These Mobility Drills Will Dramatically Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 01, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
If you want to improve your Jiu-Jitsu, then it’s not going to be enough to work on your techniques… Nor will it be enough to “just” add a weight lifting session or two....
Have You Tried These Cyclical Solo Drills For Jiu-Jitsu?
Nov 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
When it comes to your performance on the mats, there are a lot of things that you can do to tenfold it. And no, it’s not just about practicing your techniques – but things such as going...
Craig Jones Shows How To Do The Pendulum Movement In Jiu-Jitsu
Nov 15, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The pendulum movement is a super important one in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, mostly when it comes to your Closed Guard game. However, as foundational as it is, many practitioners do it wrong. How wrong?...
Jay Rodriguez Has A Fun Wrestling Warm Up Drill (Everyone Should Do It)
Nov 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Warm ups are a must in Jiu-Jitsu. At least if you don’t want to get injured and if you want to perform better in training, that is. However, not all warm ups are created equal. Especially if...
These Toreando Pass Combination Drills Work Great
Aug 20, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Toreando Pass is one of the first guard passes you learn in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… And you ought to drill it to perfection. The toreando is a speed-based pass in BJJ. It is named toreando, also...
Nick Rodriguez Shows A Super Useful Mat Return Drill
Jun 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
What do you think: how important is wrestling in Jiu-Jitsu? Particularly in no-gi? Well, almost every professional and elite Jiu-Jitsu competitor will say that wrestling is vital to your success...
Nick Rodriguez Shows A Simple Wrestling Drill Against A Stationary Partner
May 30, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
What do you think: how important is wrestling in Jiu-Jitsu? Particularly in no-gi? Well, almost every professional and elite Jiu-Jitsu competitor will say that wrestling is vital to your success...
Interesting BJJ Drill: “Don’t Lose Your Balls”
Feb 21, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You know the saying: „Guard recovery – you can never be too good at it.“ Well okay, okay. It isn’t exactly a saying… But it should be, because your guard recovery will determine a lot of...
Improve Your BJJ Spider Guard With This Drill
Feb 19, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Spider Guard is a very effective type of guard in BJJ and has been heavily used since the late 1980’s. The spider guard is specific to the gi (kimono) but can also be used in a modified way in...
Firas Zahabi Shows A Simple Arm Drag Progression Drill
Feb 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The Arm Drag is one of the most basic wrestling techniques you can use to set up takedowns… And yet, a lot of BJJ athletes miss extremely important details when trying to hit it. The arm drag is...
The “Scissor” Is An Extremely Useful Movement In BJJ & You Need To Practice It
Jan 27, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Are you looking to improve your Open Guard game? Yes? Fantastic! But yeah, we know how frustrating playing it can get; you seem to have less attacking options than you do when playing from top and...
The “Step In & Step Out” Drill Is Going To Help Your Guard Passing A Lot
Jan 24, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The over under pressure is one of the hardest guard passes to deal with. If your opponent knows what they are doing, it is a real nightmare… Anybody who watches the IBJFF black belt divisions knows...
Tired Of Boring Warm Up Drills? These Guard Passing Drills Are Better
Sep 10, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Warming up before training is a must. However, it can get quite tiresome and – with time – extremely boring. Plus, most of the drills that most of the BJJ students do aren’t really...
These 12 Solo Drills Will Dramatically Improve Your BJJ Skills
Jun 13, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credits: Evolve MMA It ain’t easy improving your BJJ skills after you’ve been training for a while. However, there are many things that you can do to further improve… Such as...
How To Learn Techniques When No One Wants To Drill Them With You
Jan 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
You can think of drills whatever you want, but the matter of fact is that – for most people – they work very well! „Repetition is mother of learning“, as the old Latin saying would go;...
Can’t Get The Technique Down No Matter How Much You Drill It? Try This
Jul 05, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There are various schools of thought on whether or not doing drills works for making progress in BJJ. However, whichever school of thought you lean to, chances are – especially if you’re just...
Cobrinha’s 8 BJJ Solo Guard Retention Drills – Do These Every Day!
Apr 06, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There’s nothing worse than feeling your BJJ skills slowly fade away due to the lack of training… And look, we get it! Your academy is probably closed, so you can’t go over there and...
Stuck In Quarantine? Here Are 5 BJJ Things You Can Do To Stay Motivated
Mar 31, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Depending on where you live, there’s a possibility that you’ve already spent a couple of weeks in a self-imposed quarantine, isolated and being away from your BJJ academy; away from Jiu...
Mahamed Aly Has Invaluable Advice For Surviving as a Beginner in BJJ
Mar 26, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
When you’re just starting out on your BJJ journey, it’s easy to get confused by the excess of information at your disposal; techniques, positions, drills, diet… It can be a bit...
BJJ Drills for Those Who Want To Get Better, Faster! Guard Escape Chaining
Nov 30, 2015bjjee
In this video we’re going to go over some drills that deal with a butterfly guard and from there go into a guard pass. The great thing about this drill is that they are easy to do and are...
