Jiu Jitsu is often referred to as the gentle art but is bjj really a gentle art?  We have all gone against that guy that treats every roll like it is the final match of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championships.  Every match...

We have all heard the saying that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is “lazy wrestling.”  This is because if you have ever met or trained with a high level wrestler you know how hard they train.  In bjj, many people have a tendency to neglect...

The BJJ journey is filled with amazing and life changing experiences that can enrich every other area of your life.  One of the most rewarding of those experiences is to lead your first class and instruct.  There is an old saying that to...

Side control is one of the most powerful controlling positions in the entire jiu jitsu lexicon of techniques.  The ability of the top player to inflict the full force of his or her bodyweight on the torso and limbs of the bottom player...

Understanding Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is so much more than being able to perform an almost endless array of techniques, it is being able to take this practical knowledge and develop a gameplan or pathway that allows you to progress your position and ultimately...

One of the most important aspects of your BJJ game is your ability to get yourself out of bad situations.  Escapes and reversals are crucial to begin adding to your arsenal as soon as possible.  It's easy to focus the majority of one's...

We have all heard that saying before but have we ever thought about applying that to our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?  Patience can carry a bjj practitioner farther than they ever thought possible; patience is what differentiates the best from the regular ones.  But...

We all have that guy in the academy that is young, agile, explosive and aggressive.  The guy that blasts past our guard in all but 2 seconds, the guy who doesn’t know what a knee slice is only cartwheel passes, leg drags, X...

Today in Jiu Jitsu, the sport has exploded with popularity, with the rise in popularity; there has also been a substantial increase in Jiu Jitsu tournaments.  Traditionally, many bjj tournaments used a point based system to decide a winner.  In the last few...

With Thanksgiving over and the holiday gift-giving season fast approaching, here are some ideas for gifts for that special jiu jitsu player in your life, or perhaps even for yourself.  Here we break down ten must have DVD or On Demand courses designed...

 Over the course of your BJJ training, one of the most important concepts that should stay in the forefront of your mind and training agenda is the idea of "position to submission".  In the early days of our learning and training, we are...

The holiday season is fully upon us with Thanksgiving being celebrated across the country this week, BJJ Fanatics thought it would be helpful to share some nutritional tips to help you stay on course when confronted with those seemingly endless days of gorging...

  The holiday season is finally upon us.  If you celebrate Thanksgiving, this week will be filled with family, feasts and for some of us, missed training.  As amazing as the anticipation of the holiday season can seem with its lure of time...

Jiu Jitsu is one of the toughest martial arts in the entire world; actually, it is one of the toughest things you can learn to do.  This difficulty condones an extremely high dropout rate; many people have said that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has...

There has been a long standing tension in modern Brazilian Jiu Jitsu between the so-called self-defense school of thought and the sport-based jiu jitsu teams and academies.  The self-defense approach tends to focus less on competition and more on the practical aspects of...