Who can stop Keenan Cornelius at brown belt?
Recently-decorated brown belt Keenan Cornelius, a jewel in the Team Lloyd Irvin crown, put in another sterling performance at the Long Beach Pyramid, last Sunday…
European Open 2012
Keenan Cornelius, king of the purple belt—and consistency
Jiu-Jitsu experts teach that consistency is one of the main qualities practitioners need to pursue. After all, an athlete who always trains, without fail, learns…
European Jiu-Jitsu champ teaches how to get back mount and keep up the pressure
Double gold winner at the big tournaments in 2011 as a brown belt, Alexandre Trans is now spreading terror in the black belt division. NECK…
Learn to exit the berimbolo and finish from back mount, with Jiu-Jitsu ace Paulo Miyao
In Jiu-Jitsu, winning's great. But what really makes the effort worthwhile is putting on a great show, giving it your best shot, and etching your…
Gracie Barra and 5 recent moves to make the opposition sweat at Jiu-Jitsu Pan
Eight weeks removed from the IBJJF Pan-American Championship, and Gracie Barra doesn't want to hear about resting on its laurels after having won the team title…
Euro champ Michelle Nicolini: absolute gold shouldn’t overshadow mistakes
The black belt Michelle Nicolini (CheckMat) won the women's absolute division at the IBJJF European Championship this past weekend, outdoing two opponents. In her first…
Check out another 3 barnburners with Rodolfo, Bernardo and Estima at 2012 Europeans
In the absolute, Rodolfo Vieira's first match was against the eventual winner of the middleweight division, Victor Estima. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6YYy8-4sk At the other end of the…
Check out the tapout by Roger Gracie black belt who turned heads at the Jiu-Jitsu Euros
It was during the absolute. England's Oliver “HarDrive” Geddes, a Roger Gracie black belt based in London, was getting put through the wringer by the…
The back take Bernardo beat Lagarto with at the Jiu-Jitsu Europeans
Numa final sem espaços no superpesado, o faixa-preta da Alliance Bernardo Faria tentou passar a guardinha carne-de-pescoço de Lucio Lagarto. Como não teve êxito, buscou…
Young Rodolfo Vieira’s mount on bold Bernardo Faria
In the spaghetti western that was the 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Rodolfo Vieira and Bernardo Faria had a late-afternoon showdown, a repeat of their duel…
3 key Jiu-Jitsu tips for avoiding subs from back mount
Another European Jiu-Jitsu Championship comes to a close, and yet again the most oft-used finishes were chokes from back mount, as basic as they are…
Euros gold medalist Estima serves recipe for being winning Jiu-Jitsu school director
The new middleweight champion of Europe, Victor Estima has been having a splendid year so far. Firstly, because he was picked to be the director…