SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 2018 Odivelas (Lisbon) – Portugal housed the 15th European International Open for the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). This day …

JANUARY 20, 2017 the day 5 for the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (IBJJF) European Open and day one for the adult black belt division. …

One of the most common and talked about positions in modern day jiu jitsu, the Crab Ride has revolutionized BJJ. Find out all you need to know about this maneuver, from how it started to learning how to perform it.

Catherine Fuhro Perret is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Leonardo Vieira (at Checkmat HQ), having also worked extensively with Ricardo Vieira (at …

Gabriel Lucas, commonly known as “Fedor”, is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under the legendary Eduardo “Jamelão” da Conceição. Regarded as one of …

Juan Miguel Iturralde is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Fernando Di Piero (Soluço) and a former member of the Alliance Academy (later with …

The Polaris Jiu Jitsu Invitational is back this February, promising a heck of a professional BJJ card. In this here article we go through a few of the matches already announced by the popular promotion.

Sometimes overlooked, the IBJJF European Open is rapidly becoming the 2nd most important event in the international jiu jitsu calendar. On this article we make the case for IBJJF’s second largest event and what it entails.

Yuta Shimada is a judo and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, the latter a rank earned from Naoya Uematsu of the Nexusense academy. Shimada …

Gerard Labinski is a Polish born Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Leandro Lo, being one of the main representatives of the New School Brotherhood in this sport/martial art’s international circuit, while having also worked extensively with Braulio Estima and Robert Drysdale.

January 26, 2018 will be the start of phase 2 for ACB’s Jiu Jitsu Pro League, a concept the promotion started developing in 2015 …

Servio Tulio Junqueira is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Felipe ‘Preguiça’ Pena, having also worked extensively with coaches Rômulo Barral, Claudio ‘Caloquinha’ Matos, Sergio …

Alexandre Vieira is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Murilo Bustamante, having also worked extensively with Master Paulo Maurício Strauch. Vieira is also famous for his loop choke technique, particularly the one he used over Tomoshige Sera at the UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour in Tokyo (2017).

During 2015 the promotion previously known as Berkut launched a new concept for professional jiu jitsu – ACB JJ. In it it proposed a …