Draculino: “I Could Not Have Imagined That BJJ Would Become As Big As It Is Today”
May 21, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The popularity of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is increasing daily! More and more people are stepping on the mats, from the celebrities to the “everyday folk”. However, it wasn’t always like...
Grandmaster Robson Gracie Passes Away At Age 88
Apr 29, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Grandmaster Robson Gracie, BJJ red belt and one of the most important figures in the history of Jiu-Jitsu, has passed away at the age of 88. There is still no information about the cause of death,...
Dean Lister On Training BJJ Back In The Day: “More Things Broke Than Today”
Mar 28, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
What was it like to train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu “back in the day”… Two, three decades ago? Well, Dean Lister thinks that it was “tougher”. And you had to travel a lot:...
The Man Raising Royce’s Hand: Helio Vigio, A Dangerous BJJ Red Belt
Mar 06, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
You know that famous picture of Royce Gracie, where his hand is raised at UFC 1? Yes, the one you can see above. Well, do you know who the man raising Royce’s hand is? And did you know that he...
Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi Becomes First BJJ Practitioner In Space
Mar 04, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
One small step for man… One giant leap for Jiu-Jitsu? Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, native of United Arab Emirates (UAE), has took off to his country’s first long duration space mission. Al...
Draculino: “BJJ Was Almost Marginalized – People Used To Think That We Were Thugs”
Jan 18, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhães is a sixth-degree black belt under the legendary founder of Gracie Barra, Carlos Gracie Jr., and also a coach of many world champions. He has seen a lot...
Fabio Gurgel: “Jiu-Jitsu Is A Constant Evolution”
Dec 19, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a live organism – it keeps changing and evolving as the years pass. Even just five years ago, it’s been quite a bit different from what it is today… Let alone...
Rener Gracie Explains How The Gracie Family Gave Birth To Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Oct 23, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Rener Gracie was Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett‘s recent podcast episode guest. During the episode, the two discussed the many things that make them excited about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu;...
Was Bruce Lee Really a Judo Black Belt?
Sep 15, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Bruce Lee’s name is unanimous with excellence in martial arts. His philosophy of utilizing everything that is useful and rejecting everything that isn’t – it’s a wonderful,...
Joe Rogan on Sumo Wrestling: “It’s A Very Strange Sport”
Sep 03, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Sumo is a Japanese style of wrestling and a Japanese national sport. It originated as a performance in ancient times, whose purpose was to entertain the so-called “Shinto deities“. Today...
Jiu-Jitsu Lessons From Theodore Roosevelt’s Personal Coach
Feb 03, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Theodore Roosevelt was an incredibly interesting person, who was – among other things and being the President of United States – was a keen martial artist. He trained boxing in his youth...
The Story of Arrhichion, Olympic Champion Who Won While Being Fatally Strangled
Nov 29, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
A lot of times, what inspires us to train are stories about great athletes. Athletes, who’ve gone to great lengths in order to win – and such is the story of Arrhichion, the Olympic...
Throwback: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu vs. Karate Team Challenge (1975)
Sep 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Jiu-Jitsu works. Not just when it comes to training in your academy nor just when it comes to the competitions you went to… But in both cases and against other martial arts as well! You simply...
First Ever Televised MMA Match (1963): Judo Beats Boxing
Aug 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Do you know when the first televised mixed martial arts match took place? It was in December 1963! More specifically, it was a fight between the “Judo” Gene Lebell and a boxer named Milo...
The Story Of Kenji Tomiki – A Judoka That Tried To Save Aikido
Aug 07, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
Whichever field you’re involved in and/or thinking about right now, you most certainly had a chance to – through sheer coincidence sometimes – find out about great people who are involved...
