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Dear White Belt: Your Time Will Come To Return The Favor
You’ll likely hear throughout your time in jiu-jitsu that BJJ is a sport of give and take. When you first start train...
Dear White Belts – Leave Your Ego At the Door
One of the first things you should learn in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is to leave your ego at the door. Ego’s cause injurie...
“Average” Blue Belts Can Be Important Mentors For White Belts
When many of us think of BJJ role (roll?) models, mental images of high-level brown and black belts come to mind. We ...
What To Know Before Your First BJJ Class
Whether you’ve finally pursued the results of a Google search after a long time of wanting to try jiu-jitsu, or you’r...
Action Bronson Has Started Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
United States rapper and television host Ariyan Arslani (a.k.a. Action Bronson) has started his Brazilian jiu-jitsu j...
Belt Promotions Are A Mess. Having A Coach You Trust Is What Matters
You only need to cross-train or compete once or twice to realize that promotions in jiu-jitsu are relatively arbitrar...
10 Of The Best Jiu-Jitsu Techniques For Beginners
When you first start training BJJ, you may be overwhelmed with the number of techniques you get taught in class. It t...
Let The White Belts Roll
To let the white belts roll, or not to let the white belts roll? Apparently, that is the question. Recently, the topi...
The BJJ Positions & Terms Every White Belt Should Know
Starting jiu-jitsu can feel like a constant uphill climb, with a whole litany of new terminology and confusing positi...
Getting People To Stick With BJJ Means Putting In The Extra Work
There are a lot of things that have to happen exactly the right way for someone to walk into a BJJ gym and decide the...
6’8, 145kg Bodybuilder and Actor Martyn Ford Steps Back On the Mats for MMA Debut
British bodybuilder, actor and aspiring MMA fighter Martyn Ford has stepped back on to the mats at his gym – Gracie B...
Gordon Ryan Explains How To Improve Your Butterfly And Open Guard
Gordon Ryan took some time out of his eternal quest to prove himself the greatest No Gi grappler on the planet in ord...