Flavio Canto has represented Brazil as a Judo Olympic Athlete and is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt alongside that. His career started way back in 1995 with a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in the -78kg category but after moving up to the -81kg category, he started
Read moreJoe Rogan explains in the above clip exactly why BJJ athletes need to train Judo in order to supplement their preferred martial art. The clip is taken from a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience where the BJJ and 10th Planet black belt sat down with Navy SEAL and
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Fight 2 Win 138 is coming up this weekend and so far looks like it’s going to be the best event that the American promotion has ever put together. Fight 2 Win normally has one or two big matchups at the top of the card but they’re really pulling out
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This article is the latest in a series on BJJ Fundamentals, delving into the standing game. For the rest of the series, click here. *in this discussion “wrestling” is an umbrella term for all styles such folkstyle or Greco-Roman etc. Enough With The Butt-Scooting The latest in our multi-sectional study
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French Judoka Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner has had a historic ten-year unbeaten streak come to an end. This streak consisted of 154 consecutive matches against the best Judoka in the world and has made Riner the first person to win Ten World Championship gold medals while also giving him two Olympic
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In any art, whether ballet, cooking, drawing/painting, carving, BJJ or any martial arts (just to name a few), proof of knowledge of the basics, and the learning of fundamentals is paramount before a student can be considered for entry into deeper levels of the art. This is different than a
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Rolling vs drilling is one of the most consistent debates in modern BJJ. How BJJ Works defines rolling as, “an all-encompassing term for sparring or drilling at varying degrees of intensity.” In case you didn’t know, drilling is where you go over a move. In most classes, the time spent
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BJJ is known to be the most effective self-defense martial art, for its control, and being able to snap someones bones or put them to sleep. Comparing BJJ Vs some other well-known martial arts – is BJJ the best self defense martial art? Let’s see… BJJ Vs Karate The Black
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Kayla Harrison ended her 2019 in the best way possible, becoming a million dollars richer as Professional Fighter’s League (PFL) Lightweight Champion. Harrison won back-to-back gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics at -78kg before making the transition to MMA shortly after. She was signed by PFL before even
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Kazushi Sakuraba’s Quintet cements itself as a top tier submission grappling competition with Quintet Ultra – a fun concept and an exciting ruleset. The team grappling approach is very promising, especially when the teams are some of the best organizations in MMA history: UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce and WEC. With Gilbert Burns
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