Renzo Gracie & Dan Lukehart Denounce Gracie Academy’s Brainwashing of Students
Jun 30, 2015BJJEE
Dan “TrumpetDan” Lukehart is the owner and head instructor at Brea Jiu-Jitsu. Dan has been training Jiu-Jitsu since January of 2006 and is a black belt under Beneil Dariush. Dan...
How & How Often To Wash your BJJ Gi
Jun 24, 2015BJJEE
Our friends at Spanish language BJJ website Pasando Guardia, made an excellent article about how and how often to wash your BJJ gi. We have received some messages asking about the best way to wash a...
Rickson Gracie: ‘Grapplers Must Also Learn To Strike’
Jun 18, 2015BJJEE
Royce and Rickson Gracie have been known to say that ‘Jiu-Jitsu is enough’ for a fight (street or MMA). However in a recent article written by Rickson for Black Belt...
Erberth Santos Involved in Massive Brawl at Competition, DQ’d, Woman Kicked in Face
May 17, 2015BJJEE
1 week after placing third at the Copa Podio Heavyweight GP, rising star Erberth Santos competed at the CBJJE Mundials in Sao Paulo (A smaller federation than IBJJF). In the open class,...
Babalu: ‘Sonnen Showed Zero Jiu-Jitsu’
May 12, 2015BJJEE
Chael Sonnen and Renato Babalu Sobral competed in Metamoris 6 where they had an uneventful draw. Sonnen spent most of the match in Babalu’s guard. Babalu and Sonnen already fought in...
Dutchman Michel van Rijt on Teaching BJJ in Russia: ‘Fighting is in their DNA’
May 01, 2015BJJEE
Michel van Rijt is a Dutch Judoka (former national team member in Judo and Japanese Ju Jitsu) who now lives in Russia and teaches BJJ at Rio Grappling Club in Voronezh. He holds a brown...
Victor Estima Tells Story of How He Came Up w/ the Estima Lock
May 01, 2015BJJEE
Fightinglifestyleuae.com caught up with Victor Estima after his performance at the World Professional Jiu-jitsu Championship 2015 in which he won silver in his weight category....
Buchecha on New World Pro Title: ‘Not the Same Without Rodolfo’
Apr 24, 2015BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha and Rodolfo Vieira are way above the rest of the BJJ competitors and always meet in the finals of the absolute, and many were anticipating that these two would once...
2015 Pan Champ Brandon Tucker on ‘Big Man Jiu-Jitsu’, Swimming as S&C & More…
Apr 21, 2015BJJEE
Brandon D. Tucker (Right on the picture) is this year’s Pan ultra heavyweight purple belt adult champion. At 5’9, 280 lbs, he is a very imposing BJJ player but is...
8x World Juvenile Champs Ruotolo Twins on Future Plans, Training w/ Mendes Bros at AOJ
Apr 05, 2015BJJEE
Twin brother Kade and Tye Ruotolo represent a new generation of BJJ players. They are 12 years old and have been training since the age of 3 and accumulate over 200 gold medals...
Conor McGregor on Why He Won’t Compete in the IBJJF No Gi Europeans & How He Feels about His Jiu-Jitsu vs Aldo
Apr 01, 2015BJJEE
Last January, UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor announced that he would competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th,...
World Champion Training Session: Mendes Bros, Buchecha & Kelly Slater
Mar 31, 2015BJJEE
Can you imagine the exclusive training session that happened at the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in California: Rafael and Guilherme Mendes opened the door to Marcus Buchecha and surf world...
Rokas Naruševičius on the Growth of BJJ in Lithuania & the Baltic Countries
Mar 20, 2015BJJEE
Have you ever wondered what the BJJ scene is like in the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) ? BJJ Eastern Europe met Lithuanian BJJ association president Rokas...
World Champ Janni Larsson on Japanese Ju Jitsu vs BJJ, Med School & Competing against Men
Mar 17, 2015BJJEE
Janni Larsson is the 2014 IBJJF world black belt champion and is also a 27 year old med-student living in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is Swedish, but moved to Denmark about five years ago...
2015 Pan: Bernardo Double Gold, Submits Lo; Gabi Garcia Dominates; More Results
Mar 16, 2015BJJEE
The 2015 Pan came to an end this Sunday in California. Bernardo Faria made histrory by winning the black belt open weight for the second time . The black belt from Alliance managed to...
Renzo Gracie: ‘Sakuraba Breaking My Arm Was The Worst Pain I’ve Ever Felt in my Life’
Mar 09, 2015BJJEE
Considered by some to be the most complete mixed martial artist the legendary Gracie family ever produced, Renzo Gracie defeated five UFC champions during a career which straddled the...
Polish Beast Maksmilyan Wisniewski to Compete in Next Copa Podio
Feb 22, 2015BJJEE
Maksmilyan Wisniewski is from the city of Mosina in Poland. He is 27 and earned his black belt under Robert Drysdale. On Sunday, the Zenith Team fighter faced his countryman Mieszko...
Marcello C. Monteiro on Growth of BJJ in US, His 50+ Affiliates & the Old Days in Brazil
Feb 22, 2015BJJEE
Marcello C. Monteiro is a 4th degree black belt that has been established in the US for many years. He has a vast network of academies with over 50 affiliates in North America! In this...
Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral Ends Retirement, Returns to MMA on April 11 in Switzerland
Feb 17, 2015BJJEE
Nearly two years after announcing his retirement, the legendary Renato Babalu is back to MMA. The light-heavyweight will face Volkan Oezdemir in the main event of Strength and Honor...
World No Gi Champ Philippe Pomaski from Switzerland: ‘I Want To Make my Name in Jiu-Jitsu’
Feb 17, 2015BJJEE
Philippe Pomaski is one of the biggest European talents on the world Jiu-Jitsu scene. This 24 year old Swiss purple belt is picking up medals in Brazil, US and all over Europe. He has...
Ian Matuszak on How Jiu-Jitsu Changed his Life & Competing in The First Ever Tournament for Grapplers w/ Disabilities
Feb 16, 2015BJJEE
Like for many of us, Ian Matuszak’s life changed when he started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He became hooked to all the benefits it brought him. Ian is physically disabled...
Bosnian-American Black Belt Adem Redzovic Shows 2 High Percentage Sweeps
Feb 11, 2015BJJEE
Adem Redzovic from Team Redzovic in Chicago shows two us simple and effective, high percentage sweeps that can make a difference in your game. Read more about Adem Redzovic here. Adem...
European No Gi Champ Olga Lyashevska on Mixing Judo & BJJ & Growth of BJJ in Eastern Europe
Feb 01, 2015BJJEE
1/2 Russian 1/2 Ukrainian BJJ brown belt, Olga Lyashevska is one of the top female BJJ athletes in Europe. She grew up in Crimea (used to be Ukraine, now Russia) and in 2005 moved to...
Conor McGregor to Compete at IBJJF No Gi Europeans Before Aldo Title Fight
Jan 31, 2015BJJEE
UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor has just announced that he will competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th, 2015....
