Attendance Based Belt Promotions in BJJ Rob You Blind
Apr 07, 2020BJJEE
The McDojo phenomenon is a plague that has infected martial arts schools all over the world. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has not been spared by this. What exactly is a McDojo you may ask? It’s basically...
Marcelo Garcia Reveals The Secret To His Infamous North-South Choke
Mar 03, 2020BJJEE
Marcelo Garcia is one of the bjj greats. His weapon of choice was often the Guillotine with which he submitted quite a few big names. Among them are: Victor Estima, Josh Hinger, Kron Gracie, Mike...
Renzo Gracie on Keenan Cornelius Disrespecting Rickson: ‘You Just Got Submitted by a Triangle’
Feb 21, 2020BJJEE
Renzo Gracie recently appeared on the UFC unfiltered podcast where he was asked about the new BJJ generation of BJJ and how they don’t want to fight MMA: Renzo (speaking about the new...
Andre Galvao & Hulk Do Hilarious Bernardo Faria Impersonations
Jan 02, 2020BJJEE
Bernardo Faria is one of the most loved figures in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The 5x world champion has such a positive attitude and happy personality which you can see in his work with BJJ Fanatics. Born...
Top Guillotine Artists in Grappling
Dec 26, 2019BJJEE
Guillotine is a one of the easiest techniques for a beginner to get. Many say that the simple mechanic and an intuitive understanding make it an integral part of the game of many beginners but...
This is How Marcelo Garcia Escapes a Tight Guillotine
Dec 26, 2019BJJEE
Marcelo Garcia is one of the bjj greats. His weapon of choice was often the Guillotine with which he submitted quite a few big names. Among them are: Victor Estima, Josh Hinger, Kron...
This Bodylock Smash Pass Puts So Much Pressure That They Literally Let You Pass
Sep 30, 2019BJJEE
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...
Keenan Cornelius Answers Critics of His ‘Helio & Rickson Have A Purple Belt Level’ Statement
Aug 20, 2019BJJEE
A few days ago we published an article that caused quite a big stir in the BJJ community: Keenan Cornelius On Helio & Rickson Gracie: ‘Their Level Was Probably Tough Purple Belt’ Many...
Rugby Great & All Black Captain Tana Umaga is a BJJ Purple Belt
Jul 28, 2019BJJEE
One of the toughest sports in the world is undoubtedly Rugby. Rugby great Tana Umaga is the former captain of the New Zealand national Rugby team, the All Blacks. Graham Henry named him as All Blacks...
Keenan Cornelius Reveals Issues With Galvao Leading To Him Being Kicked Out Of Atos
Jun 18, 2019BJJEE
Last April, Keenan Cornelius was asked to leave Atos, a team he’s belonged to for 6 years. Cornelius has been widely considered one of the prodigies of the sport for quite some time now. Here are...
Handful Of ADCC Invites Left: A Look Who Is In, Who Is Out From The Toughest Competition In the World
Apr 20, 2019BJJEE
ADCC is the most prestigious tournament. The Abu dhabi combat club is a championship held only every other year and as such the invites are coveted. Here’s a complete list of those who have...
Felipe Pena Submitted, Kaynan Duarte Crowned & More Kasai
Apr 08, 2019BJJEE
Felipe Pena had a really bad weekend. The ADCC Absolute king got his knee injured during a particularly nasty heel hook by the hand of Tex Johnson of Unity. View this post on Instagram A post shared...
ADCC Hands Out Invites – Dillon Danis Changes Divisions, Craig Jones Invite Mix Up
Mar 02, 2019BJJEE
The most prestigious grappling promotion in the world has handed out its first batch of invites. Among the Abu Dhabi Combat Club 2019 participants are some old time favorites as well as a fresh crop...
Gabriel Arges Set to Grapple Craig Jones In Sub Only Rules
Feb 11, 2019BJJEE
Gabriel Arges has been on a tear lately. Fresh off winning King of the mats Arges is stepping up his game and he’s signed up to Grapplefest 4 special match against ADCC 2017 boywonder Craig...
Nogi Worlds Results: Gordon Ryan Takes Double Gold, Cyborg Gets DQed
Dec 17, 2018BJJEE
Nogi Worlds just concluded. The competition that was once the pinnacle of non ADCC world managed to attract enough attention thanks to the attitude of Gordon Ryan and the tenacity of several...
Raphael Lovato Jr Returns To Grappling Amid Call Outs from Gegard Mousasi
Nov 02, 2018BJJEE
Raphael Lovato Jr has been putting on great performances over at Bellator. At this point he is a main title contender. Still this isn’t taking him away from bjj as the ace has just announced he...
Champion Collaborates with Hyperfly To Release Stylish BJJ Gi
Aug 05, 2018BJJEE
BJJ lifestyle wear company Hyperfly is bringing its BJJ Gi design to a whole new level. They have collaborated with famous sporting brand Champion and has just released a limited edition Gi with...
Hyperfly Collaborates with Carhartt To Release Stylish New Gi
Mar 01, 2018BJJEE
BJJ lifestyle wear company Hyperfly is bringing its BJJ Gi design to a whole new level. They have collaborated with famous clothing brand Carhartt and has just released a limited edition Gi with...
Henry Akins Answers Those Calling Rickson’s Views on Jiu-Jitsu ‘Outdated’
Feb 14, 2018BJJEE
There has been a lot of criticism recently of BJJ legend Rickson Gracie. He was heavily criticised for harbouring 3 convicted sexual offenders in his Jiu-Jitsu global federation. They have...
ACB Jiu Jitsu Changing Format To Super League as They Sign Buchecha, Rodolfo Vieira & More
Jan 05, 2018BJJEE
Berkut has been the home of very good jiu jitsu since the very start. And more importantly they’re not afraid to toy with the format hoping to have the most exciting and best...
IBJJF NoGi Worlds Crowns Champions for 2017
Dec 18, 2017BJJEE
Final IBJJF event of the season is over. California was the home of another Nogi event – this time in a subpar ruleset for nogi the IBJJF nogi rules. As a reminder these rules...
Recounting Garry Tonon’s Best Moments As He Announces Hiatus From Grappling Competitions
Dec 11, 2017BJJEE
Garry Tonon has been most exciting to watch through the years. From his breakout performances at ADCC 2013 against Kron Gracie and the Kit Dale Metamoris 4 match through current day...
Jiu-Jitsu Over Politics: Iranian, Israeli & Saudi Arabian Teammates at Atos San Diego
Nov 28, 2017BJJEE
With the current harsh political situation around the world where many countries are enemies, Jiu-Jitsu proves to be a positive ray of hope for unity. When people have been brought up to hate...
Berkut Doing Action Packed Rio De Janeiro Grand Prix
Aug 23, 2017BJJEE
After some very big names were in the last edition of the Grand Prix, Berkut went and upped the stakes yet again. This time they will be organizing an event around upto 75kg and upto 85...
