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A 6 Weeks Programme To Prepare For Competition: TRAINING, CONDITIONING, DIETING AND MINDSET
This article written by Thomas Johannessen for bjjscandinavia .Thomas is a Norwegian physiotherapist, personal traine...
Compete, Even When You Don’t Feel Like it
Sometimes, it’s difficult to gather the desire to compete. Whether it’s a lack of motivation, or a lack of preparatio...
5 IBJJF Competition Mistakes You Don’t Have to Make
by Guest Author Joanna Trindade
I’m a BJJ blue belt, and although I’ve competed in local tournaments before I recent...
Boston Summer Open: here’s the info you need to have a great time this Saturday
After landing in Chicago last weekend, the IBJJF bandwagon makes a stop in Boston this Saturday. The 2015 Boston Summ...
Santa Cruz BJJ Pro: register now to compete for a piece of the $30K in money prizes
Have you registered yet for the Santa Cruz BJJ Pro, on August 29? No? Well do it already and go compete for a piece o...
Bernardo Faria’s guard pass: the over-under
In Judo there is the concept of ‘Tokui Waza’, which means your “favorite” or “best” technique. This is the technique,...
Dealing with Competition Nerves in BJJ
Many people want to compete in BJJ but become absolute nervous wrecks in the days and weeks before the competition. ...
From Shooting Victim to World-Class Competitor: An Interview with James Clingerman
Every once and a while, an important event or story in the Jiu-Jitsu world comes by and doesn’t get the attention it ...
NY Summer Open: Diniz, Satava close out black belt open class, other Gi results
Day 1 of the 2015 New York Summer Open is a wrap. Alliance’s Matheus Diniz and Jonathan Satava closed out the black b...
Not All Black Belts are Created Equal
Not all black belts are created equal. Though to many practitioners of BJJ, a black belt may seem like such a faraway...
Seamless Progression Academy Wins big at 2015 NAGA Chicago Championships
On May 2, thirty one members from three Seamless Progression Academy (Carlson Gracie Team) converged on Villa Park, I...
Podcast EP28: How Bernardo Faria Won Double Gold at the BJJ Mundials
In this in-depth interview I talk with Bernardo Faria, the 99kg BJJ fighter who recently took gold in not only his ow...