring or drills in that they are very chaotic. They are spontaneous, they have trigger points and bad things can happen in an instant. There are however certain...
Carlos Condit KO’s US Special Forces Soldier Who Sucker Punched Him
Jul 11, 2020BJJEE
Michael Bisping was this week on the popular podcast ‘Believe You Me’ and he recalled the story of when himself, BJ Penn, Urijah Faber and Carlos Condit visited the US armed forces in...
Jam Packed BJJ Weekend Feat. Gordon Ryan, Nick Rodriguez, Cyborg & Much More
Jul 11, 2020BJJEE
Along with big MMA events UFC 251, LFA and KSW, this weekend will also be filled with big events in the world of professional Jiu-Jitsu. This Friday 10th of July, Fight 2 Win promotes its 146th...
