July 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
Danaher on Why BJJ's Standup Game Is Still So Underdeveloped
Every BJJ match starts on the feet, and yet standup remains the part of Jiu Jitsu most of us are quietly worst at. John Danaher has now put his finger on exactly why — and his diagnosis, laid out…
Craig Jones on CJI 3: \"Don't Expect a Million Dollars Again\"
The most disruptive event in modern BJJ is coming back — just don't expect it to be handing out the same cheques. In a recent Q&A, Craig Jones confirmed that the Craig Jones Invitational will…
Robson Moura on BJJ Butterfly Guard
When we first ran this clip — Robson Moura, one of BJJ's great light featherweights, walking you through his butterfly guard — the position was already a fixture of the high-level Jiu Jitsu game,…
Dante Leon Pushes Back on Mikey Musumeci's No-Weights BJJ Claim
Mikey Musumeci has said for years that his physique is built entirely on the mats — pure BJJ, no barbell in sight. This week Dante Leon heard that claim repeated on a podcast and decided he wasn't…
Demian Maia vs GSP? The Grappling Match BJJ Fans Deserve
Demian Maia — arguably the finest pure Jiu Jitsu stylist the UFC has ever seen — says the door isn't closed. Not on grappling, and not even, remarkably, on the octagon. In a new interview with MMA…
Otavio Sousa vs Gianni Grippo: A BJJ Guard Retention Clinic
When we first ran this clip back in 2014, we billed it as a great Jiu Jitsu scrap between Otavio Sousa and Gianni Grippo — a reigning world champion against a young Marcelo Garcia black belt who…
Justin Flores Is Right: BJJ Has a Move-Collecting Problem
There's a diagnosis going around this week that most BJJ practitioners will recognise the moment they hear it, whether or not they want to admit it applies to them. Justin Flores — three-time USA…
Dante Leon: The Best Way to Get Good at Jiu Jitsu Is the Gi
The gi-versus-no-gi argument in BJJ gets relit every few months, and this week the match came from a man with unusual standing to strike it. Dante Leon — an ADCC semifinalist, a No-Gi Worlds…
Lucio Lagarto, BJJ Escape Artist: Lisbon Triangle, 12 Years On
When we ran the Lucio Rodrigues clip from the European Open Jiu Jitsu Championship in Lisbon back in September 2014, the caption underneath it was barely a sentence. Quite possibly our favourite…
Rorion Gracie: Too Many BJJ Black Belts Can't Teach
If anyone has earned the right to worry about how BJJ is taught, it's Rorion Gracie. He's the man who carried Jiu Jitsu from Brazil to a garage in Southern California, and who helped launch it…
William Tackett Skips ADCC — and BJJ's Money Problem Shows
One of the best no-gi grapplers in American BJJ won't be at the sport's most prestigious event this year, and his reason has nothing to do with injury, rivalry, or rankings. William Tackett — a…
Keenan Cornelius's Lapel Guard: BJJ's Gi Revolution
When this clip first went up on the magazine in September 2014, the note we ran under it was barely a sentence: check out Keenan's take on lapel guard in Jiu Jitsu, pretty cool. The "lapel guard"…
Craig Jones Nearly Booked Tom Hardy vs. Zuckerberg for CJI 1
The strangest superfight in BJJ history very nearly happened, and most of us never knew. Craig Jones has revealed that he came close to booking Tom Hardy — yes, Bane — against Mark Zuckerberg at…
The 46-Year-Old BJJ Vet With the Testosterone of a 26-Year-Old
Here's a piece of BJJ news that isn't a match result or a call-out, but might matter more to your own Jiu Jitsu than either: a 46-year-old grappler with over twenty-five years on the mats just…
Kit Dale's BJJ Half Guard Pass
When this Jiu Jitsu clip first went up on the magazine in September 2014, the caption underneath it was barely a sentence long: Kit keeps doing his thing, check out his latest half guard pass. The…
Jacob Rodriguez vs Vagner Rocha: A BJJ Family Feud
Every so often a match booking lands that carries more story than a single Jiu Jitsu fight can hold, and Jacob Rodriguez against Vagner Rocha is one of them. Rodriguez finally has a name attached…
Gordon Ryan vs Kron Gracie: What the BJJ Callout Means
There is a particular kind of BJJ argument that only two black belts at the very top of the sport can have — the kind where the trash talk is really a proxy for a much older fight about how Jiu…
Keenan Cornelius's Armbar: A BJJ Breakdown
When this BJJ clip first went up on the magazine in September 2014, it sat under a one-line invitation: check out Keenan's breakdown of the armlock finish he hit on Lucas Leite at the World…
Started BJJ at 47: An Economist's Case for Aging on the Mats
Most people spend their late forties looking for reasons to slow down. Roggiero J. Spillere went looking for a Jiu Jitsu academy instead — and the economist, professor, and now BJJ black belt has…
Ralph Gracie Hands Bolsonaro's Son an Honorary BJJ Black Belt
Every so often the Jiu Jitsu world hands us a story that forces the whole community to say out loud what a black belt is actually supposed to mean. This week's version: Ralph Gracie has presented…
Keenan Cornelius's BJJ Worm Guard
When BJJ Scout's breakdown of Keenan Cornelius's worm guard first landed on the magazine in September 2014, the position itself was barely a year old in the public eye — a long, sticky lapel game…
No Legs, No Problem: BJJ Black Belt Zion Clark Schools YouTuber
Every so often a clip comes along that quietly dismantles every excuse you've ever made about your own Jiu Jitsu. This week it's Zion Clark — the wrestler and BJJ black belt born without lower…
Inside Zamaya: B Team's Multi-Million Dollar BJJ Jungle Resort
If you needed proof of how far Jiu Jitsu has come as a lifestyle sport, Craig Jones just delivered it from the middle of the Mayan jungle. This week the B Team co-founder shared an early tour of…
BJJ Guard Passing Concepts with Rico Vieira
When we first put a camera on Rico Vieira to walk us through his Jiu Jitsu guard passing, we knew we were going to get something useful — Rico is one of those black belts whose game has always…