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The Resilience of the BJJ Community
Depending on how long you have been training, you can look back and see all of the people that started training Brazi...
Reader Question: “Why is BJJ more expensive than other martial arts?”
Reader questions are a great way for Jiu Jitsu Times to give back to the community that supports us. We recently got...
Drysdale Face To Face With Guns In Brazil! “No Jiu Jitsu’s gonna save you there”
“We go up to the favelas, I’m terrified, it’s like three in the morning, we get to this open area and, I kid you not,...
5 Things That Happen When You Visit a BJJ Gym on the Road
Many of us will look for a quick BJJ fix while on we are on the road. If you search online for Jiu-Jitsu and the name...
Etiquette in the Bjj Academy for Newbies
Jiu-jitsu Times has received a few questions and feedback on our article about 5 Common White Belt Mistakes in Bjj no...
A “Swift” Response: Dan Swift Speaks
If you’ve been following the jiu jitsu interwebs the past few days, you know that there was an absolute firestorm tha...
5 Common White Belt Mistakes in Bjj
Starting any new area of study usually involves a steep learning curve. Bjj is considered the most complex of all the...
Reflections On My First Day Training Jiu Jitsu
Its not the prettiest store front I have ever seen, in fact its pretty scary looking from the outside. Straight out...
A Reader Question: “Is it ok to start training at age 42?
A reader messaged Jiu-jitsu Times with a very common question: “Do you think it’s ok to start bjj at 42? I’m relative...
Small Town Blackbelt Calls Out Chris Weidman
So… I woke up on Thursday morning and saw my facebook newsfeed alight with the amazing antics of Erie Pennsylvania ba...
Why Patience is the Best Attribute You Can Have in BJJ
If you want to be good and progress in jiu-jitsu, the most important thing you can possess is patience. Why? Becaus...
What Do the Colored Bjj Belts Mean?
I have always enjoyed asking different black belt instructors what each of the different belt colors meant in brazili...