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Why All Competitors Should Train For Both Points And Submissions
Historically, jiu-jitsu has always been victimized by dividing philosophical approaches to training. Most of these di...
You Need To Be A Self Learner
After rolling, many ideas and stories about BJJ are exchanged between instructor and training partners. This is one o...
Should An “Upper Belt” Always Be Able To Tap A “Lower Belt”?
The topic of BJJ came up in a social situation and a friend who was not training BJJ asked a not uncommon question: “...
Is Your Body Type Stopping Jiu-Jitsu From Working For You?
You’re not the first person who’s watched someone teach a technique and thought, “That would never work for someone w...
Beating The “Don’t Wanna”: Reflections On Competing For The First Time In A Year
A couple weeks ago, I signed up for the American Grappling Challenge in Ohio. It would be my first time competing in ...
Why Every Jiu-Jitsu Athlete Should Be Studying 10th Planet Technique
Whether it be through competition or cross-training, inevitably every jiu-jitsu practitioner is forced to adapt their...
My Purple Belt Is My “I Didn’t Quit” Belt
I loved being a blue belt for about a day. Then I hated it. I stayed a blue belt for two years. Even now, when I see ...
Vagner Rocha Wants Jiu-Jitsu To Quit Being Soft Before It Ruins The Art
Vagner Rocha has long been a controversial figure concerning his hard-nose style of jiu-jitsu. There are many competi...
How To Tell If That Video Is A Bullsh*t Technique
Every second week or so, a BJJ student will come to to the gym all excited holding their phone. “Did you see this?!?!...
Five ways Brazilian jiu-jitsu is helping soldiers on the war front
By Andre Almeida of Gracie Barra Simi Valley Jiu-jitsu is becoming increasingly used as a training tool by the Armed ...
Quit Using “Women’s Self Defense” As A BS Marketing Tactic
A lot of gym owners and instructors advertising their female-centric seminars and women’s BJJ programs as “women’s se...
Worlds: Where can brown-belt king Kaynan Duarte go? Galvão analyzes.
At his year’s IBJJF World Championship, no brown-belt soared higher than the unstoppable Kaynan Duarte. The Atos figh...