This match was surprisingly the only time that two legends of the sport, Roger Gracie and Andre Galvao, actually met on the mats. The match takes place at the 2008 IBJJF Gi World Championships, in the semi-final of the Absolute Division. Earlier in the tournament, Roger Gracie had stormed to
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Gordon “King” Ryan is back at his usual social media antics, declaring that he’s found proof of his status as No Gi GOAT. On Tuesday he posted a string of images to Instagram – pictures of notes with an overview of statistics for several elite BJJ competitors: André Galvao, Marcelo
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In a shock announcement, the Mendes brothes (Rafa and Guilherme) have announced on Instagram that moving forward in 2020 they (and by extension AOJ) will not ‘represent any team or association’ – in other words, Art Of Jiu-jitsu is splitting from Atos.
Read moreAndre Galvao recently uploaded the above video to the ATOS Jiu-Jitsu Headquarters’ Youtube channel where he discussed how often a competitor should be training. Now, first of all it’s pretty clear that Andre Galvao is talking about the level of training that the top competitors will need to be doing
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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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The Ruotolo twins are right in the middle of transitioning from prospects to full-fledged competitors and the secret is finally out. Both Tye and Kade Ruotolo were promoted to purple belt at the age of sixteen, just the other day by Andre Galvao. This comes after a fantastic competitive year
Read moreAndre Galvao opens the match aggressively, and it’s back and forth with big transitions. Galvao stayed aggressive throughout the match, at one point hitting a big takedown that brought Felipe Pena down on the commentator’s table. The swelling on Pena’s ribs was immediate, with speculation that they might be broken.
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