On July 21, 2018 a young and relatively unknown jiu jitsu athlete was paired up against one of the most dominant black belts currently in the game. The duel happened in South Korea, at the Spyder ...

Lucas de Souza Castro is a Brazilian grappler and a black belt under Paulo Eduardo “Piu” who represents the Gracie Barra team in the sport’s global circuit. Castro, also known as “Lukinha” made waves ...

OCTOBER 07, 2018, LAS VEGAS – Nevada, United States of America saw the introduction of Japan’s “Quintet Team Survival Match”, one of the most exciting submission-only based events in jiu-jitsu. The ...

Renato Miragaia was born on October 19, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. He started jiu jitsu at the Gracie Barra academy, having Roberto Correa, the famous “Gordo” as his instructor, it was Correa ...

JULY 25, 2023. This weekend the jiu-jitsu world saw another edition of the Submission Unter Pro grappling event, a show that was broadcast by UFC Fight Pass, which provided a very reasonable ruleset ...

Emily Leyva was born in October 2006 in California, USA, where she was raised. Being the daughter of Mexican immigrants who moved to the United States in search of a better life, Leyva grew up valuing ...

Marco Vilella, also known as “Gigante” is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Juniorwith a fantastic competitive record, having won important trophies such as the “Brasileiro”, the ...

Nickname: Carlos was called “Soneca” (Sleepy) by many in his early days at the Gracie Academy. This was because of his disposition to take long naps in between training sessions. He stayed with Rolls ...

Mata leão, meaning ‘lion killer’ in Portuguese, is the name of a popular strangle or choke-hold in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This same position is named hadaka jime in Judo, and rear naked choke in the ...

JUNE 1, 2026, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, USA, was the time and place for the 30th edition of our sport ‘s most prestigious event, the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, organized by the IBJJF (International ...

An amazing event to jump-start this year’s IBJJF calendar. Counting over 3400 athletes in the brackets, the 2015 edition of the Jiu Jitsu European Open Championship brought an avalanche of spectators ...

Eduardo Telles was born in 1976 in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Telles entered the martial arts world through Karate as a teenager, Jiu Jitsu already existed in Sao Paulo at the time, but the ...