October 2026
Everything Jiu-Jitsu Style published this month.
Gui Mendes: Lapel Tricks for De La Riva & X-Guard in BJJ
Back in November 2016, we put up a short Gui Mendes clip on a BJJ detail that's easy to miss: once you're set in De La Riva or X-guard, your own lapel is a free grip nobody is accounting for. Most…
Heel Hooks & Leg Locks: A BJJ Seminar With Imanari
By Mark Turville
Controlling the BJJ Mount With Saulo Ribeiro
Back in 2016 we posted a short clip of Saulo Ribeiro walking through his mount control, and true to the era, the write-up underneath it was barely a sentence. That was enough at the time — you…
Lucas Leite's BJJ Half Guard Study
When Jiu Jitsu Style first posted this Lucas Leite study in October 2016, half guard was arguably the most contested piece of real estate in BJJ, and Leite was one of the players everyone pointed…
Windows Signs the Ruotolos in a Landmark BJJ Deal
Here is a sign of just how far Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has come. Microsoft's Windows brand has signed a sponsorship deal with Kade and Tye Ruotolo, and by all accounts it may be one of the largest…
Keenan Cornelius's Darce From the Arm Drag: A BJJ Breakdown
When this BJJ clip first ran on the magazine in October 2016, the note underneath it was as thin as these things ever got — watch Keenan chain an arm drag into a d'arce, share it around. Keenan…
Rickson Gracie on Parkinson's, Purpose, and Jiu Jitsu
Few names carry the weight in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that Rickson Gracie's does. So when the legend speaks openly about living with Parkinson's disease, the whole community listens. In a recent…
Rodolfo Vieira's Worm Guard Pass: A BJJ Study
Rodolfo Vieira is one of the heaviest pressure passers Jiu Jitsu has produced, a multiple-time world champion who built his game on walking forward and taking space until the guard falls apart. In…
A Coach Who Has Read Every One of Your Entries
Your journal becomes a progress report, and the AI Coach turns it into advice in a voice you choose.
Defend Your BJJ Guard with Demian Maia
Demian Maia is one of the finest guard players Jiu Jitsu has ever sent into mixed martial arts, a fighter who built a long UFC career on staying safe off his back against bigger, stronger…
Firas Zahabi's BJJ Leglock Tutorial
When we first shared Firas Zahabi breaking down leglocks back in 2016, half the BJJ world still treated the subject like contraband. Lower-belt classes skipped it, gi tournaments punished it, and…
Tai Otoshi with Travis Stevens for BJJ
Travis Stevens shows a one-handed version of tai otoshi, judo's body drop throw.
Preventing & Escaping Leg Attacks in BJJ
Back in September 2016 we put a feature on preventing and escaping leg attacks in issue 34 of Jiu Jitsu Style — and at the time, plenty of the BJJ world thought we were covering a niche. Leg locks…
Every Tournament, One Place
A running list of competitions and open mats, kept current so you never miss a registration deadline.
Monique Elias: Glitz, Glamour & Jiu Jitsu Chokes
Few stories capture what Jiu Jitsu can do to a life quite like Monique Elias's. The lifestyle of a catwalk model is something regularly championed in the mainstream media — evocative stories of…
Dealing With Being Smashed at BJJ Training
Being smashed in BJJ is something I can bet almost every girl and smaller guy has experienced. It can be annoying, humiliating and anti-motivating — as well as dangerous. Being beaten up by…
How to Triangle Larger Opponents in BJJ
Ever get stuck trying to triangle bigger opponents in BJJ? When we first ran this post in August 2016, that question and one more line — Uncle Renzo has the answer — was the whole article, sitting…
What Is in the Community Tab
Articles, technique breakdowns, and Mind Game, the Jiu Jitsu Style series now in production.
Reverse Seoi Nage with Travis Stevens for BJJ
The reverse seoi nage has gone from judo-highlight curiosity to one of the more copied entries in competitive Jiu Jitsu, and few people did more to carry it across than Travis Stevens, the man…
Seonghae Wilson: British Champion and BJJ Black Belt
Seonghae Wilson earned her Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt the hard way: over a decade on the mat, a British title as a brown belt, and training straight through pregnancy and motherhood.
Garry Tonon's BJJ Leglock Concepts
Garry Tonon was one of the young no-gi players who dragged leg locks out of the "dirty tricks" bin and showed the BJJ world a system with the same logic as any other part of Jiu Jitsu. His clip…
Clark Gracie's X-Guard Drill and Sweep for BJJ
Clark Gracie's X-guard drill and sweep is one of those clips that teaches the movement better than any paragraph could. Clark gets under a partner's base, threads the X, and stands him up and…
Rodolfo Vieira's Pressure Passing: A BJJ Masterclass
There are prettier guard passers in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu than Rodolfo Vieira, but there may never have been a heavier one. In his prime at GF Team, "The Black Belt Hunter" chained together IBJJF…
No-Gi BJJ Guard Passing with Rafael Mendes
What stands out about Rafael Mendes' no-gi guard passing is how little changes when the grips come off. Rafa built his name in the gi as one of the most decorated featherweights in BJJ history, a…