Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen shows off her jiu-jitsu skills in a new video; demonstrating throws, striking, and submissions whilst sporting a two stripe white belt. Gisele is no stranger to combat sports – she’s dabbled in Boxing and Kung Fu over the years, but she’s taking her self-defense to new
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This is a part of a series of articles taking at in-depth look at the best competitors and their gameplan. This edition is on Fernando Terere. Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Alexandre Paiva > Fernando Augusto Terere In this edition of The Gameplan we are breaking down the game of the legendary
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Part of the allure of “the gentle art” is that a smaller, weaker person can use superior technique to defeat a larger and stronger opponent. Helio Gracie is the original figurehead for BJJ, despite being the frail sibling of his brother Carlos, because he utilized technique over strength. However, modern
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They say never meet your heroes, even though I feel like I practically already had. The truth is, we all sort of know Eddie. His many appearances on “The Joe Rogan Experience” have shown us nearly every side of him. There’s Look-Into-It-Eddie, Super-High-Eddie, and Hyper-Focused-Eddie to name a few. It’s hard to imagine there’s a “real” Eddie we don’t yet know about.
Read moreOn May 25th Nicky Ryan faces off against Urijah Faber for the Polaris no-gi featherweight title. Here we look at the fighters, the match up, keys to victory and predictions for this main event. Urijah Faber, UFC hall of famer and ex WEC featherweight champion, retired from MMA competition just
Read moreOn May 25th Nicky Ryan faces off against Urijah Faber for the Polaris no-gi featherweight title. Here we look at the fighters, the match up, keys to victory and predictions for this main event. Nicky Ryan is one of the youngest names in the sport. Little brother of BJJ superstar
Read moreThe illustrious Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds returns on May 26th, but this time it is different. Instead of featuring a small bracket, the CJJ worlds will be stacked with some of the best 135lb grapplers in the world. In the days leading up to the event, grapplinginsider.com will be giving
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Challenge matches, duels and the benefits and disadvantages of rulesets in jiujitsu competition Whether you have trained jiujitsu for years or just a few months, competition is ever present. Some people compete on a regular basis, becoming semi pro or professional grapplers. Some people compete every so often just for
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Robert Drysdale might be the most uniquely qualified person in the world to tell the story of jiu-jitsu. A history major in college, Drysdale was born in the United States but spent most of his childhood in Brazil, and is intimately familiar with both US and Brazilian culture. More importantly,
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A year ago, we changed our car. We got a good deal on a Honda Civic, a make and model I’d never considered before, yet since then, every second car I see seems to be a Honda. Discovering and beginning Brazilian Jiujitsu has been a similar experience. Until recently it
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