Bernardo Faria is one Brazilian Jiu Jitsu's most decorated athletes.  As a five time gold medalist at the IBJJF World Championships, his place in the history of the sport is secured.  This past weekend, for the first time in a decade, Bernardo Faria...

The world lost an incredible talent and advocate for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu today.  Anthony Bourdain who was most well-known for his widely viewed television show "Parts Unknown" where he traveled the globe introducing his viewers to his unique and colorful explorations of every...

Imagine if you will, a particularly tough night at BJJ class.  You walked out feeling destroyed.  Maybe during class, you struggled to perform a drill your coach used to set up the technique.  Whether it's half guard or the berimbolo, the first time...

 Alexandre Vieira is one of the most exciting up and coming grapplers today under the Brazilian Top Team flag.  In 2017, his loop choke submission was chosen as the Submission of the Year by FloGrappling. Alexandre recently visited with us at BJJFanatics to...

Our friends over at BJJ World put together this ultra concise breakdown of all of the winners at this weekend's IBJJF World Championships.  It was a weekend filled with amazing jiu jitsu, phenomenal victories and crushing defeats, some of which were extremely controversial....

Trying to learn leg locks without proper guidance or instruction can be an extremely overwhelming task.  It's important to seek out the best possible coaching and instruction.  There are a number of well known leg locking BJJ competitors out there.  There are the...

One of the most effective half guard passes involves switching the hips, turning your back towards the bottom player.  This makes the bottom player's job extremely difficult because their hips are being locked down and if they control the bottom player's legs and...

Neil Melanson is one of the most sought after grappling and MMA coaches today.  Having worked with a veritable who's who of MMA luminaries like Randy Couture and Chael Sonnen, he also spent an extended term as the grappling and MMA coach for...

If you've been a BJJ practitioner for any length of time, you've heard of Kurt Osiander.  It's hard not to hear Kurt Osiander, with his kick you in the teeth, heavy metal persona, he has garnered legions of fans and students who follow...

Tom DeBlass is no stranger to competition.  As a perennial competitor with IBJJF world titles, three ADCC appearances, a winning MMA record that includes fights for both the UFC and Bellator promotions, and many other superfight appearances, he has tested himself against some...

In this edition of BJJ Fanatics Worlds Flashbacks, we take a look at a match between Gabriel Arges and Claudio Calasans in 2016.  This match in the quarter finals would showcase both the technicality and patience of the Gracie Barra and Atos black...

With the 2018 IBJJF World Championships set to start this week, let's take a look at some pivotal matches from the past.  Our first worlds flashback is a grueling semi final match between the legendary Bernardo Faria and his opponent Luiz Panza.  Check...

Kurt Osiander has nearly 75,000 loyal subscribers to his wildly popular YouTube channel Kurt Osiander's Move of the Week.  Each week he shares his unique blend of Bay Area Metal attitude with OG BJJ knowledge to inform and entertain practitioners around the globe....

The BJJ Fanatics team recently hosted the one and only Kurt Osiander to record his first BJJ instructional with us, Fundamentals of a Jiu Jitsu Renegade.  In it, Kurt shares all of his favorite submissions, sweeps, escapes, and guard passes.  It truly is everything...

Guard passing is one of the most difficult tasks we face when we're training or competing in BJJ.  The legs and hips of a knowledgeable opponent can offer countless roadblocks to the advancement of our game plan forward towards a dominant position like side...