Video: Upgrade your stand up game with the Ouchi Gari Leg Pick
Ouchi gari is a great technique either as a direct attack or as a combination into or out of other Jiu Jitsu techniques. In this…
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GMA Cassio Werneck BJJ hosts successful charity event & promotes three more black belts
At the end of December, Cassio Werneck of GMA Cassio Werneck BJJ in Sacramento, CA hosted an event to help a teammate's son and his…
IBJJF changes rules to allow female muslims to compete with heads covered
It was a long awaited change requested by female muslins that train Jiu-jitsu and want to compete. The IBJJF studied the request and decided to…
Don’t look now, but there’s an IBJJF event near you; register today!
The IBJJF is working hard to spread its circuit of competitions all around the globe. Right now, there's 9 different events with registrations open for…
New IBJJF eligibility requirements for adult black belts at 2015 Worlds
The IBJJF has established a new rule for the hopeful black belts planning to register for the 2015 World Championship. To keep the prestigious tournament…
Absent from the 2014 European, Keenan jokes: “The dog ate my ticket”
Even though Keenan Cornelius had signed up to the European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the IBJJF tournament that opened the international sport’s season this month, the Black…
BJ Penn visits the Tijuca Tennis Club in Brazil, scene of his historic Jiu-Jitsu world title
" The First gringo Black Belt World Champion." That’s how the Brazilians call, in Portuguese of course, the Jiu-Jitsu world champion and the UFC champion…
Michelle Nicolini talks about new MMA Challenge: “I do not want to be in the bottom”
The 4x World Jiu –Jitsu champion, Michelle Nicolini will put on the gloves again. The star of Checkmate will have the second MMA fight of…
World Jiu-Jitsu Expo: Eight black belts still wanted for GP
The World Jiu-Jitsu Expo has already defined 8 out of 16 names for the black belt GP. Less than two weeks away from the event,…