BJJ Breaks At Work? I Think I Am IN! If you could work anywhere, where would you go? Usually when thinking of our dream jobs, the perks associated with a job are just as, if not more, important than the work itself. Today’s...

Reflecting on a Jiu Jitsu belt... It is the time of year where most Jiu Jitsu schools have their annual holiday party and promotion ceremony. At some schools there is a syllabus where students are tested on material.  At other schools the criteria...

Heart and class in Jiu Jitsu... Submission ace Brian Ortega went four hard fought rounds with the great Max Holloway this past Saturday night before the fight was finished due to a doctor stoppage.  Before the fight, Brian’s record was 13 wins and...

Two Of The Best Modern Grapplers Face Off! Who Will Take It Home In Wales! Polaris, one of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu’s most prestigious and entertaining competition promotions has scheduled the 8th event for December 9th, 2018. This event is Polaris’s first veiling of...

Recapping the stacked card... One of the matches that I was most excited about at Polaris 8 was the bout between Nicky Ryan and leg lock legend Masakazu Imanari for the featherweight title. Nicky initially tested Imanari’s legs with several well placed attacks....

  One of the most controversial Brazilian JiuJitsu debates centers around the idea of training purely for self-defense or training to compete in tournaments with defined rules and whether the two are mutually exclusive. JiuJitsu great, Ryan Hall, was asked about the people...

Applications from the game of chess to human chess... In the previous article we discussed Bruce Lee’s quote, ““I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”  We then examined...

Lessons from the chess master and Jiu Jitsu black belt... Bruce Lee is famously quoted saying, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Previously, we explored this...

Jiu Jitsu and the common man... I realize that I am not a high level competitor. I do not have a video instructional coming out any time soon. However, one point of interest for me is of the story of the average practitioner....

Exploring nerdiness in gentle art... Before I started Jiu Jitsu, I didn’t know what to expect. I kind of pictured a gym full of young Chuck Liddells. I thought I would find a bunch of fighters and Special Forces guys trying to find...

Exploring the bout… Submission ace Brian Ortega is pitted against Max Holloway this Saturday night.  Brian has 13 wins and 1 no contest on his record. He has torn through the 145 pound division including Clay Guida, Cub Swanson and Frankie Edgar. Of...

Ideas on rest days... For a lot of us, the idea of a rest day is challenging. We tell ourselves that we are only competing against ourselves. However, the fact remains that others are getting better when we take time off the mats....

Exploring the stacked card! EBI 18 is scheduled for December 9th at the Onnit Gym in Austin, Texas. In this submission only tournament, 16 women will compete for the straw weight title. Previous EBI champions include Jon Calestine, Beatriz Mesquita and Gordon Ryan. With such...

Exploring the benefits of Jiu Jitsu for the recovering addict It is a commons statement in the Jiu Jitsu community that Jiu Jitsu helps us become a better person. Another frequent idea is that we battle our demons on the mats. For some...

  Brazilian JiuJitsu is a martial art thousands of people enjoy, although crime statistics show most JiuJitsu practitioners will never have to use their JiuJitsu skills in a self defense situation away from the mats. Therefore, the only time a JiuJitsu practitioner will...