Adam Wardzinski

Adam Wardzinski is one of the top European black belt competitors on the scene today. Hailing from Poland, he is one of the most successful grapplers to ever come out of his home country which has a long history in the area of combat arts. He is also a competitor who has helped lead a resurgence in the popularity of butterfly guard as an effective position for sweeps and submissions, a position that has not seen a high level specialist since the competitive days of Marcelo Garcia.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Below is a short list of Adam's accomplishments so far. As a European rising star, one of the best of a relatively small group of black belts, he will most certainly amass more titles as time goes on.

Polish National Champion (2016)

UAEJJF Spain National Pro Champion (2016)

IBJJF Rome International Open Champion (2017)

UAEJJF Abu Dhabi World Pro Runner-up (2017)

UAEJJF Grand Slam London Runner-up (2017)

UAEJJF Grand Slam Abu Dhabi Runner-up (2017)

UAEJJF Grand Slam Tokyo Runner-up (2017)

IBJJF European Championship 3rd Place (2018)

IBJJF European No-Gi Championship 3rd Place (2017)

Adam Wardzinski

Adam Wardzinski was born in 1991 and became involved in martial arts as a youth with Aikido. He eventually moved to the BJJ academy of Karol Matuszczak who is a pioneer of BJJ in Poland and credited with bringing the art to the country. Though one might think that Poland has limited BJJ, they now have over 300 black belts with Adam leading the competitive charge

Early on in his BJJ training his instructor retired and left him with another coach to run the academy in his absence. After hosting Checkmat black belt Alan “Finfou” do Nascimento who was based in Sweden for a seminar, the groups formed a relationship and Adam's academy became an affiliate of Finfou.

After a few more years of training, Adam was awarded his black belt from Finfou at age 25. This was in 2016.

Known best for his butterfly guard usage and sweep game, this highlight video will serve as a good introduction to his work.

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Notable Techniques

Adam Wardzinski utilizes the classic butterfly guard quite heavily. As he states in a recent social media post, the butterfly guard came easily to him as a young blue belt and it is something that he's spent recent years honing into a system of sweeps, submissions, and transitions to other positions.

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Butterfly Sweep Crossing the Arm from BJJ Fanatics (featuring Bernardo)

Adam Wardzinski Butterfly Guard Study Volume 1 from BJJ Scout

In the video below, BJJ Scout starts a multi-part breakdown of the butterfly guard of Adam Wardzinski. Check out the other parts available on YouTube.

Matches

Below are a few matches featuring Adam Wardzinski. Pay attention to how he utilizes his patented butterfly guard throughout the matches. It is clear that he will soon be making his way to the top of the podium at more events.