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The Importance of Exposing Fraud in the Jiu-Jitsu Community

At least once a month I see the BJJ community outing someone for some sort of fraud or dishonesty.  This can be as mu...

BJJ Competition For Self-Defense

“Competition can help solve the riddle of stress inoculation training for self-defense.” Recently there has been a re...

The Importance and Value of Local Competitions to Aspiring Competitiors

I compete much more than the average jiu-jitsu practitioner, roughly once a month for the past two years, sometimes m...

10 Key Techniques and Tactics of Marcelo Garcia

Marcelo Garcia is probably the most dominant jiu-jitsu athlete of the last 15 years. When he was competing he owned b...

A Strategy for Getting 15 Points in a BJJ Tournament Fast

The ultimate goal of BJJ competition is to tap your opponent out, not to win by points.  That being said, the point s...

Point and Counterpoint: A Competitor SHOULD Consider The Well-Being Of Their Opponents

The Jiu-Jitsu Times is starting a new series called Point and Counterpoint.  Each installment will feature two or mor...

Do You Learn From Victory?

There comes a point in the career of any competitive grappler worth his or her salt that victory becomes the norm.  A...

Worlds No-Gi: Remember Cornelius vs. Tonon in 2014 and Register Before the Deadline

The final deadline to register for the 2016 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu championship is tonight. You have until midnight in...

How To Find the High Percentage BJJ Techniques You Can Rely On

As a young martial artist I once debated whether a certain Kung Fu striking technique could actually work in a real f...

What If I Don’t Want To Compete?

Then you are not alone! I read recently that less than 20% of the students in most BJJ academies are interested in co...

BJJ Competition Mindset Tips

Here’s a video that I shot with Rob Biernacki and one of his visiting students in response to a question I’d received...

When your Opponent Doesn’t Join You on the Podium

You’ve been training for this moment! You’ve been completely focused and grinding; day in and day out getting ready f...
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