YourBJJGuide.com is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu website created to help practitioners train smarter, improve their game, and make better decisions about the instructionals, products, academies, and other resources they use.
We publish BJJ instructional reviews, training articles, gear guides, academy resources, and practical information for grapplers of different experience levels.
Our approach is built around real experience on the mats. We believe BJJ content is most useful when it combines research with an understanding of what actually happens in training.
Why Trust Your BJJ Guide?
Your BJJ Guide is led by practitioners with first-hand experience in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Anders, founder and chief editor of YourBJJGuide.com, has trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for more than 15 years and holds a BJJ Black Belt under Rodney King, a direct student of legendary BJJ coach Rigan Machado.
That experience includes years of regular training, studying BJJ instructionals, visiting different academies, training while traveling, learning from different coaches and training partners, and working through many of the same challenges other grapplers face as their game develops.
This background is particularly important when we review BJJ instructionals. Understanding whether a technique is clearly taught, where it fits into a broader game, and who is likely to benefit from it requires more than simply reading the product description.
More Than 15 Years on the Mats
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a sport where experience matters, but there is always something new to learn.
Over the years, we have spent countless hours training, studying techniques, watching instructionals, visiting academies, and learning from coaches and training partners with different styles and approaches to BJJ.
That experience influences how we approach the content on Your BJJ Guide. We are interested in information that can actually help someone on the mats rather than simply repeating what a manufacturer, instructor, or retailer says about a product.
“After more than a decade on the mats, earning my Black Belt was a huge milestone. But one of the things I love most about BJJ is that you never stop learning.”
— Anders, Founder & Chief Editor of YourBJJGuide.com
What We Cover
Your BJJ Guide covers different parts of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training and the wider BJJ community, including:
- BJJ instructional reviews
- Technique and training articles
- BJJ gear and product guides
- Academies and places to train
- Coaches and competitors
- Training resources
- BJJ travel information
Our goal is not simply to publish more BJJ content. We want the information we publish to be useful to someone who actually trains.
How We Review BJJ Instructionals
BJJ instructionals are one of the main areas we cover on Your BJJ Guide.
When we review an instructional, we watch it before giving our opinion. We do not base reviews solely on sales pages, promotional descriptions, tables of contents, or the reputation of the instructor.
We look at what is taught, how clearly and effectively the instructor teaches it, how deeply they understand the subject, who the material is best suited for, how practical it is to apply in training, production quality, price, and overall value.
Teaching ability is particularly important to us. A famous competitor or highly decorated athlete is not automatically a great instructor. What matters more is whether they can explain the subject clearly, organize the material logically, communicate important details, and help the viewer understand why techniques and positions work.
We also try to identify both strengths and weaknesses so readers can understand not just whether we liked an instructional, but who we think should consider it and who may be better served by something else.
For a detailed explanation of our complete review process, read How We Review BJJ Instructionals.
How We Review BJJ Gear & Products
Your BJJ Guide may also review or recommend BJJ gear and other training-related products.
Depending on the product and the information available to us, we may consider factors such as:
- Materials and construction
- Comfort and fit
- Durability
- Sizing
- Practicality for BJJ training
- Brand reputation
- User feedback
- Price
- How it compares with competing products
Our goal is to help readers understand the advantages and disadvantages of a product rather than simply telling them that everything we cover is worth buying.
Our BJJ Near Me Project
Finding a good place to train can be difficult, particularly when visiting a new city or traveling internationally.
That is why we created our BJJ Near Me project, a growing resource designed to help grapplers discover BJJ academies and training opportunities in different locations.
Whether you are traveling for work, going on vacation, moving somewhere new, or simply looking for another academy in your area, our goal is to make finding somewhere to train easier.
If you own or train at an academy that should be included, you can contact us and tell us about it.
Keeping Our Content Updated
BJJ instructionals, products, academies, prices, and online resources change over time. New instructionals are released, products are replaced, prices change, and academies can move or close.
We may revisit and update existing content when we discover significant changes or when new information becomes available.
If you find information on YourBJJGuide.com that appears incorrect or outdated, we welcome corrections. Please send us the URL of the page and information about what has changed through our Contact page.
Editorial Independence & Affiliate Relationships
YourBJJGuide.com is supported in part through affiliate partnerships.
Some links on this website are affiliate links. If you follow one of these links and make a qualifying purchase, we may receive a commission from the retailer, instructional platform, or affiliate network.
Affiliate relationships do not determine our review conclusions, ratings, rankings, or recommendations.
We do not give an instructional or product a better review simply because we may earn a commission from it. We may also review, discuss, or recommend products for which we have no affiliate relationship.
Affiliate revenue helps support expenses associated with running Your BJJ Guide, including website maintenance, content production, research, and keeping existing articles and reviews updated.
You can learn more about how this works in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Reader Feedback
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is constantly evolving, and no single practitioner has the same game, body type, experience, or approach to training.
We welcome feedback from other grapplers, particularly when you have first-hand experience with an instructional, product, academy, or topic we have covered.
If you spot an error, disagree with something we’ve written, have an instructional you think we should review, or know of an academy that should be included in our directory, we’d like to hear from you.
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Last Updated: August 2026