Make a difference with Jiu-Jitsu: Getting your BJJ school involved in your local community. Martial arts schools have a deeper connection to their local community than most local businesses. They…
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu community outreach attempts to bring value and dignity to the children of international refugees. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina Project 658 is an organization that works with the…
In this interview we learn more about twenty-year-old, world champion, female black belt Dominyka Oblenyte and her fight for equal pay for women in Jiu-Jitsu competitions. “We are sorry…
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu keeps it real. It’s hard physically and mentally. Now imagine if you didn’t get support from your family, friends or even teammates. To continue takes a different kind…
BJJ is the one sport one regularly sees people of vast age ranges on the mats actively engaged with one another. Many other competitive sports have an unwritten rule around…
Kris: Today is March 13th.Richard: Friday the 13th.Kris: Friday the 13th. My name is Kris Shaw. I'm sitting with Richard Bresler.Richard: Bresler.Kris: Bresler. And we were talking... I said…
Because we practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu does not mean we are immune to the ugliness, underbelly or subversiveness of human culture. We are a tight knit group. We bond fast and…
The article examines Tammi Musumeci's gutsy performance versus Michelle Nicolini through what film and literature has taught us about grit and finding the value of our name. The beginning of…
Keith Myers, a friend a training partner, publishes a blog at http://tapoften.wordpress.com/. I particularly liked this post and have republished with his permission. If you run across a particularly good…
This letter send from Afghanistan touched me and I want to share it. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community is a community that is tighter than most. What I find surprising is…