Can A BJJ Guy With No Wrestling Experience Be Good At Takedowns?
Apr 22, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
So you’ve been training BJJ for some time now, and you came to a frightening conclusion – your takedowns suck! But, luckily enough, you aren’t willing to let it remain that way…...
A Simple Takedown Plan For BJJ White Belts That Works GREAT!
Dec 17, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
When you’re a BJJ white belt, there are a lot of unknowns! How are you supposed to transition from one position to another, what are you supposed to do when you pass the guard, how to solidify...
Try This High Crotch to Double Leg Instead of Telegraphing Your Double Legs
Nov 01, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Oh yes – the double leg and its fun variations! It’s certain that we will never have enough of the versatility of this takedown and of seeing it work in real time. So, today we’ll...
This Is How To Use The Collar Drag To Start Attacking From The Bottom
Sep 07, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Do you consider yourself to be a good, or at least an average bottom guard BJJ player? How about in the Gi – are you any better in it than without it? Whatever your answer may be, the truth is...
Effective & Easy Ankle Pick Takedown With Robert Drysdale
Aug 27, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
The Ankle Pick is such a great takedown for jiujiteiros – even though it does (as all techniques do, truth be told) require a bit of practice and repetition in order to pull it off more...
The Easiest Takedown To Do in Judo and BJJ
Jul 10, 2020BJJEE
Matt D’Aquino, a multiple Australian and Oceania Champion and a 2008 Beijing Judo Olympian shows what he feels is the easiest takedown to do in both Judo and BJJ competition. He has been studying...
Key Details For Setting Up A Perfect Ippon Seoi Nage
May 14, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
The Ippon Seoi Nage is a powerful Judo throw, and it’s often one of the earliest throws that are taught to students. However, just because it’s taught early doesn’t mean that all of...
No Gi Uchi Mata Variations That You Can Use Right Now!
May 11, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
You don’t need a lot of takedowns in your skill-set to feel confident when starting a match from the feet. You simply need to pick a few of them, practice them as much as you can and from as...
How Do I Add More Takedown Training To My BJJ Class?
Apr 09, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
If you are an owner and/or a coach in a BJJ academy, it might be the case that your students haven’t done a lot of takedown training up until now. Whatever the reason for that may be, it...
Opponent Has An Underhook? Mickey Gall Shows The Gracie Shoulder Rip
Mar 28, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There is a lot of things that jiujiteiros could learn from wrestlers, judokas and other predominantly stand-up fighters. And no, it’s not just about how to throw somebody in the air and slam...
Improve Your Stand-Up Game With These Judo Leg Grab Takedowns
Mar 08, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
If you’re eager to improve your Leg Grab takedown game while training and competing in the Gi, then you’ll be happy to hear that Shintaro Higashi – 6th degree Judo black belt – has...
How To Never Get Thrown in BJJ
Nov 02, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Love them or hate them, throws are something every jiujiteiro needs to practice in order to bring his A-game to the table. And, as important it is to learn the throw techniques, it is...
Try This Kouchi Makikomi Variation, Terere’s Signature Takedown
Oct 31, 2019BJJEE
Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist in...
Stop Telegraphing Double Legs. This Misdirection Double Will Be Your Winning Move
Aug 20, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
Once you’ve gotten a bit more comfortable with wrestling and once you’ve learned a couple of basic takedowns, it is time to turn towards practicing „The Sweet Art of The Feint“; that...
Grappling Since Day One-How Justin Rader Climbed The Ranks To Become One Of BJJ’s Elite!
Dec 23, 2013
For us fans of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, it’s easy to sit back and realize the greatness that engulfs our sport on a daily basis. We see the truly world class wage chess matches time-after-time, and...
Justin Rader Details His Clash With Joao Miyao In The 2013 ADCC’s!
Dec 22, 2013
Every so often the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community is given a matchup that forces us all to step back and marvel for a moment. Nothing beats a battle of contrasting styles between two elite, especially...
How A World Class Grappler Used Wrestling To Take The BJJ World By Storm!
Dec 15, 2013
In a world where we can look at Mixed Martial Arts and clump every discipline into the same general category—if you box or are a Thai fighter, you strike, if you wrestle you’re a grappler,...
