Greatest BJJ Competitors of All Time Ranked (Gi and No-Gi)
Picking and ranking the greatest gi and no-gi grapplers of all time is not an easy task. It’s always a challenge to compare athletes and easy to fall victim to…
10 Beginner Tips To Quickly Improve Your BJJ
When it comes to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) nothing beats mat time, consistency and good hands-on instruction. With that said, there are a few things that you can do to…
How Long Does A BJJ Purple Belt Take?
We previously wrote about how long a BJJ blue belt takes and summarized that it should take an average of 2-3 years for someone who attends class and rolls regularly.…
How To Roll With Different Types of People In BJJ
In a previous article, we went over how important it is to spar/roll in jiu jitsu. Sparring is vital, and you should force yourself to spar with different types of…
Best Martial Art for Women’s Self Defense
When it comes to self defense, men have a variety of martial arts to turn to because men, in general, have more muscle mass and are bigger. But for women,…
3 Principles of BJJ for Absolute Beginners (Roadmap to Submitting Your Opponent)
Starting jiu jitsu is tough and we’ve all been there. You learn all these complicated techniques that forces us to contort your body in every which way. And then you think you got some techniques down but when you start rolling/sparring, everything you learn goes out the window and you are nothing more than a chicken with its head cut off. (more…)
7 Long-Lasting Gis for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
A gi provides tremendous benefits towards BJJ sparring because it slows down the action and forces the practitioners to be more methodical. Practitioners of this combat sport cannot solely rely…
10 Best Submission Grapplers in the History of MMA
Martial artists transitioning from a sport focused grappling competition to MMA will find out that their grappling skills do not always translate well. On the other hand, some fighters can…
How to Keep Your Jiu Jitsu Gi from Smelling
Being known as the person with the stinky gi in class is not a good reputation to have. Ideally, this traditional uniform worn by judo and jiu jitsu practitioners need…