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Ricardo de la Riva recounts creation of his guard, historic roll with Murilo Bustamante
Ricardo de la Riva developed a guard that revolutionized BJJ. The DLR is one of the most popular guards in modern BJJ...
Remember Fernando Margarida vs. Flavio Cachorrinho from the 2000 Worlds
In the saga of the World BJJ Championships, many matches have gone down in the sport’s history. One of those took pla...
Video compiles the highlights of ADCCs 2011, 2013 and 2015
The ADCC is the most prestigious grappling organization in the world. Inevitably, every odd year, it provides the sta...
Fernando Tererê remembers his first BJJ session, talks about his social project
BJJ legend Tererê talks about how his first BJJ session went, discusses his social project bringing BJJ to poor kids,...
BJJ grandmaster and UFC 1 ref, Hélio Vigio is dead at 82
The BJJ community lost this Thursday the 15th one of its giants. Hélio Vigio, a red-belt reared by Carlson Gracie, di...
Grappling Styles of Africa, South and North America
by Jeff Meszaros
On our worldwide survey of different grappling systems started by doing the grappling tour of Asia,...
New Podcast: Impact, Concussions and Brain Damage in Mixed Martial Arts
I’ve just released a brand new podcast on Grapplearts Radio called ‘Does MMA Make You
Stupid?’
Now that might sound ...
UK Grappling Styles
by Jeff Meszaros
So we’ve finished the first two legs of your around-the-world adventure to try out all the grapplin...
BREAKING NEWS: Rare German Jiu-Jitsu Footage Discovered, Changes Martial Arts Forever
In the extensive Grapplearts video vaults I recently discovered rare archival footage of an incredibly deadly martial...
European Grappling Styles
by Jeff Meszaros
So, we’ve finished the first leg of your around-the-world grappling tour and it’s been a blast (cli...
Asian Grappling Styles
by Jeff Meszaros
Do you like traveling? Of course you do!
There’s the food, the music, the culture, the art, and if ...
Countdown to the 2016 Worlds: 8 American stars that made big waves at the world championship
In a sea of Brazilians, a little more than a handful of American black belts have written their names in world champi...