Technique of the Month: Butterfly Guard Sweep

This technique is performed by Rodrigo Gracie. Rodrigo shows a butterfly guard sweep, pretty straight forward. Enjoy.

On Saturday, September 27, 2009, the Vieira Bros’ newest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu headquarters, Fight Zone USA, officially opened its doors. To celebrate the event, head instructor Leandro Vieira along with Fight Zone USA friends, family, and staff, threw a Grand Opening Celebration including two free seminars, judo demonstrations, training, and free BBQ. The seminar was such [...]

At the 2008 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship Rafael Mendes won the featherweight division, at brown belt. The following year the Atos representative quickly went on to figure among the top of the black belt heap, showing he doesn’t feel the weight of his new belt level. The latest big conquest was the ADCC, in Barcelona. After [...]

Ryan Hall’s new DVD, The Triangle, has some great techniques. This video is Ryan showing his Hip Bump Triangle. It is pretty straight forward, but may take some reps to get down. Anyway, Ryan’s DVD is pretty good, and I recommend any serious BJJ player to watch.

Part of the career of Saulo Ribeiro was built on the match areas of the ADCC, an event he won on two occasions. Last Sunday (September 27), the black belt bid farewell definitively to the competition. What is more, he said he will no longer fight professionally.
“The ADCC is a house I helped build more [...]

If you did not already know, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, beat Robert Drysdale in the recent ADCC Superfight. The match lasted all 20 minutes, and after his 2-0 win, Souza will now be defending his title in 2011 ADCC. The two time champion did an interview with tatame.com in Barcelona after his victory.

How did you feel [...]

Here are the results from Day 2 of ADCC action.

Fabricio Werdum v Saulo Ribeiro – Werdum by ref decision 2 OT
Jeff Monson v Robert Abreu – Abreu by ref decision 2 OT
Xande Ribeiro vs Vinny Magalhaes – Xande by points 4 x 0 OT
Gerard Rinaldi vs Glover Teixeira – Rinaldi by points 5 x 0 OT
Andre Galvao [...]

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza tops Robert Drysdale in their Superfight. Jacare,  the replacement for Roger Gracie, beat Drysdale on points 2-0. Posted below are the results from Saturdays action, and schedule for Sundays finish.
September 26, 2009 Results:
Men’s +99kg (+218 lbs.) Opening Round

#1 – Fabricio Werdum (Brazil) def. Rogent Lloret (Spain) via kimura
#2 – Tomasz [...]

The ADCC has now released the brackets for their upcoming competition. The names are big, and we should expect to see some crazy match-ups! Catch the event live streaming on PPV. Click picture for bracket.
Keep up to date here for results and videos.

Marcus Widengren: Having the benefit of knowing two different countries and cultures, what are the best qualities that you bring with you from those two different cultures?

Robert Drysdale: I’ve always tried to assimilate the best out of both cultures. There are incredible things about Brazil and the U.S. And of course there are aspects of [...]