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How to Survive as a BJJ Gringo in Brazil
Hi! My name’s Arthur de Lustrac. I’m part of the BJJ Globetrotters, and I’ve been globetrotting for a long time, and Jiu jitsu became my latest pretext to do so. I’m 6 years into this sport and I...
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How To Counter 5 Common Misconceptions About BJJ
By Guillaume (Gile) Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. The benefits of Jiu-Jitsu are numerous: self defense, increased fitness, health, social skills,...
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Low Percentage Moves transformed into Game Changers
Many sport articles have been dealing with the rise and reign of Golden State Warriors lately. If you’re not following basketball it might serve you to know the GSW have revolutionized basketball by...
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Henry Akins Answers: ‘Can Jiu-Jitsu Make You A Complete Martial Artist?’
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the head...
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Superman Actor Henry Cavill Trains Jiu-Jitsu w/ Roger Gracie
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the Hollywood A list celebrities. Famous people that train or have trained in BJJ include Ashton Kutcher, Prince Jackson (son of Michael...
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Rickson On JJGF’s Difficult Last 2 Years & New Goals For 2016
One of the biggest names in the history of Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, Rickson Gracie , about two years ago, founded the Jiu-Jitsu Global Federation (JJGF), an organization created in order to unite the...
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‘Creontism’: Jiu-Jitsu’s Biggest Hypocrisy
Written By Guillaume Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Serbia. The term creonte originated within Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations in Brazil to refer to a student who...
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Michael Jackson’s Son Talks About Jiu-Jitsu & He’s Very Humble
The eldest son of pop star Michael Jackson, Prince , 19, is a practitioner of Jiu Jtsu and trains at Gracie Academy Beverly Hills, Los Angeles in California. Prince is a student of Ryron and Rener...
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The Power of Charisma in Jiu-Jitsu: From Obscurity to Fame
Brazilian Jiu-JItsu’s demanding nature and larger than life personalities set us apart from the run-of-the-mill martial art dojo. What defines a compelling leader? Are we defining success or is it...
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Metamoris 7: Ralek Gracie Will Now Face Garry Tonon
The July 17th Metamoris card is changing every day for the past few weeks. Latest METAMORIS 7 UPDATE: Tim Spriggs is injured, Garry Tonon is now signed to face Ralek Gracie on July 17th at the Ray...
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2016 Worlds Preview: Buchecha’s Return, Faria & Lo’s Legacy
The yearly IBJJF world championships will once again be held between the 1st and 5th of June, in Long Beach California. The competition will feature the biggest stars of our sport, especially the...
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Saulo Ribeiro Shares His Mindset To Compete At World Championships
Saulo Ribeiro is one of the most successful competitors and jiujitsu instructors. He is now more devoted to passing his knowledge onto his students in his academy called University of jiujitsu and...
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6 BJJ Champions That Flopped in MMA
A number of high profile bjj players announced their transition into mixed martial arts in the past year alone. But this is a road that doesn’t pan out for everyone and success in one discipline...
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IBJJF Announces 8 Man Invitational for $50,000 Cash Prize
The IBJJF is giving back big time to its champions in 2016. Professional Jiu-Jitsu has finally arrived. IBJJF has just announced the launch of the 2016 IBJJF Pro League GP. Some of the best Jiu-Jitsu...
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How BJJ Athletes Are Able To Cheat the IBJJF Worlds PED Test
In 2014, after winning the IBJJF world Jiu-Jitsu championships, Felipe Pena faced a 1 year ban from USADA sanctioned competition for a positive result for testosterone. This was a victory for IBJJF,...
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Erberth Santos shines in the Absolute, more results from Worlds
The biggest upset at the Worlds 2016 was triumph of Erberth Santos over Bernardo Faria via armbar in the semifinals of black belt Absolute. Erberth Santos attempted to pull an armbar over Faria...
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Transformers: Biggest Weight Cutters in Grappling
Weight cuts are quite risky torturous methods of gaining advantage in a fight. We’ll list some cliff notes for those unfamiliar with this practice. Many sports feature weight categories. It’s a...
View ArticleResults: 2016 IBJJF World Championships
1 year after suffering a horrific knee injury at the 2015 Worlds, Marcus Buchecha Almeida made a triumphant return to Jiu-Jitsu by winning his weight class and the open weight. He defeated the...
View ArticleResults: 2016 IBJJF Worlds: Return of King Buchecha
1 year after suffering a horrific knee injury at the 2015 Worlds, Marcus Buchecha Almeida made a triumphant return to Jiu-Jitsu by winning his weight class and the open weight. He defeated the...
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Watch: Romulo Barral’s Emotional Retirement From World Championships
Photo: JiuJitsutimes.com At the 2016 Worlds, 2 BJJ legends retired. The first was Michelle Nicolini who took silver and the second was 5X world champion Romulo Barral. Barral reached the final of the...
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