You Should Use Your Head For A Change In BJJ (No, Really)
Jan 02, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
Yes, that’s right… You should start using your head a little bit more when it comes to your training and competition. And no, we’re not suggesting that you should be...
#1 Advice To Start Using Your Legs The PROPER Way In Jiu-Jitsu
Jan 01, 2024BJJEE1 Admin
What do you use your legs for, when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training and competition? Yeah, for guard retention and guard passing, as well as for setting up submissions such as the various...
Why Making A Choice – Any Choice – Is Better Than Doing Nothing In Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Sometimes, when you roll and/or compete, you get into a position… And you don’t know what to do from there. Be it a defensive or an offensive position, you’re not sure what the...
John Danaher’s Great Hand Fighting Advice: “Don’t Forget…”
Dec 24, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Hand fighting is one of the most important parts of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as it will often determine who has the more dominant grips. However, contrary to as to how it may sound, hand fighting...
Tom DeBlass: “Jiu-Jitsu Is Hard, But It’s One Of The Most Rewarding Things In The World”
Dec 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
If you’ve been training for a while… Can you remember all of the people that started training, only to fall off the wagon along the way? Some of them trained with you for quite some time...
Here’s Why You Should Play The Exhaustion Game In Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Jiu-Jitsu isn’t exactly… Easy. And even though a lot (the majority) of your success on the mats will come from the technique you have, a lot of your success will come down to how fresh...
Why Is It So Intimidating For Some People To Transition From No-Gi To Gi In BJJ?
Dec 20, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
In Jiu-Jitsu, you rarely see Gi practitioners who refuse to train No Gi, but the large majority of “NoGi only” practitioners literally hate the Gi and never train in it. Why is that?...
How Should You Roll With An Overly Aggressive White Belt?
Dec 20, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Every BJJ academy has one, if at least from time to time – that overly aggressive white belt, whose life’s mission seems to be to go ultra-hard with everyone, 110% of the time. Sure,...
John Danaher On Wasted Time: “Television, Computer Games…”
Dec 18, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
John Danaher is known not just for the outstanding legacy he’s leaving on the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, through the insights, details, and coaching he offers… But he is also known as...
John Danaher Reveals Two Choices On How You Can Beat An Opponent
Dec 17, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Sure, there is a number of ways you can beat your opponent… But there’s a way to narrow it down to two ways. And no, it’s not about tapping them out and winning on points. John...
Travel & Compete: Competing At AJP Events Is Your Window To The World
Dec 12, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
So you’d like to compete more, right? That’s great, but why not step out of your comfort zone even further… And start traveling a bit around the world – and compete in...
John Danaher Explains The Best Way To Drill Techniques: “Most People Drill For Numbers…”
Dec 07, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
When you drill techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, how do you (usually) go about it? Do you aim for a specific number of repetitions? If that’s the case, then two things are true… First,...
Doing SOMETHING Is Far More Important Than Doing “Everything” In Jiu-Jitsu…
Dec 05, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could improve just about anything you’d like in Jiu-Jitsu, as fast as you’d like? If you could do it all at once, in big chunks, and make huge leaps in...
Draculino: “A Lot Of People Think That They Know The Basics, But They Really Don’t”
Dec 03, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
How confident do you feel about your knowledge of the BJJ basics… Confident? Very confident? Extremely confident? Well, Vinicius „Draculino“ Magalhães thinks that a lot of people...
BJJ Chokes Are MUCH Better Than Any Other Submission Technique… Here’s Why
Dec 03, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
If you had to choose… And pick only one set of submission techniques over any other, to learn and use until the rest of your BJJ life… Which one would you use? Which one would you opt...
BJJ Advice: Use Their Grips To Read Their Intentions
Nov 30, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Wouldn’t it be great if you could read other people’s minds? Not just in Jiu-Jitsu, but in everyday life as well… It would grant you so many advantages to choose from! Sadly enough,...
How To Do The Perfect Armbar In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Nov 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Armbar is one of those techniques that you learn in the very beginning of your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey… But that will take a lifetime to perfect. And you should take as much time as...
Wanna Know How NOT To Get Smashed By Younger Practitioners In BJJ?
Nov 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
So you’re a bit of an older BJJ practitioner, right? You don’t even have to be old to feel old on the mats. You can be as young as 30, and yet feel old because there’re those...
BJJ Advice: Don’t Sacrifice Top Position Willingly
Nov 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Sure, playing guard is cool and it might be very beneficial for your style and game… But here’s the thing: you should probably stop willingly sacrificing top position. John Danaher...
Injured? Don’t Miss Training – Watch & Learn From Your Training Partners’ Rolls
Nov 26, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
So you’ve gotten injured for one reason or another… And now you can’t roll. Heck, you might not even be able to drill any techniques either – and so you’re thinking...
John Danaher: “You Don’t Have To Be Heavy To Use Your Weight To Advantage Against An Opponent”
Nov 25, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Shucks… It would be so good if you weighed just a little bit more, so that you could use more pressure and make your training partners suffer that way, right? Well, sure. If you want to gain...
Tom DeBlass’s BJJ & Life Advice: “Do Not Run From Hardships”
Nov 25, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Tom DeBlass is one of the most respected Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes and coaches in the world. He’s done a lot to promote the sport in the best of ways… But all of that success...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Advice: Beware Of Tunnel Vision
Nov 19, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Ever experienced that feeling of tunnel vision when training – and/or even more so, while competing in a tournament? This is a normal phenomena. However, you should be aware that it’s...
John Danaher’s Superb Advice: “Get Your Hands On Them Early”
Nov 19, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
One of the most interesting things about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is its unpredictability… Sometimes, you can never know the direction the match/roll will go! However, if you’re on the...
