Promotion Time: Gabi Garcia Is Now A Judo Black Belt
Apr 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Gabi Garcia, one of the most successful female athletes in the history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, has now been promoted to the rank of a Judo black belt! Recognized by USA Judo as being the rank of...
Tammi Musumeci Doesn’t Care About Points: “I’m Just Trying To Hit Cool Subs”
Mar 23, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Tammi Musumeci, multiple-time IBJJF champion, seems to fall in the category of BJJ practitioners who aren’t too concerned about points… But that would much rather hunt a cool submission...
Tammi Musumeci Talks About Her Brother, Mikey: “He Helped Me A Ton”
Mar 18, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Tammi Musumeci is one of the most successful female BJJ competitors in the world. A 5x black belt world champion, she will also be making her ONE Championship debut on March 24 – in a match...
Gabi Garcia Announces Comeback To Fighting In MMA
Feb 09, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Gabi Garcia – the legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete and competitor – has just announced that she will return to fighting in mixed martial arts (MMA)! Garcia is undefeated in MMA and...
Struggles of a Female BJJ White Belt: Sweaty & Hairy Guys, Smelly Gis
Nov 07, 2022Ignacio Falco
Sweaty guys, hairy chests, smelly Gis, and close spaces. Your academy certainly has the perfect ingredients to scare away every woman in town. That’s right! Jiu-Jitsu can certainly be intimidating...
John Danaher: “One Of The Great Failures Of My Career Is That I’ve Never Produced A Female Champion”
Oct 28, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
John Danaher is one of the greatest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coaches in the sport’s history. However, even Danaher has some aspects to his career that he wishes were more successful – such as...
Tom DeBlass: “It Really Grinds My Gears When Dudes Don’t Know How To Train Properly With Females”
Sep 01, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is for everyone. For young and old, male and female, injured and not-injured-just-yet… It’s a fantastic martial art. But, it still requires you to learn how to handle...
Ana Carolina Schmitt’s Advice for Women Starting BJJ: “Do It For Yourself”
Jan 02, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is difficult. No matter how excited you are about it as a beginner, you will soon find out that not everything is sunshine and rainbows. And, in those moments, it’s...
Medusa Full Results: Juliana Miller Earns Upset Win Over Bia Mesquita
Oct 03, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Last night, on October 2, the first ever “Medusa” event took place. It was a female-only Jiu-Jitsu promotion, with a pair of eight-woman brackets; where one bracket fought under Combat Jiu-Jitsu...
UFC’s Gillian Robertson and Bia Mesquita Scheduled to Compete at a Combat Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
Sep 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments are getting increasingly bigger in numbers lately! And the excitement is closely following them; it’s been just a couple of days ago that it was announced...
Pans 2021: Yara Soares Defeats Ana Carolina Vieira, Wins Open Weight
Sep 07, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Yara Soares and Ana Carolina Vieira faced off in the open weight finals match of the Pans 2021 tournament. Previously, Soares had earned silver in the super heavyweight division and Vieira won the...
Paige VanZant RNC’s Soldier And Puts Him To Sleep
Aug 03, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
There are no tough guys when it comes to the Rear Naked Choke in Jiu-Jitsu. You can toughen out an Armbar, a Straight Ankle Lock, heck even a Heel Hook and Kimura if the adrenaline is running...
The Smile Of Jiu-Jitsu: Ana Carolina Schmitt, 2019 BJJ World Champion
Jul 31, 2019BJJEE1 Admin
By winning the gold at the IBJJF World Championships in early June, Ana Carolina Schmitt has created a ripple of applause throughout the BJJ community and has become known as one of the top ranking...
