Over the weekend, I had two opportunities to train with former Jiu-Jitsu opponents with whom I’ve remained in touch and am on friendly terms. Both of these gentlemen went out of their way to come train with me in preparation for upcoming matches I have. There are of course inherent risks to training with unfamiliar […]
Ralek Gracie founded Metamoris in 2014, and is now trying to resurrect the popular grappling showcase. “I can just walk away from it,” Ralek Gracie said. “But the reason I won’t…it’s chi, its karma. And so I believe personally there is a certain amount of energy, and whether you call it good or bad, there’s […]
(Curated story from USAToday.com) Brian Ortega (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has been tapped to help train Oscar winner Halle Berry in Jiu Jitsu for an upcoming movie project called “Bruised” that Berry not only is starring in, but running as her directorial debut. Ortega will help train Berry’s jiu-jitsu chops for the film. “I’ve been […]
Continued from Competition Mindset Part 2: For Best Results Be Prepared In my time competing I’ve collected several dozens of gold medals, I’ve won the IBJJF No Gi Pans twice and I’ve secured a Fight To Win Pro title, I’m not the best competitor in the world by any far stretch of the imagination but […]
(Curated Story via southphillyreview.com) On early Saturday mornings, Queen Village resident Mir Khalid Ali rallies his two children for Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. Among a laundry list of tasks getting his gang out of the door, Ali, a writer, traveler and global strategic marketing manager, has discovered one chore to be particularly daunting – tying his […]
Curated Story via Deadspin Former Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Erbeth Santos lost his main event fight Sunday against Felipe Pena after he injured his knee during an early exchange. Santos and Pena’s anti-climatic fight capped off an exciting night of BJJ Stars action in Sao Paulo, but Santos put on a show shortly after he […]
All over the country, law enforcement officers are utilizing Jiu Jitsu training to help them handle the dangers associated with one of the toughest jobs in the world. This is job different in the city of Port Chester, NY. Dozens of Port Chester officers took part in a whole new kind of job training with a […]
Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre appears to be calling it quits for good. After returning in November 2017 to capture the middleweight title following a three-year layoff, St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC) is set to make retirement official after failing to secure a fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Georges St-Pierre, 37, will make […]
A 15-year-old boy was nearly blinded when a vicious school bully smashed his glasses into his face leaving him with horrific injuries. Nathaniel Dryden, from Shelton Lock, Derbyshire, could be scarred for life after the unprovoked bully attack which left him ‘absolutely covered’ in blood. (Do you live in Austin, Texas? Want to give Brazilian […]
Very often, we see people of similar athletic ability, physical attributes and natural grappling instincts progress at different speeds on the mat. This has less to do with the individual and more to do with their methods in training. There are some specific things you can do right now, right away to boost your mat […]