Unfortunate news has hit the jiu jitsu world. Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones are suffering from COVID-like symptoms. The situation was revealed earlier on a Flograppling instagram post. This is bad news for the upcoming July 31 Who’s Number One event. Both Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones will be unable
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It seems to be something we’re going to have to get used to moving forward, or at least for the foreseeable future, but yet again someone scheduled to be at a UFC event has tested positive for Coronavirus, although this time it’s a cornerman, Mike Brown. MMA Fighting broke the
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As schools start to reopen, we find ourselves eager if not zealous to get back to the daily grind of training. All that energy and enthusiasm pent-up for weeks and months… all the techniques and breakdowns and free instructionals you watched have got you eager to try something out on
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It’s official, the IBJJF has now suspended all of their 2020 events indefinitely, in light of the recent Coronavirus pandemic. This comes after the IBJJF initially announced that they would suspend the first few events that were set for 2020, like the Pan-Ams and the Masters International Europe Championship. The
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UFC 249 has been hit by Coronavirus again. After first being forced to cancel three events in a row, Dana White was adamant that the event would go ahead as originally planned, with the same main event that we have all been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson. Then
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The IBJJF was one of the first major grappling organisations to announce that they would be suspending all future events due to the recent Coronavirus pandemic and they have now revealed on Facebook that they’re willing to extend any paid up membership. Their reaction to suspend events came after ADCC
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Fight 2 Win CEO, Seth Daniels, has just announced on Facebook that the North American grappling promotion has a proposed schedule for it’s return. After previously announcing back at the beginning of March that they would not be holding any events until May, the promotion is now looking to host
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For those that are unaware, Jason Scully is the owner and face of Grappler’s Guide and he recently announced that he was going to set aside 40% of all of the site’s profits ready to donate to gyms struggling due to the recent Coronavirus pandemic and the measures used to
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It seems as though the Coronavirus pandemic has claimed yet another victim as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu St. George has been forced to shutter it’s doors permanently in the wake of a government-enforced temporary shutdown that was designed to help slow the spread of the virus. The school was based in St.
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Tanner Rice and his brothers have decided to reopen their BJJ Academy, Rice Brothers Jiu-Jitsu despite being situated in Redding, California and currently being subject to a “Stay At Home” order. Tanner Rice is a black belt under Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” Maciel and is the first American to be promoted
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