SubStars at the Fillmore Preview
The final line-up for the latest SubStars event has been announced and it is already in the early running for most-stacked event of the year.
Read moreThe final line-up for the latest SubStars event has been announced and it is already in the early running for most-stacked event of the year.
Read moreAshton Kutcher, the star of “That 70’s Show” and MTV’s “Punk’d” was recently awarded his brown belt by the legendary Rigan Machado. The BJJ community exploded at the news and there was plenty of debate about the legitimacy of Kutcher’s belt and what skills he actually possessed. Now, at long
Read moreKate Upton is a prolific supermodel and actress, having starred in films like Tower Heist (2011) and The Other Woman (2014). Her having to rely on her looks to make money hasn’t stopped her recently taking up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) in her spare time though. She recently announced on Twitter
Read moreComedian Russell Brand was awarded his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Blue belt this week under his main instructor at RGA Bucks Kev Capel. Russell is under the Roger Gracie lineage so UK BJJ pioneer Mauricio Gomes and BJJ GOAT Roger Gracie were also in attendance. I had to overcome my fear
Read moreKettlebells are so hot right now and if you train with them maybe you are too. Thanks to a series of celebrity endorsements (Joe Rogan, et al), Kettlebells are often touted as the ideal training tool for BJJ and combat sports in general – but are they really that special?
Read moreIn our new series: “BJJ Archive”, we will chronicle some of the forgotten moments of our sport’s history in popular culture. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of a veritable group of bad-asses, but it turns out that when the cameras stop rolling, the real beast is one of the
Read moreIn our new series: “BJJ Archive”, we will chronicle some of the forgotten moments of our sports history in popular culture. On November 30, 2013. Hollywood A-lister, Paul Walker and his close friend Roger Rodas tragically passed away in a single vehicle accident in San Clarita, California. Walker and Rodas
Read moreIn the 1990s and early 2000s, the Gracie family name was synonymous with “Jiu-jitsu”. Now, of course, Gracie BJJ has many other connotations, including Gracie Barra, Renzo Gracie, Gracie Academy, etc. Before that, Jiu-Jitsu was a niche martial art, until it was spearheaded in the US by Rorion Gracie, who
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