BJJ Black Belt in 18 Months! Judo Olympian Faster Than Caio Terra & BJ Penn
Last month, BJJEE.com published an article on the Top 10 Fastest Black Belt Promotions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu History . This was a ranking of grapplers that received their BJJ black belt the...
View ArticleDoes Technique Really Conquer All? 3 BJJ Masters Give their Opinion
Photo: BJJ Pix As for every other sport in the world, BJJ has also had during its recent evolution the debate of strength vs technique. With the development of science and technology, many athletes...
View ArticleSylvio Behring Condemns Instructor Who Almost Killed Student with Choke
This week, a video circulated on social networks and was published in the MMA site Premium. In it, an instructor of the Municipal Police Guard of Limeira, São Paulo, left a student unconscious after...
View ArticleTop 5 Jiu-Jitsu Competitors That Would Do Great in MMA
With BJJ still being considered an amateur sport, many sport BJJ competitors look to transitioning to MMA.Examples of current top MMA fighters that came from sport Jiu-Jitsu: Jose Aldo, Fabricio...
View ArticleMost Common Types of BJJ Academies: The Good, Bad & Ugly
Written by Johan De Wannemaeker brown belt from Prana BJJ Academia. So you decided to give Brazilian jiu jitsu a try…and you loved it right away. Now you are seriously considering training a few...
View ArticleWhy Jiu-Jitsu is The Ultimate Stress Relief
Written by Ryan O’Shea, BJJ brown belt under Jorge Britto & Saulo Ribeiro. He runs his own academy in Canada: stratfordbjj.com Meditation can be loosely defined as the act of engaging in...
View ArticleGalvao: ‘No Gi Grappling Instead of Jiu-Jitsu Should Be In the Olympics’
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu being included in the Olympics is the dream of many practitioners and fans, but it is still far from reality. Last year Abu Dhabi’s UAEJJ Federation (Which organizes the World...
View ArticleRodolfo Vieira To Pursue MMA Career with American Top Team
5x jiu-jitsu world champion at black belt, Rodolfo Vieira has been thinking about the idea of transitioning to MMA for a few years already. After winning his first ADCC title this year in the -99kgs...
View ArticleJiu-Jitsu Bum’s Guide To Paying For The BJJ Lifestyle
Written by Brearin Land, BJJ Black Belt and instructor at Gracie Barra HQ in Irvine. He is also the CEO of a wealth management firm Irvine Wealth, and is specialised in Retirement Income Planning....
View Article5 Common Nutritional Mistakes Made By Fighters
Written by Reid Reale BHlthSc(Hons), MDiet – Sports Dietitian and BJJ black belt. Reid works with many of the best judo, boxing, taekwondo and wrestling athletes in Australia, including commonwealth...
View ArticleRodolfo Vieira Names TOP 5 Best BJJ Players That Have Transitioned to MMA
BJJEE correspondant in Brazil Kamil Tkacz interviews 5x BJJ world champion Rodolfo Vieira. He talks about his path to winning ADCC 2015, Alexander Trans moving to GF Team, who has the best BJJ in...
View ArticleRonda Rousey Wants To Be a World Champion in BJJ & Boxing Next
USA Today reports that Ronda Rousey has plans that extend beyond MMA. She wants to be a world champion in Boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. According to Time Magazine, Rousey stated: “I want to be...
View ArticleNavy Seal Legend On Which Martial Arts Are Best For Self Defense
From September of 1990 to 2010 Jocko Willink was a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and Seal Task Unit Commander leading hundreds of operations in combat. He earned his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...
View Article4 Reasons Cross Training in Other Grappling Arts Will Make You Reach Your...
“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.” John Danaher If you haven’t started training BJJ yet, you definitely should. It’ s going to have a...
View ArticleUnderstanding ‘Old Man Strength’ In Jiu-Jitsu
Photo by BJJ Pix Written By Guillaume Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Serbia. ‘Old man strength’ is real. It is usually acquired by men and women around the...
View ArticleMackenzie Dern Announces Transition to MMA
With BJJ still being considered an amateur sport, many sport BJJ competitors look to transitioning to MMA.Examples of current top MMA fighters that came from sport Jiu-Jitsu: Jose Aldo, Fabricio...
View ArticleRussia to Host Galvao vs Barral + 10 More Star Studded Superfights
Andre Galvao will fight vs Romulo Barral on November 21st in Moscow, Russia in a No Gi 20 mins submission only super fight. The event will be streamed live for FREE. Other confirmed matches:...
View ArticleCheck Out How The Jiu-Jitsu Stars Dressed Up For Halloween
Halloween was celebrated all over the world by most of the BJJ stars. Who had the best costume? God of War!! @rerock6 A photo posted by Roberto Abreu (@cyborgbjj) on Oct 31, 2015 at 8:27pm PDT...
View ArticleWatch: BJ Penn Re-Visits Old School; Makes Peace with Ralph Gracie
BJ Penn visits his old BJJ academy, Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu school is where Penn began his Jiu-Jitsu career. After leaving Ralph Gracie, He went on to join Nova Uniao and...
View ArticleSaulo Ribeiro: You’re a White Belt With Stripes, You’re Already A ‘Master’
Saulo Ribeiro is one of the most successful competitors and jiujitsu instructors. He is now more devoted to passing his knowledge onto his students in his academy called University of jiujitsu and...
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