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Tom DeBlass Defends "Modern Jiu Jitsu"

Is the Self Defense vs. Sport Debate Alive and Well? Three time ADCC veteran and former MMA fighter Tom DeBlass recently took to his social media to respectfully "agree to disagree" with a statement made by the legendary Rickson Gracie. Arguably one of...

Kron Is BACK! Gracie To Sign With UFC

Kron Gracie, ADCC champion black belt and son of Rickson Gracie, is reportedly set to sign an MMA contract with the UFC, most likely to compete in the featherweight (145 pound) division. The current Rizin Fighting Championship fighter is undefeated in MMA competition,...

Re-Discover The Fundamentals And Learn Invisible Jiu Jitsu

Invisible Jiu Jitsu is a concept started by Rickson Gracie and one of his students, Henry Akins. The concept is that you are able to you whole body and weight becomes distributed and aware of your every opponent's move. With the "feeling" of...

Unlocking the Rubber Guard

Rickson Gracie has recently expressed his disapproval of the rubber guard and its applications. Calling it inefficient, awkward, and stating he feels that using the position can provide some vulnerability to the practitioner wishing to employ it. Eddie Bravo gave Gracie a short introduction...

The Game of Jiu Jitsu

You've probably heard the phrase "your BJJ game". Someone's jiu jitsu game typically refers to the moves, techniques or positions, that a particular person tends to use in training or competition. Though at some point we think we're going to master the art...

Who is Eddie Bravo?

Eddie Bravo is an enigma in the jiu jitsu world. Born of the same BJJ beginnings that many of us have had, he began studying jiu jitsu like millions of others after seeing the early UFC competitions. He studied with the legendary Jean...

Rickson Gracie: Best of the Old School

While Royce Gracie gets the majority of the praise when it comes to making BJJ big in the USA, Rickson Gracie was the star to make it popular in Japan. Considered, the family champion, Rickson’s skills are that of legend. Past and current fighters always talk about how amazing Rickson’s Jiu Jitsu is. While, not […]