Henry Akins: The Biggest Lesson I Learned From Rickson Gracie on How to Train to get Better at Jiu-Jitsu
Aug 27, 2024BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Hidden Jiu-Jitsu: Understanding The Genius Of Henry Akins
May 24, 2024BJJEE
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...
Henry Akins Explains How To Make Your Side Control As Heavy As Possible
Apr 23, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
Passing someone’s guard is hard enough, so once you finally get to Side Control – you want to be able to hold it without using too much energy. For, if the opponent escapes this position...
Henry Akins Shows The Best Way To Do The Americana Lock (From Mount)
Oct 04, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Oh, the Americana Lock from Mount… Probably one of the first submission techniques you were taught in Jiu-Jitsu, right? (It was the very first one for this article’s writer). But how...
Henry Akins Shows The “Hidden Secret” To Finishing The Collar Choke (From The Back)
Sep 22, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
No matter if you’ve been training for 1 month, 1 year, 10 or 20+ years… There will always be something new to learn in Jiu-Jitsu. Even if it is a small detail or two, that will end up...
Henry Akins Demonstrates Americana Lock When Opponent Locks Arms
Sep 10, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Ude Garami aka the ‘Americana’ is probably the first submission you will learn in a Jiu-Jitsu class. It’s very basic and very powerful. If you have been training a long time, then chances...
Henry Akins Shows An Interesting Way To Deal With The Spider Guard
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
There are a number of ways to pass an Open Guard. However, when the absolute basics of guard passing are considered, it’s all very simple; it’s just a matter of understanding the underlying...
Henry Akins Shows How To Transition To Mount From Half Guard
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes and coaches would argue that the most dominant position in Jiu-Jitsu is the back control. And that, subsequently, the most dominant submission is the Rear Naked...
Henry Akins Shows An Interesting Way To Deal With The Z Guard
Sep 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Today hundreds of thousands of jiu jitsu students around the globe are using their knee shields, bottom hook, frames and under hook to withstand tons upon tons of opponent pressure, elevate them to...
Henry Akins Shows How To Counter The Hip Bump Sweep From Closed Guard
May 20, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Hip Bump Sweep also known as Getup Sweep or Situp Sweep is considered as one of the staple technique in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Quite often the effectiveness and the details behind this technique is...
Henry Akins Teaches Incredible Scissor Sweep Details
May 18, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
There are some BJJ techniques that you will carry with yourself no matter the experience, knowledge, and the belt you earn along the way. Simply put, these techniques are going to be...
Henry Akins Reveals A Hidden Detail For Finishing The Americana
Dec 15, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Ude Garami aka the ‘Americana’ is probably the first submission you will learn in a Jiu-Jitsu class. It’s very basic and very powerful. If you have been training a long time, then chances...
Henry Akins Will Make You Rethink The Way You Do The Hip Escape
Nov 07, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Hip Escape (or the Shrimp) is a fundamental BJJ technique that almost everyone is taught in their very first class. However, as fundamental as it is, you could still probably improve it –...
Henry Akins Explains How To Make Your Hip Escape (Shrimp) Unstoppable
Mar 02, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
The Hip Escape, otherwise known as the “Shrimp”, is one of the most fundamental moves you’ll learn in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s an absolutely essential technique; one that...
Rickson Gracie’s Closed Guard Cross Collar Choke Secrets Shared by Henry Akins
Sep 22, 2021BJJEE
Let’s remind ourselves of the most important thing you need to do when you have someone in your closed guard: attack at all times. Many jiujiteiros make a mistake of holding a closed guard for a...
Henry Akins: “There Is No Universal Standard In Jiu-Jitsu For What Any Belt Is.”
Aug 25, 2021BJJEE
Henry Akins is the third American to be promoted to black belt under Rickson Gracie, and has actually served as the main instructor for Rickson’s headquarters in Los Angeles. It’s not...
How To Set Up The Infamous Rickson Gracie Rear Naked Choke- Henry Akins
Oct 26, 2020BJJEE
Rickson Gracie is known for his Mata Leao (rear naked choke) and his armbar. One of his top students Henry Akins experienced this technique first hand from Rickson himself and shows us some great...
Rare Video Of Rickson Gracie Black Belt Henry Akins Competing as a Purple Belt
Aug 14, 2020BJJEE
Henry Akins is the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the head instructor...
Henry Akins: The Most Important Detail Which Makes You Recover Guard
Jun 27, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Perfect Posture To Keep You Safe From Submissions From Henry Akins
May 08, 2020BJJEE
Henry shows some game changing concepts on the importance of proper posture when in your opponent’s guard. He emphasises the use of hips much more than arms. For him, proper posture will...
Rickson Gracie Black Belt Henry Akins Joins SBG BJJ Association
Mar 25, 2020BJJEE
Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie has just anounced that he has joined Straight Blast Gym International, a BJJ...
Henry Akins On How To Improve Quicker in Jiu-Jitsu
Oct 01, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Henry Akins Injured In Serious Accident In Hollywood
Sep 05, 2018BJJEE
Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Rickson Gracie was in a very serious accident last night. Akins writes: Greatful to be alive… I got in a really...
Henry Akins Debunks Keenan’s Claim That Opening Closed on The Knees is Wrong
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
