The day Rocky Balboa relied on Jiu-Jitsu
Decades before meeting Rodrigo Minotauro, Sylvester Stallone had already fallen back on Jiu-Jitsu to tame a wrestling giant, something the Brazilian had made a career…
Yearly Archives: 2011
O dia em que Rocky Balboa usou o Jiu-Jitsu
Décadas antes de conhecer o parceiro Rodrigo Minotauro, Sylvester Stallone já havia apelado para o Jiu-Jitsu para sossegar um gigante do wrestling, tal e qual…
João Crus and Jiu-Jitsu’s growth among kids
If MMA is growing more and more on the tastes of the youth, Jiu-Jitsu is unbeatable with the children, who are becoming all the more…
Got omoplata. Now can you back mount and finish?
If not, it's because you haven't yet tested out this position by black belt Marcelino Freitas, a Nova União featherweight with gold at the Brazilian…
Air Force, ground-fighting tourney
In 2011 the Brazilian Air Force turns 70 years old and a sporting event gathering military personnel and civilians is thus being planned in celebration.…
UFC Rio: training on the beach, autographs and complete program
If you're thinking UFC Rio only starts Saturday, that's because you don't know about how the official programming the promotion puts together before all…
Arona to surf at post-UFC Black Belt Challenge contest
A surfer and MMA fighter – not necessarily in that order –, Ricardo Arona has added his name to the list of participants at Bintang…
Ao encaixar a omoplata, você chega às costas e finaliza?
Se não, é porque ainda não testou esta posição do faixa-preta Marcelino Freitas, peso-pena da Nova União com uma medalha de ouro do Campeonato Brasileiro…
Jordan’s newest fighter
Mohammed Samir doesn't yet know what Jiu-Jitsu is, doesn't even know his name is Mohammed Samir yet, but he has sported a gi. He's the…
“Often the police use weapons unnecessarily because they don’t know martial arts”
For it being the venue for this Thursday night's installment of Shooto Brazil, “O Globo” newspaper dropped in on Brazil's elite police task force…
In the gallery images from Jungle Fight with title fight and more
Lively battles, lovely ladies, a title fight – that's what Wallid Ismail had in store for us with Jungle Fight 31 this Saturday. Check out…
Watch the Spider peaking for UFC Rio
The first episodes of the Anderson Silva reality show promoted by Budweiser are already on the web– with exclusive images and statements from the lead-up…