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When You Get Your Blue Belt
One of my gym buddies took up jiu-jitsu later in his athletic career and recently got promoted to blue belt. We chatt...
Building Your Jiu-Jitsu Game: Universal Jiu-Jitsu
This week I shared an article on how you can start to build your personal jiu-jitsu game around a submission that wor...
Finding Your Game
If you weren’t aware of it already, almost every jiujiteiro has a “game” of favorite positions and techniques. You pr...
What To Do If You Arrive To Class Early
Most of us arrive 10-20 minutes before the start of BJJ class. If there is not already a class underway before your c...
Why You Should Keep A Journal
BJJ black belt Steven Grossi is a huge believer in jiu-jitsu journals. Journals can help you retain information (even...
The 3 Most Important Factors Of BJJ
If I asked you what the 3 most important factors in BJJ were, what would your answer be? Would you answer “Acai, a li...
Six Bad BJJ Habits
After the first year or two of BJJ most guys tend to find and develop their own games. Naturally, we gravitate toward...
5 Ways To Spot A Good Instructor Before You Start Training
How can you tell if it’s worth it to train with an instructor before you start shelling out a couple hundred dollars ...
BJJ Cribs With Stephan Kesting
Many of you have probably seen MTV Cribs, where a celebrity shows off his or her mansion so that viewers all over the...
Three Types Of BJJ Enthusiasts Who Irritate Me
I’m a BJJ enthusiast, and I’m sure most people reading this are, too. Why wouldn’t we be? Brazilian jiu-jitsu is not ...
Does Jiu-Jitsu Make Us Better People?
The traditional martial arts have a mythology that one’s character is improved by training, and that a bad apple can ...
On The Verge Of Quitting? Listen To This
Are you on the verge of quitting Brazilian jiu-jitsu? If you’ve never been, then you’re a better person than I am. Th...