June 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
Owen Jones Gets His Revenge, Calls Out Cole Abate
There's a particular kind of Jiu Jitsu win that lands harder than the scorecard suggests, and Owen Jones just collected one. At ONE Fight Night 44 the 21-year-old Brit beat Fabricio Andrey by…
John Danaher: Never Do Half-Hearted BJJ Techniques
John Danaher has built a career in Jiu Jitsu out of saying the quiet part loudly, and his latest message lands squarely on something every one of us has done on the mats and never quite owned up…
Xande Ribeiro's Jiu Jitsu Berimbolo Counter
When we first shared Xande Ribeiro's Jiu Jitsu berimbolo counter back in 2014, the move it was answering was barely four years old in the public eye. The Mendes brothers and the Miyaos had only…
Sambo Champ Skipped to Judo Black Belt — A BJJ Lesson
Here's a story that will make a few BJJ purists wince and the rest of us nod along: sambo champion Vlad Koulikov says his very first judo certificate wasn't a white belt, or a green, or even a…
Tracy Cortez Taps a Streamer — and Proves the BJJ Point
Every now and then the internet hands BJJ a perfect teaching moment, and this week it came courtesy of UFC flyweight Tracy Cortez and the streamer N3on. The two met for a lighthearted training…
Valter Walker Is Done With Heel Hooks — What BJJ Loses
It's not often that one of the best leg-lockers in mixed martial arts publicly disowns the technique that made his name, but that's exactly what happened this week — and for anyone who lives in…
Jacob Rodriguez Plots BJJ Return After 17 Months Away
One of the more talented young grapplers in modern BJJ is heading back to the competition mat. Karate Combat has announced that Jacob Rodriguez, the 2024 ADCC silver medalist, will compete at its…
Looking Back: The 8/20 Submission Only Invitational
Long before submission-only invitationals were the default in pro grappling, a small show in Hoxton, East London quietly got on with it.
Ryan Hall: Persistence Beats Talent in Jiu Jitsu
Ask most people why they never made it far in Jiu Jitsu and you'll hear some version of "I just wasn't built for it." Ryan Hall — UFC veteran, leglock obsessive, and one of the sharpest tactical…
Tinie Tempah Says Tom Hardy Got Him Into BJJ
Every Jiu Jitsu academy has an origin story for each person on its mats, and almost none of them start with the person deciding, out of nowhere, that they wanted to learn to choke people. Somebody…
Craig Jones Admits PED Use: \"100% Cheating\" In BJJ
Craig Jones has never been one to dodge an uncomfortable question, and the latest one he's answered cuts to the bone of competitive Jiu Jitsu. Appearing in a new documentary by Nathaniel Cho…
King Charles III Gets a BJJ White Belt at Roger Gracie's Academy
BJJ doesn't get many mainstream moments quite like this one. This week King Charles III walked into the Roger Gracie Academy headquarters in London, watched a black belt promotion ceremony, and…
Judo for Jiu Jitsu with Jimmy Pedro
When we filmed Jimmy Pedro a decade ago walking through Tai Otoshi and the small tweaks he uses for jiu jitsu players, the standup game in BJJ was — to be honest — a bit of a national…
Merab on Wrestlers' Respect — A BJJ Reckoning
If you train BJJ, you already owe a quiet debt to wrestling — and this week UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili gave that debt a voice. Speaking on Dominick Cruz's podcast, the Georgian…
Baron Corbin Wins BJJ Gold At Jiu-Jitsu World League
The man wrestling fans know as Baron Corbin just added another BJJ gold to his shelf, and the story behind it is more relatable than the WWE résumé suggests. Competing under his real name, Bishop…
Things You May Not Know About Your BJJ Instructor
The relationship between a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and their coach is one with a lot of layers. BJJ coaches are friends, mentors and sparring partners. They also unilaterally decide when…
Craig Jones Announces The Return Of B-Team Jiu-Jitsu
One of the most recognizable names in modern Jiu Jitsu is back in the gym-building business. Craig Jones has officially announced the return of B-Team, the no-gi grappling team he co-founded in…
Dustin Poirier Arrested: A Composure Lesson for BJJ
Anyone who has spent real time in a BJJ gym knows that the hardest skill isn't the armbar — it's staying calm when everything in you wants to swing. That's the uncomfortable thread running through…
Don't Wish Your BJJ Journey Away
When I started BJJ, I was hell bent on being promoted to blue belt as quickly as humanly possible — hands up if you felt the same?
ADCC 2026 Removes Izaak Michell From Competitor List
One of the names that had been penciled into the biggest event in submission grappling is quietly gone. Izaak Michell, the Australian standout who had earned a spot at the ADCC 2026 World…
Top Five BJJ Lessons for Beginners
By starting BJJ, you've already taken a huge step towards self-progression and signed yourself up for a Jiu Jitsu journey that pays back richly over the years. First and foremost, training has to…
Murtazali Magomedov's Scottish Twister Is a BJJ Throwback
It is not every Saturday night that the UFC gives the BJJ world a moment to actually own, but UFC Vegas 119 served one up. Featherweight prospect Murtazali Magomedov, debuting on the biggest stage…
Ben Eddy's ADCC Slam Is a BJJ Safety Wake-Up Call
The BJJ community spent the weekend watching a clip nobody wanted to see twice. At the ADCC Dallas-Fort Worth Open 2026, 10th Planet veteran Ben Eddy climbed onto a much larger opponent's hips in…
Hardcore Legend Harley Flanagan's BJJ Black Belt Journey
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