Rener Gracie details the testimony he gave as an expert witness in a recent $46 million-dollar lawsuit. Late last week, news broke that a jury in California had awarded a verdict for more than $46 million to a white belt BJJ student that suffered catastrophic injuries during a roll with
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Police brutality and the misuse of police force has been a hot topic in this country over the past few years as seemingly countless videos have surfaced of police officers using excessive force or misusing their power to subdue suspects. Many jiu-jitsu practitioners have suggested mandatory police training in jiu-jitsu
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For fans of grappling and jiu-jitsu, last weekend might have been frustrating. Not only was the biggest sporting event of the weekend a boxing match, it was one between a 44-year old, retired Floyd Mayweather, and YouTuber and 0-1 boxer Logan Paul. The lead up to the bout was an
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Jiu-jitsu will be well-represented on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. Elite no-gi competitor Craig Jones will serve as a coach for Alexander Volkanovski’s team, while Rener Gracie will serve as a coach on Brian Ortega’s team. The Ultimate Fighter Season 29 is set to air sometime this summer.
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At UFC 259, Amanda Nunes was utterly dominant in the defense of her featherweight title against Megan Anderson. In just two minutes, Nunes hurt Anderson on the feet, quickly took Anderson’s back on the mat, and transitioned to a modified triangle and ultimately into an Americana-type armlock. The submission was
Read moreRener Gracie announced the other day that any person who’s wanted to try BJJ but been put off by toxic culture at another gym will get free training for the entire of August at any “participating Certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Training Center around the world.” Of which, there are currently 157
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Go back around 100 years – yes, only 100 years – and that is around the time that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was born. While the exact origins of Jiu Jitsu are hard to pinpoint, it was well established in Japan by the 17th-century. During this time, warring clans fought regularly
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The New Jersey Attorney General has just announced that Gracie Survival Tactics has now been approved as official police training. Before the state of New Jersey, it was the Manteca https://grapplinginsider.com/manteca-police-department-adopts-gracie-survival-tactics-training-program/ Police Department from Northern California that most recently started to implement Gracie Survival Tactics training; the only Jiu-Jitsu program
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The Manteca Police Department in Northern California has started implementing Gracie Survival Tactics training, which is currently the only Jiu-Jitsu program that is certified for law enforcement in California. Nearly all of the officers in the Manteca Police Department are trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. “In jiu-jitsu, if there’s distance,
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At UFC 264, Conor McGregor lost his rubber match with Dustin Poirier after suffering a gruesome leg break. But minutes before McGregor snapped his shin in half, he attacked a guillotine choke that proved to be a pivotal point in the fight. That guillotine — both McGregor’s attempt to apply
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