Josh Barnett: “I See BJJ As Taking Place In The Gi.”
Josh Barnett is a catch wrestler (type of submission wrestling) and has a controversial relationship with BJJ. Barnett competed at the World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships in southern California and...
View ArticleBJJEE Rising Stars: Drysdale BJJ’s Kristian Woodmansee
Kristian’s gold at the 2013 No Gi worlds Walk into Drysdale Jiu Jitsu in Las Vegas, Nevada on any given day and you will see a team made up of some of the worlds best athletes. Among these fighters...
View ArticleBJJ Coach To The Stars Marcus Vinicius: “I Trained LL Cool J, Guy Ritchie,...
Owner of Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu club, Marcus Vinicius Di Lucia spoke to Tatame about his famous BJJ students. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Vinicius Di Lucia landed in America in 1995, but had to...
View ArticleCarlson Gracie On His Jiu-Jitsu Being Different From Helio’s, His...
Enjoy this old (early 2000′s) Interview of Carlson Gracie from O TATAME Magazine: Interview with C a r l s o n G r a c i e. “L i v i n g L e g e n d” Translated by: T a t i a n a S a n t o s (Asst....
View ArticleKron Gracie Negotiating His MMA Debut In Japan For August : ‘I’m Here To Show...
Kron trains with the Diaz brothers Kron Gracie last year after winnning ADCC, had expressed his desire to leave the competitive Jiu-Jitsu to “venture” in MMA . And little by little, his dream is...
View ArticleExclusive News: UAEJJ & The International Ju-Jitsu Federation Join Forces To...
Members of JJIF and UAEJJ meeting in Abu Dhabi. Looking forward to a great cooperation in Asia. A few weeks ago we published an article about the IBJJF being just a for-profit company with no physical...
View ArticleMiss United States 2012 Whitney Miller Rolls & Competes; Wants To Get Her BJJ...
Miss United States 2012, Whitney Miller loves Jiu-Jitsu and in this video she talks about her BJJ lifestyle and how her goal is to get a BJJ black belt one day. She used to be a professional wake...
View ArticleFormer WWE Wrestler Dave Batista Promoted To BJJ Purple Belt By Cesar Gracie
Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Dave Batista started Cesar Gracie in 2010. He was yesterday promoted to BJJ purple belt by Gracie. This follows his evolution in BJJ when he was promoted to...
View ArticleBJJEE Rising Stars: Samir Krvavac, Bosnian-Slovak BJJ Player Based In Greece
Samir ‘Samouel’ Krvavac is a exciting rising star in the European BJJ circuit. Coming from a 100% Eastern European mix: Bosnian/Slovak, he grew up in Greece where he trains at Gracie Barra Greece....
View ArticleWPJJC Trials Sao Paulo results & Review: New Generation Takes Over
Joao Miyao in action. Photo: Vitor Freitas for Graciemag The World Pro JJ Sao Paulo trials was held on Saturday the 18th of January in São Paulo, Brazil. The event drew a lot of stars in the audience,...
View ArticleIt’s On! Metamoris 3, 29th March 2014
METAMORIS 3 IS FINALLY HERE! Most thought it would never happen but it’s happening March 29th 2014 in Los Angeles California at the famed Peterson Automotive Museum Event Deck. Usually for special...
View ArticleEffects Of Anger On Jiu-Jitsu Performance & How To Channel It To Conquer
Marcus Buchecha going king kongPhoto: Mike Calimbas Photographyhttp://www.mikecalimbas.com/ “Anger is a gift” Rage against the machine By Guillaume Huni Having a bit of a bad temper and a short...
View Article2014 IBJJF European Open Championship Preview & Predictions
From the 23rd to the 26th of January at the Casal Vistoso municipal sports complex, in Lisbon, Portugal, the Europeans will kick off the 2014 Ibjjf season. Schedule:...
View ArticleFirst 2 Days Of Europeans: Russian Wins Double Gold Blue Belt & Brazilian...
Anton Selezne. Photo: Graciemag Days 1 & 2 of the 2014 European are done and dusted. The first two days were focused on white, blue and purple belts. Browns and blacks will go on Saturday and...
View Article2014 Europeans Day 3: Trans vs Simoes & Luana vs Hansson Black Belt Absolute...
Alexander Trans Day 3 of the 2014 Europeans is done and dusted. The action saw the brown master and black belt adult aboslute take place. The finalists for the black belt absolute final matches have...
View ArticleFinal Day Of Europeans: Trans & Luanna Take The Absolute Gold
Joao Miyao vs Jordy Peute. Photo IBJJF Day 4 and the last day of the 2014 Europeans saw brown and black belts in action. The star of the show was the absolute champion: Denmark’s Alexander Trans. He...
View Article‘Minotauro’ Nogueira: ‘I have two or three years left’
Former PRIDE champion and UFC , Minotauro has faced a series of injuries that forced him to undergo some surgeries in recent years. He hasn’t fought since June last year, when he lost to Fabricio...
View ArticleHow To Spot A Steroid User In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Whether we like it or not steroids and performance enhancing drugs are very present in BJJ competitions world wide. In the years that I’ve been training BJJ (all over the world) I have seen team...
View ArticleRalek Gracie On Royler vs Eddie 2 @Metamoris: ‘I Tried To Pay Them As Much As...
Metamoris 2 organizer Ralek Gracie talked to BJJrants.com about how he put the event together and how he was able to convince Royler and Eddie to rematch: BJJ Rants: Metamoris 3 is going back to its...
View Article2014 Copa Podio Heavyweight GP: Rodolfo Submits Lo In The Final
Rodolfo Vieira, Leandro Lo, Luiz Panza. Photo: Eduardo Ferreira Rodolfo Vieira had a perfect performance at Copa Podio heavyweight GP last night in Rio de Janeiro. Of the six fights he did, Rodolfo...
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