Freddie Prinze Jr., one of the biggest television and movie stars of the 90s and early 2000s, has leveled up in jiu-jitsu. On Thursday, the actor announced that legendary jiu-jitsu player and instructor Jean Jacques Machado has promoted Prinze to the rank of purple belt in BJJ. View this post
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Grace Gundrum and Jean Jacques Machado are two jiu-jitsu black belts on separate ends of the spectrum. On one end, Gundrum is just 19-years old and holds the honor of the youngest-ever American female black belt. On the other end is Machado, a black belt competitor since the 1990s and
Read moreWith the rising popularity of leglocks, especially following the Danaher Death Squad’s sharp rise in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu circuits, more and more academies have brought leglocks closer to the fore of their curriculums. But at which stage of a Jiujiteiro’s development should leglocks be added to their arsenal? Some
Read moreIt’s something that Chuck Norris hasn’t ever spoken about openly but it’s well-known that he was awarded his third degree black belt back in 2015 and has trained under Jean-Jacques Machado since the early days of the Machado brothers living in the US. Just last week, Machado paid a visit
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No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu legend, Eddie Bravo, has been promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Bravo was promoted by his coach, 7th Degree Red and Black Coral Belt, Jean Jacques Machado. He was the first American BJJ black belt under Machado. Bravo’s last promotion was in 2013. After earning
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the celebrity circuit; some have been doing it for years and others are new to the game, some celebrities do it to help them prepare for fight scenes in movies, but many just do it for themselves. From Hollywood a-listers to
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The ADCC — commonly referred to as the “Olympics of submission grappling” — continues to grow its official Hall of Fame. On Monday, the organization announced that leg lock pioneer Dean Lister has been inducted into the ADCC Hall of Fame, joining legendary competitors like Marcelo Garcia, Roger Gracie, and
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The ADCC continues to populate its Hall of Fame, announcing a new entrant each Monday. This week, the organization announced that Ricardo Arona will join Roger Gracie, Andre Galvao, and Marcelo Garcia in the ADCC Hall of Fame. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ADCC (@adcc_official) A
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Fight To Win 144 is here! This article preview the event and showcases the match ups that are most interesting to watch!
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John Danaher, and I’m sure many others, have noticed a fundamental area of BJJ is being neglected by an increasing number of fans of the modern leglock revolution, guard passing. A lot of this is down to the thought process that being good at the leglock meta replaces the need
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