BJJ & Luta Livre Black Belt Develops a Brilliant IBJJF Legal Leglock Set Up in The Gi
Feb 14, 2020BJJEE
Traditional gi Jiu-Jitsu, under IBJJF rules will only allow for only straight ankle locks as legal leg lock submissions until the brown belt. It’s only when you get to brown belt, that your leg...
Bas Rutten Crunch: Legal or Illegal under IBJJF Rules?
Feb 13, 2020BJJEE
In the late 90’s Bas Rutten was fighting Pancrace in Japan and he was famous for one move: the ‘Bas Rutten’ neck crank. It’s a simple move that consists of controling your...
The IBJJF Legal Lockdown To Electric Sweep Is So Easy To Set Up
Jan 15, 2020BJJEE
Anyone who has been caught in the Lockdown can attest to how frustrating it is to get out, let alone to pass the guard. If you try forcing your leg out, you can end up hurting your knee, or if you...
The Pros And Cons Of The IBJJF Points System
Dec 19, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Mixed Martial Arts®, Asia’s top martial arts organization. It is our mission to deliver the best martial arts instruction available anywhere on the planet. Our award-winning...
Travis Stevens Praises IBJJF’s For Profit Structure, Criticizes Judo Structure
Dec 04, 2019BJJEE
Travis Stevens has no holds barred and he’s not afraid to speak out. Over the weekend he’s attended the IBJJF Masters – and his impression was quite positive. Stevens writes in his...
Gordon Ryan Clarifies The Latest IBJJF Leg Reaping Rules
Sep 15, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF rules are confusing for competitors for the simple fact that the rule book doesn’t cover all the rules. If you want to know the complete rules, you need to attend a paying rules course...
This is How BJJ Athletes Will Cheat The Announced PED Tests at IBJJF No Gi Worlds
Sep 12, 2019BJJEE
Yesterday news came out that the IBJJF would be contracting U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to test athletes at the upcoming No Gi world championships held in December 2019. This marks the first time...
Judo Oympian Travis Stevens: ‘In An IBJJF Match I would Pull Guard’
Aug 03, 2019BJJEE
Pulling guard is a controversial topic in BJJ. Those that are in favour of it say that nowadays you can win BJJ tournaments without using takedowns. They are right in a sense because under IBJJF...
BJJ World Champion Boycotts IBJJF: ‘An Unprofessional, Greedy & Unfair Organisation’
Jun 19, 2019BJJEE
The leading federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the IBJJF which is run by Carlos Gracie Jr. is planning some major changes for all IBJJF members. IBJJF is a private for-profit company and even...
IBJJF Nogi Grand Prix Fails to Book Felipe Pena – Looks In 8th participant
Mar 19, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF Nogi Grand Prix started out with a bang but it seemed to quickly lose steam. To start off they made an agreement with Buchecha and Gordon Ryan. Leandro Lo followed as did Lucas Hulk. But many...
IBJJF Set to Offer Cash Prizes – Topping Out at 7000 USD For Divisions over 33 Participants
Mar 16, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF is taking a huge step. In spite of being very reluctant to offer cash prizes in the past they’ve now decided to award winners of Worlds The IBJJF is very happy to announce that the 2019...
Yuri Simoes In – Nogi IBJJF Grand Prix Two Spots Left
Feb 12, 2019BJJEE
Yuri Simoes is the latest invitee into the IBJJF Grand Prix nogi for a chance to win upto 40.000 USD. View this post on Instagram This should be fun @ibjjf #NoGi A post shared by...
Mahamed Aly In For IBJJF Nogi Grand Prix
Feb 11, 2019BJJEE
Mahamed Aly is the latest addition to the IBJJF nogi grand prix and a chance to win 40.000 USD. Aly was the 4th person to receive an invite – following Marcos Almeida Buchecha, Gordon Ryan,...
IBJJF Coming To Hungary: Budapest International Gi & No Gi Open; March 9th 2019
Feb 02, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF is proud to announce one more new event for 2019, the Budapest International Gi & No Gi Open IBJJF Championship! On March 9th at Folyondár Vasas Sport and Dance Center. After Zadar,...
Leandro Lo Joins IBJJF Heavyweight Nogi Grand Prix
Jan 29, 2019BJJEE
Leandro Lo is the latest athlete to be confirmed for a chance to win 40.000 USD from the famously stingy IBJJF. Leandro Lo is the 4th athlete to join the 8 men tournament set to happen in August this...
IBJJF Announces Gordon Ryan In Nogi Grand Prix – Set to Duke it Out with Buchechca
Jan 19, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF is one of those organizations that seldom offer prize money. As such it’s a total killer when they announce a tournament with only 8 invitations and one cash prize. To start with...
Dillon Danis Wants Into IBJJF Grand Prix
Jan 18, 2019BJJEE
Yesterday IBJJF announced it would be running – the now annual grand prix in Nogi – given the August date and proximity to ADCC. Among the names that are looking to participate are Gordon...
IBJJF Announces Nogi Grand Prix Featuring Cash Prizes
Jan 17, 2019BJJEE
IBJJF will be organizing the 3rd edition of the grand Prix for which the awards total over 40.000$. This time it will be a Nogi grand prix which makes sense being that 2019 is ADCC year and many...
IBJJF Releases Statement on Ralph Gracie’s Assault Of Flavio Almeida at No Gi Worlds
Dec 20, 2018BJJEE
Over the weekend rumors started circling Ralph Gracie was in a vicious altercation at Nogi worlds with Gracie Barra leader Flavio Almeida. But what exactly happened? Here’s how Dan Lukehart...
Yuri Simoes Cries Out – Blames IBJJF on Loss Against Gordon Ryan
Dec 18, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan scored one of the biggest victories of his shortlived IBJJF career over the weekend when he scored double gold at the IBJJF Nogi worlds. Ryan strolled through his division –...
IBJJF Releases Bracket For Super Stacked Nogi Worlds
Dec 13, 2018BJJEE
IBJJF is rubbing its palms. It’s nogi season and with ACB suspiciously absent many of the pro competitors just want their name out there – among them many ADCC vets. Among them are Gordon...
Mahamed Aly on IBJJF: Fighting BJJ Is Still A Hobby And That’s Sad
Oct 09, 2018BJJEE
Mahamed Aly recently penned a very interesting post: Somebody asked me last night: “Is it better to win worlds or a tournament that pays 20k?” That question still stuck on my head. I know IBJJF...
BJJ Gear Company Releases a F*ck The IBJJF Rashguard
Oct 02, 2018BJJEE
The leading federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the IBJJF which is run by Carlos Gracie Jr. has been getting a bad rap for years from some members of the BJJ community. Many accuse the IBJJF of being...
Gordon Ryan Looking For Someone To Host An IBJJF rules GI Match Against Felipe Pena
Sep 27, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan’s transition to the gi has been well hyped but ultimately it’s been very slow to take off. Not one for the patient approach Ryan recently announced this challenge via IG...
