You Will Not Regret The Lessons Learned On The Competition Mats! You’ll never look back and say, “Man, I really wish I hadn’t tested myself”. Over the course of our lifetime we’ll be presented with challenges in many forms. Life throws us various...

When things don't go your way, what do you do? Tom DeBlass has walked onto and competed on some of the most prestigious mats in the world.  A three time ADCC North American Trials winner and subsequent ADCC veteran, he has stepped onto...

It's Not Only Just The Day Of... Most people that train jiu-jitsu will compete at least one time during their journey. And those of us that have, we know all of the hard work and dedication we put into the day of. We...

Fight2 Win Philly Sees Legend Prevail Last weekend, Fight 2 Win 90 took place in Philadelphia, PA.  The main event featured ADCC champion and IBJJF Silver Medalist JT Torres vs. Dylan Royce, and the co-main event between Baret Yoshida, and hometown star Kristian Woodmanse. The...

Rolling in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu typically entails intervals of short to medium length time in which grapplers engage at a relatively high level of intensity. There is a popular notion that by rolling at the academy at higher intensities, we are simulating our...

Team Approach Looks to Change BJJ Competition Professional jiu-jitsu has seen an uptick in popularity and availability in the recent years. The introduction of the Eddie Bravo Invitational in 2014 has lead to a lot spinoff types of tournaments, from Kasai, Sapateiro, and...

Competition talk around the gym can ignite a spark in you you didn’t expect. When I started BJJ I didn’t go into it with the goal of competing. I simply wanted to be more physical than I had been in the past and...

Setting Your Sights On That First Comp So there’s a competition coming up in a couple months.  You never really considered competing in the past because you either like to just watch, you don’t feel that you have a competitive mindset, or you’re...

 5X World Champ Gives Secret to BJJ Toughness Bernardo Faria is no stranger to competition.  Recently honored by the IBJJF for being one of only a few people to have ever won the Open Class World Championships.  His career included 5 World Championships. ...

 Adam Wardzinski Wins Poznan Open 2018 The longer you spend training and watching competitive BJJ, the more you will begin to see the cycle of life of certain positions.  As new guards, sweeps, submissions or positions come into favor, it can be easy...

As practitioners of the gentle art, we find ourselves in some pretty precarious positions from time to time. We’re no strangers to getting twisted up in knots and being squeezed and bent in ways that we may have not thought possible. The early...

This past weekend, I got back on the competition mats after over 6 years away.  As a student of Professor Tom DeBlass, I've always been inspired by his no nonsense approach to competition for his students.  Do it, if you want to do...

As if jiu jitsu itself didn't take you far enough outside of your comfort level, there's another summit you can reach for and that is on the competition mats.  Competing in BJJ is one of the purest tests of not only your knowledge...

BJJ competition can be a great way to test your skills against practitioners of similar skills, ages, and physical sizes as you.  You've already distinguished yourself and set your self apart from the average person by choosing a hobby or sport where you...

In his influential work, Outliers:  The Story of Success author Malcolm Gladwell examines people who have achieved extraordinary success in their lives in a particular area.  One of the reasons for this success, according to Gladwell is the 10,000 Hour Rule or Principle which...