August 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
Kevin James on His First BJJ Class: “I Was Panicking”
If you've ever driven home from your first Jiu Jitsu class wondering what on earth you'd just signed up for, you have more in common with a Hollywood star than you might think. Kevin James —…
Tanquinho's Sneaky BJJ Ankle Pick and Guard Pass
When we first posted this Tanquinho clip back in October 2015, the whole write-up ran to two lines: a sneaky little two points at the start of a match never goes amiss, and the guard pass on the…
Jose Aldo Turns to Jiu Jitsu Grappling in Vera Rematch
There's a quiet compliment to Jiu Jitsu buried in the news that Jose Aldo — one of the greatest featherweights the sport of MMA has ever produced — is stepping back onto the competition mat, this…
Yoga for BJJ: Sebastian Brosche's Flexibility System
From the Jiu Jitsu Style archive: ever since Rickson Gracie was filmed working through his stretches and breathing in the famous documentary Choke, yoga and BJJ have had a long-standing…
Reilly Bodycomb's Sambo Ankle Pick to BJJ Kneebar
When we first posted this clip back in October 2015, the whole write-up was four words: interesting tech from Reilly Bodycomb. That was honestly all the context most of the BJJ world could handle…
Rigan Machado on Ashton Kutcher's 15-Year BJJ Black Belt
When you've spent decades coaching Jiu Jitsu to fighters, world champions and A-list actors, you'd expect the name that jumps out to be a competitor with a wall of medals. So it says something…
BJJ Scout: Inside Murilo Santana's Guard Passing
Every so often BJJ Scout drops a breakdown that's less a highlight reel and more a tutorial, and the Murilo Santana passing study is one of those. Murilo is a beast — a multiple-time world…
Pedro Sauer's Helicopter Armbar: A BJJ Breakdown
When we first put this BJJ tutorial up in September 2015, we framed it with a half-joke that every Jiu Jitsu player understood instantly: pull the helicopter armbar off in training or competition…
Reilly Bodycomb's BJJ Heel Hook Escape
Heel hooks are all the rage, don't you know? When we first ran this clip in September 2015, that line was half a joke and half a warning — the BJJ world was waking up to the leg game and most…
Alliance BJJ Teams Up With Macaco Branco
From the Jiu Jitsu Style archive: back in 2015, one of the most decorated names in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu put its colours on a European gi maker's rack. Macaco Branco — the Scandinavian BJJ brand…
Tarsis Humphreys's Mount Attack: A BJJ Breakdown
When we first posted this Tarsis Humphreys clip back in July 2015, the whole write-up was one line: nice details from the Alliance star. That was it — you trusted us, you watched the video, and…
The Imanari Roll: BJJ's Most Gangster Heel Hook
When we first posted this clip of Masakazu Imanari rolling under a leg in the summer of 2015, we gave it one line: probably the most gangster heel hook you're ever going to see. A decade on, the…
Mackenzie Dern's BJJ Lapel Omoplata Sweep
[Watch Mackenzie Dern's lapel omoplata sweep on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6pqqkaEuI)
How to Choose a BJJ Gi: A 2026 Buyer's Guide
Years ago in the Jiu Jitsu Style archive we ran a giveaway for a limited-edition kimono, and the question that came up most often in the comments wasn't "did I win?" — it was "how do I pick the…
Gianni Grippo: Most Open Mat BJJ Rounds Are a Waste of Time
Gianni Grippo has been rolling competitively for a quarter century, and he just said the quiet part out loud: a lot of the open mat time BJJ practitioners treat as sacred is, in his words, often a…
When a BJJ Gym Found Out Who They'd Been Training
A video out of Queens this week is making the rounds for a reason that has nothing to do with technique, even though the technique is genuinely clean. It shows a BJJ instructor taking down a…
Leandro Lo's Toreando Pass: A BJJ Masterclass
[Watch Leandro Lo's toreando pass on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcrOBNTiYpg)
Bernardo Faria on Intermittent Fasting and BJJ Weight Gain
Bernardo Faria retired from competitive Jiu-Jitsu in 2017, and he's been fighting the same battle every BJJ competitor eventually fights ever since: what happens to your body when the training…
Ryan Garcia's One BJJ Roll Was Enough to Kill His MMA Dream
Ryan Garcia is one of the most explosive punchers in boxing, and by his own account, that skill lasted about as long as it takes to get taken down. According to comments surfacing this week, a…
Caio Terra's De La Riva Ankle Lock: A BJJ Staple
When we first put this De La Riva ankle lock clip up in June 2015, we kept it to nine words: Caio Terra is a master at this, nice tech. That was the whole review, and at the time it was enough — a…
Islam Makhachev's Teammate Rule Has a Lesson for BJJ
UFC double champion Islam Makhachev said something this week that BJJ and Jiu Jitsu people should sit with for a minute, because it cuts against how most of our sport actually works: he will never…
John Danaher: Why BJJ Isn't Just Technique — It's Intensity, Too
John Danaher has spent decades convincing the BJJ world that Jiu Jitsu is a science — a system of levers, angles, and sequences you can study like a textbook. So it's worth paying attention when…
Rolling on the High Seas: A BJJ Cruise From the Archive
From the Jiu Jitsu Style archive: in July 2015 we ran a short news piece about Grappler's Escape — a Caribbean cruise built around Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training, with Andre Galvao, Saulo and Xande…
Khabib Nurmagomedov's BJJ Gym Etiquette Rule: Train Like It's a Wedding
Khabib Nurmagomedov has never needed a microphone to make a point about respect on the mats, but footage surfacing this week from his UFC 330 corner work gave him one anyway. Asked about his…