Mat Time Is Important But Real Progress in BJJ Comes From Something Deeper
Oct 28, 2024John Brashear
“It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present for the practice.” – Kobe Bryant The number one answer to most people’s question of...
The Positive Side of Getting Crushed in Training
Oct 22, 2024John Brashear
I have spent well over half of my Jiu-Jitsu career rolling in classes made up primarily of people with substantially less experience than me (I live in a small town). In theory, it’s a dream. When...
How Does Working at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy Compare To a Regular Job?
Jul 24, 2024Barbara Hale
Almost anyone addicted to jiu jitsu has at some point considered throwing it all away and leading the BJJ lifestyle. Is it do-able? What is it really like? I’ve spent 2 years working at my gym and...
The Questions You Need Ask Yourself When You Lose a Jiu-Jitsu Match
Apr 11, 2024John Brashear
What could I have done differently? It’s the obvious question to ask, but answering it honestly requires an objective self-analysis that a lot of people would rather not do. Still, if you want to...
How to Keep Toxic Interactions From Silently Poisoning Your Jiu-Jitsu Academy Culture
Nov 06, 2023Josiah Mann
Most Jiu Jitsu gyms agree that it’s pretty important to have a good culture. And while gyms may differ on exactly what “good culture” looks like, one thing that most agree on is that it...
Make The Arm Drag Your Number One Move in BJJ
Mar 17, 2023Tony Caro
Arm drags serve a purpose beyond pulling an opponent’s arm. Where the arm goes, the body should follow. As seen in amateur wrestling, dragging the arm with deliberate intent at the desired...
BJJ’s Best Kept Secret: Positional Rolling Makes You Improve Exponentially
May 16, 2022John Brashear
When studying a subject, it’s always best if you can find information as close to the source as possible. In history, if you can find direct information from someone that experienced the event,...
Countering the Old School Half Guard Sweep
Mar 18, 2022Carl Fisher
Wimbledon BJJ instructor Carl Fisher,aka the Northern Monkey,follows up on a previous post on the website,which was sweeping your opponent with the high percentage Old School half guard sweep. In...
Older People Can Still Do BJJ, but How?
Oct 15, 2021Kazuki Umemura
“Age is just a number. It is never too late to do BJJ.” Over several years of training and coaching, I have seen a lot of people give this advice to older BJJ practitioners. In fact, that advice...
Wicked Kimura set up from side control
Apr 04, 2021Carl Fisher
Kimura (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), chicken wing/double wrist lock (catch wrestling), or reverse keylock are terms used to specify a medial keylock known in judo as gyaku ude-garami (reverse arm...
Using The BJJ ‘Old School’ Half Guard System To Easily Sweep More Powerful Opponents
Mar 15, 2021Carl Fisher
When you train Jiu-Jitsu, facing a wrestler can be a daunting task. They have great grappling conditioning, are very scrappy, have great base, and are very aggressive. Wrestlers have strength,...
Sean Patrick Flanery’s ‘Born a Champion’ is an homage to Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Feb 02, 2021Joe
After the calamity that is the new Nicolas Cage movie called “Jiu-Jitsu” which actually has nothing to do wit Jiu-Jitsu, we now have a promising MMA/BJJ movie coming up. The trailer for the...
Half Guard Sweep When Your Opponent Defends the Old School Sweep
Dec 27, 2020Carl Fisher
As the old saying goes, BJJ is like a game of chess, you have to be a few moves ahead of your opponent and this video shows you one way of doing this; attacking with the Old School sweep can set you...
Jiu-Jitsu Keeps Knocking Me Down, But I’ll Never Quit
Nov 01, 2020John Brashear
It isn’t uncommon to go through periods of disliking jiu-jitsu if you train for any length of time. There will be times where the pressure of competing, of living up to your belt, or meeting your...
How to Avoid Ankle Injuries in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 17, 2020James Jayme
Ankle locks and leg attacks are part of the game. Unfortunately, ankle injuries can be detrimental to your progress. The last thing you want is to be limited to just playing guard hoping that you can...
Improving Your Hip Mobility For BJJ
Aug 11, 2020Laurence Griffiths
While BJJ is all about the hips, its amazing how poor most people’s hip mobility is. I can almost hear the creaking joints every time I roll with people. But, you can fix it and fix it fairly...
How to Eat Healthy for BJJ under $50 a Week
Aug 03, 2020BJJEE
Healthy food isn’t always expensive. You can nourish your body for the demands and not break the bank. Be sure to check out our nutrition section: https://www.bjjee.com/category/nutrition/ BJJ...
The Incredible Healing Power of BJJ
Jun 04, 2020Zachary Barry
I don’t get political on Social Media and I don’t intend to with this post. For those of you who know me, you know the huge role Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu plays in my life, it truly is a lifestyle and...
1st Match Adrenaline Dump & Forearm Burnout: Why it Happens and How to Deal with it
May 12, 2020Grant Bogdanove
Credit image & photo: Pedja Milosavljevic / STARSPORT: Belgrade Open 2016 BJJ A competitor has just finished the first match of their day. It was a tough one that went the distance. Sweat on...
Could the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle make you more resistant to future epidemics?
Mar 20, 2020Casey Oxendine
Written by Casey Oxendine, 3rd degree BJJ black belt & instructor at TeamOxendine, With the Covid-19 Coronavirus currently impacting virtually every portion of the globe, I have paid close...
How to Eat Like Royalty While Staying in Fighting Shape
Feb 13, 2020Billy Stewart
Anyone who works out hard and tries to stay in great shape knows how important the kitchen is when it comes to getting cut. You can spend all day lifting weights, rolling on the mats, doing cardio,...
Listen More to Get Better at Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 07, 2020John Brashear
Photo by Daria Kochetkova Photography. IG: Tebezvonu. When talking jiu-jitsu with my training partners on the mats, it is difficult for me to exercise self-control in my speaking. Regardless of the...
The Importance of Humility and Respect in Jiu-Jitsu
Feb 04, 2020John Brashear
At its highest levels, respect is becoming a dinosaur in combat sports. Athletes are going to greater and greater extremes to promote themselves and the matches they’re in. If you’re not saying...
Meet John Kavanagh, Pioneer Of BJJ in Ireland & Conor McGregor’s Coach
Jan 19, 2020BJJEE
John Kavanagh runs the Straight Blast Gym Ireland and was the first Irish person to be awarded a black belt in BJJ. John fought in MMA to get a basic knowledge and experience of it before he moved...
