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Why Blend Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu WITH Japanese Jujitsu

The age old debate of which "Jiu Jitsu Style" is best for all around fighting ability has been solved when people starting sharing instructional videos on YouTube and awesome sites like BJJFanatics.com 🙂

The result? There is no perfect style, all of it works, but it's the application that makes it work.

Why Mobility Is A Necessity For Jiu-Jitsu?

Have you ever seen those guys who just have the ability to "move"? Like their bodies are somehow missing a bone that allows to flow with ease from position to position? Their athleticism is frustrating and impressive at the same time.

Yet when most of us try to move and flow well, we just look like a baby seal waiting to get clubbed... too far? 🙂

Enjoying All Aspects Of Competing

It's Not Only Just The Day Of... Most people that train jiu-jitsu will compete at least one time during their journey. And those of us that have, we know all of the hard work and dedication we put into the day of. We...

Leg Drag Counter with IBJJF Legal Foot Lock Finish

Leg Lock In IBJJF? Yes, And Here Is The Technique! A good leg drag is worth its weight in gold, and if the passer is proficient it can be very difficult to recover from. Various counters may focus on what to do after...

3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started BJJ After 40–Some Straight Talk For The Older Practitioner

It seemed like yesterday when I decided to return to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I had taken a ten-year ‘break’ from the sport after getting married and starting my career. When you’re in your twenties and thirties, you think you have all the time in...

Over Under Pass Success: What’s Missing?

The over under pass has been a staple for years in the arsenals of many of the best BJJ athletes ever to walk the earth. Bernardo Faria has certainly done his fair share in making the over under pass the acclaimed superstar that...

Khabib Vs. GSP In The Works

Potential dream matchup being hinted It has been an exciting time for Khabib Nurmogomedov and his fans around the world. His victory against Conor McGregor put him on the center stage for MMA news, even after the post-fight drama died down. On...

How To Escape Everything In Jiu-JItsu

There is NOTHING f-ing worse than having a 25 year old, 250lb beast who smells like last night's ball sweat grinding you into the mat for 6 minutes or even worse the guy that consistently submits you over and over and over with the same thing!

You know that feeling, getting tortured, watching the clock while questioning why you even pay to do this stupid Jiu-Jitsu crap anyways.

High Crotch Single Leg By Yuri Simoes

Effective takedown from ADCC Champ Wrestling is a must in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu whether you are pursuing MMA, competition, or even just self-defense. Because BJJ involves various submissions and chokes, we must find takedowns that are quick, require little energy, and help us...

Dream Chasin’ with Craig Jones

Aussie captures BJJ World's Attention We’ve all heard this story of triumph how a relative unknown shocked the BJJ world by beating three of the very best grapplers on earth in spectacular fashion. Some of the finer details makes this story even better....

Presidential Candidate receives black belt: Has never trained BJJ

BJJ Practitioners Around the Globe Gasp An honorary black belt was given to Brazilian Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro on October 25th, 2018 during Brazils electoral period. He received the belt from Robson Gracie. Bolsonaro is a career politician, retired military officer, and an...

The High Guard Armbar

Trap The Arm. And Get The Submission! The classic arm bar is a thing of beauty because it can be an equalizer from the bottom. As time goes on in your BJJ journey people will adjust to your basic arm bar. This includes...

Quicksand Of Emotion

Keep You Head Level, And Make The Right Decision. Reacting out of emotion can cause us to make decisions we may regret later. After all anger is only one letter away from danger. Ex-Navy Seal Commander and BJJ black belt Jocko Willink has...

Are You Making this Common Mistake While Hip Escaping?

This Solid Basic Will Be With You Throughout Your BJJ Journey. Get It Right NOW! The hip escape. Of course, you know how to do it. You train BJJ. The hip escape is quite possibly one of the most important skills you’ll ever...

That Time Nate Diaz Didn't Get the Joke

Altercation between Stockton Bad Boy and Fictional BJJ Champ Whenever you're having a bad day, it's sometimes therapeutic to surf the interwebs and find videos of people having worse days. Few were having a worse day in the video below than Renato Laranja,...