Recovery for BJJ /// By: Chris Diaz

As I’ve spent the past couple months preparing to make my Fight2Win debut, one thing is abundantly clear; my body no longer recovers the way it did when I was in my 20’s. In order to cope with this new reality, I’ve had to employ unique strategies to keep from sacrificing performance. Here are a […]

The White Belt “Coach”

As higher belts, we see this ALL the time – white belts coaching other white belts from the sidelines. Maybe it’s during class during live training, during open mat, or even before class when there’s a lot of time to kill and they see their teammates drilling a technique that they think they know. When […]

Fight To Win Pro 89 Miami Photo Recap /// By: Alexis Terrosa

When Jiu-Jitsu Goes Wrong: An Alleged Case of Child Abuse

This week, a woman from Boynton Beach, Florida, is facing child abuse charges after police say she used a martial arts move, specifically, a jiu-jitsu move to take away her son’s cell phone. According to the police report, the woman had told police that since she and her husband separated, her son has been disrespectful […]

Favoritism in Promotions /// By: Vincent Inoncillo

Jiu-Jitsu is a journey. This is a concept that we emphasize quite often in our posts. It’s not a straight line from beginning to end; it’s a lifelong path that takes you on ups, downs and various turns. A common path is when a student goes down the road from white belt to black belt, […]

Death and Re-Birth in Life as Understood from the Mat /// By: Rachel Nelson

Warning: This is going to be boring as fuck before it gets juicy, maybe. Hang tight. We spend our lives moving, motioning, seeking towards new perceptions. Through experience that distorts and invalidates a previous perception of life’s meaning, it’s purpose, that explains the way things are; we quickly seek another playbook to better fit and […]

Is Trash Talking Now Becoming the Norm in Jiu-Jitsu?

After the UFC 229 debacle, many people from the Jiu-Jitsu community are outraged by the level of trash talking that led to the chaos that ensued after the main event. Perhaps if the incident had not been instigated by a notable black belt in the sport (who is no stranger to drama), this may not […]

The Do’s and Don’ts of Dating Within Your Academy

It happens ALL the time. A single girl joins a gym to learn self-defense or get into shape. The ratio of men to women in the gym is 10 to 1 (more or less). Of those 10 men, 8 of them are single. So the chances of one of them chasing after the new girl […]

If It Doesn’t Challenge You, It Doesn’t Change You

There are many types of people in this world, those who enjoy challenges and those who take the easy way out. We see these types of people in school, at work, and in Jiu-Jitsu. The main difference is that those people who are always looking for the easy way out don’t last very long in […]