The five-minute buzzer sounds and you congratulate your training partner on a good roll. You look around to see who needs a partner for the next round and you motion to him. You walk over and wait while the timer resets. We all know him. He’s in every gym. He
Read moreThe first article in this series dealt briefly with the origin of Judo. How Jigoro Kano, as a young man, looking to for a way to improve his physical prowess began his training in Japanese Jujutsu (for clarity, jujutsu will from here on out be spelled in the more common
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It is common knowledge to most of us who study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, that we owe the development of BJJ to Judo, via a certain Mitsuyo Maeda. Most feel that BJJ and Judo are two sides of the same coin. One, focused on the ground aspect, and spending a small amount
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