Movie star legend and avid Brazilian Jiu Jitsu advocate Tom Hardy has been incredibly active in the BJJ community as of late, and has recently been spotted down at Daisy Fresh in Mount Vernon, Illinois for some extra knowledge from founder and head coach Heath Pedigo. Most celebrities in the
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Advertising Disclosure We have all seen the YouTube videos of the greats like Rickson Gracie training/teaching on his home mats in his garage. Also, many of us, like police officers, work odd hours and can’t make it to regular class as often as we would like. With home mats we can drill
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Custom-designed HVAC at Diaz Combat Sports may be the future of martial arts school design. The academy’s new, $5 million facility in Vancouver, Canada, includes a specially designed, $250,000 HVAC system to protect students, staff, families and visitors against the coronavirus. “The HVAC was already in the plans before COVID,”
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Earlier, I posted an article about Cássio Barão’s incredible feat. It featured a BJJ black belt who busted a robber using BJJ. The BJJ black belt from Tocatins, Brazil had a rollercoaster of a day when he saved a student from a mugging in the middle of the street. A
Read moreRoxanne Modafferi is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) #8 in the women’s flyweight division. She will be facing top prospect Danielle Kelly in the main event of Submission Hunter Pro 60, an all-female card stacked with some of Jiu-Jitsu’s rising stars and exciting grapplers.
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Third Coast Grappling Kumite 7 is the last event of the series that spans four months during a worldwide pandemic. The bracket is comprised of eight female black belts vying for the $10,000 prize. That is a powerful statement for equality in the sport. Eight world-class elite competitors showcasing the best of women’s Jiu Jitsu. This is part three of an eight-part series featuring each of the athletes in the bracket. This is Nathiely De Jesus.
Read moreGrappling Insider wants to introduce some of the best, world-renowned academies on the planet. For this first edition, we reached out to one of the Meccas of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, with one of the most well-known professors of all-time, Vinicius ‘Draculino’ Magalhaes, who created this place from scratch. Magalhaes was
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Many of you may have experienced an increase in stress, anxiety, and frustration after finding out that your gym will be closed because of COVID-19. So, what can you do to help your body get rid of some of this negative energy while still living a healthy and fit lifestyle?
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Xande Ribeiro has followed through rather quickly with the announcement that he made after winning the headline match against Gabriel Almeida at Fight 2 Win 145, one where he revealed that he was starting his own affiliation and would be opening a brand new gym near the location for the
Read moreKazushi Sakuraba and Renzo Gracie faced off all the way back in 2000 at Pride 10: Return Of The Warriors and the pair gave us a vital piece of MMA history. It was just unusual that this piece of history was actually a repeat of something that happened nearly fifty
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