June 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
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…