3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (354+ words) The exclusive-contract era of grappling has arrived, and this year’s ADCC cycle is the first to really feel it. With UFC BJJ dangling money and infrastructure in front of top talent, competitors are being forced to ask a question that…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (510+ words) Richie “Boogey Man” Martinez, the 10th Planet black belt known for his run through EBI and years of highlight-reel submissions, has never trained in the gi. That fact has followed him throughout his career, along with a familiar refrain from parts…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (384+ words) TriStar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi, best known for guiding Georges St Pierre through his championship reign, revealed during a recent gym Q&A that he intends to begin testosterone replacement therapy once he reaches 50 years old, and he plans…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (438+ words) Dima Murovanni, one of the sport’s most in-demand coaches, sat down on the Grapple Asia podcast while preparing his athletes for ADCC trials in Bangkok. Among the topics he broke down was the ecological, or constraints-led, approach to teaching jiu-jitsu,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Rafael Lovato Jr. had already mapped out where he wanted to spend his competitive energy this year, and it wasn’t inside the ADCC bracket. The BJJ star had explained his reasoning plainly just weeks earlier: at 43, he no longer sees…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (402+ words) Rigan Machado, the 9th degree jiu-jitsu red belt and longtime instructor to Hollywood’s elite, addressed criticism of Ashton Kutcher‘s black belt head-on during an appearance on the Jiu-Jitsu Dummies podcast. Machado, who has built a reputation training celebrities out of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) A viral video clip captioned “What’s happening to Jiu-Jitsu?” recently provoked a debate. The footage features a four-stripe white belt receiving an unusual promotion: a second white belt featuring a distinct stripe running down its length. The controversy coincides with…...