June 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
Woodley vs Buckley at RAF 12: What BJJ Fans Should Watch
Real American Freestyle has booked another card that ought to be on every BJJ fan's calendar, even if the rules don't reward a single triangle or armbar. Tyron Woodley, the former UFC welterweight…
Eddie Bravo Teaches the BJJ 'Swedish Twister'
[Watch Eddie Bravo teach the 'Swedish Twister' on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHDUl07-2HA)
Hidden Indicators of Improvement in BJJ
As a Brazilian jiu jitsu coach, the subject my students ask me about more than any other is improvement. People want to know how to train in order to improve, how to improve faster, why they don't…
BJJ Black Belt Josh Longood: 'I Got This' on the Frontier Flight
When a BJJ black belt restrains a disruptive passenger 35,000 feet over the Caribbean, the part everyone replays is the takedown. The part that actually matters for the rest of us who train Jiu…
5 Tips to BJJ Black Belt
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is hard — there's no point pretending otherwise. BJJ is hard for most people just to train regularly, and it's hard to develop your skills in a way that actually gets you promoted.
Jozef Chen on ADCC Poland: 'Ah, Americans...' and BJJ's Global Reset
The loudest fight in BJJ this month isn't happening on the mats — it's playing out on social media over a passport. ADCC 2026 has left Las Vegas for Kraków, and a large American slice of the…
Why Jozef Chen Thinks Reels Would Have Cooked His BJJ
Jozef Chen has spent the last couple of years collecting trophies, but in a new interview he credits something far quieter for his rise in BJJ: the simple accident of growing up before Instagram…
BJJ Concepts for Everyday Life
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as a sport and a lifestyle, has a significant impact on the people who train it. We reach higher levels of fitness while learning to control our bodies and those who come into…
Why BJJ Finally Got Honest About Strength Training
For a long stretch of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu's history, "technique over strength" wasn't just a coaching cue — it was a tribal identity. Helio's whole story is about the small man undoing the big one…
Tips for Visiting Another Jiu Jitsu Gym
In my years of training BJJ, I've travelled to well over a hundred different gyms — across the US and all over the world. If you ever watched my show Rolled Up, you've seen quite a few of them.…
Eddie Bravo Teaches 'The Sorcerer': A BJJ System Lesson
[Watch Eddie Bravo teach 'The Sorcerer' on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7kYvHzNpLk)
What BJJ Competition Teaches Us About Money
You are freaking out. It's the morning of your first BJJ tournament, and when you aren't pacing around the mat waiting for your name to be called, you are pacing around in your head. Oh my god,…
Enjoying the Jiu Jitsu Journey to the Max
A common timeframe quoted around earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is 8–10 years. When you consider that the adult belt system only has four coloured belts of merit — blue, purple, brown…
What Happens in Vegas: BJJ Lessons from the World Masters
By Roger J Spillere
The Little Things That Make BJJ People Happy
Jiu Jitsu has a thousand little joys hiding inside the everyday grind — here are the small wins, in-jokes and tiny mercies that keep BJJ people smiling between rounds.
Joe Rogan Teaches the Imanari Finish: A BJJ Leg Lock Lesson
Long before BJJ's leg lock game was the leg lock game, a clip surfaced of Joe Rogan walking a small group of MMA fighters — Whitney Miller, Danny Castillo and TJ Dillashaw among them — through the…
Mental Imagery in BJJ
You may have heard of mental imagery in BJJ. What you may not realise is that you almost certainly use it already. If you run through your opening tactics in your head before a fight, if you watch…
Neil Williams and the Welsh Kids' BJJ League
Welsh Jiu Jitsu enthusiasts Neil Williams and Greg Creel spent months building something the local BJJ scene didn't have: a regular, friendly, competitive home for kids who were getting serious…
Six Ways to Guarantee Your BJJ Students Are Learning
You've reached that stage in your BJJ journey where your instructor feels you're ready to start teaching a class or two. Most of you will be a little anxious about it, wondering whether you have…
BJJ Lessons We Can Learn From Kids
Jiu Jitsu has a funny way of flipping the script. For the most part, kids are supposed to learn from adults — they're told to listen, for their own good, to the wisdom that adults have acquired…
10 Ways to Improve Your BJJ Teaching
Let's get this straight: just because you know a tremendous amount about Jiu Jitsu, it does not mean you are qualified to teach it.
Why Try Jiu Jitsu?
Brazilian jiu jitsu has greatly enriched my life and the lives of many of my friends and students. That said, I often find myself in conversations with non-BJJers who are thinking about trying…
Tough Life Lessons and BJJ
One thing every BJJ athlete has in common with the rest of humanity is that life will always throw TOUGH lessons your way. As we grow into adults, there are things we learn that can be hard to…
It's All About the Win. Or Is It? BJJ & Motivation
What's the single biggest factor in your BJJ performance? Quality coaching? Fitness? Diet? All of it matters, of course — but without one ingredient, none of the rest counts for anything. That…