Roberto Cyborg and Renato Tavares’ exploits in absolute at Dallas Open 2012
Promoted by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), the Dallas Open featured some of the sport's top competitors last weekend at TWU's Kitty Magee Arena…
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The thrills of a Jiu-Jitsu championship in 8.5 minutes
Check out the highlight video from the 5th American Cup, an annual Jiu-Jitsu tournament where rising stars take front and center in San Jose, California.…
Brazilian Nationals 2012: watch the absolute purple belt winner’s style
Keenan Cornelius ran roughshod through the purple belt division at the Brazilian National Championship last Sunday at Grajaú Country Club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…
BJJ superathlete Rodolfo Vieira “opens” dressing room to readers
Do you remember when Jiu-Jitsu only cropped up in the news when some kid with gnarly ears would do something stupid? These days, things have…
Find out who can claim to be 2012 BJJ champ of Brazil so far
The 2012 installment of the Brazilian National Championship, one of the gentle-art tournaments dating back the farthest, has already crowned up-and-coming talent over the first…
American Cup 2012: Diego Herzog wins absolute gold in California
Day two from the 5th American Cup in San Jose, CA started out with the white belt competitors. And what they lacked in experience in…
A measure for quashing closing out Jiu-Jitsu finals?
While hundred-year-old sport soccer's big debate these days is ethics, rules and regulations, why should Jiu-Jitsu's be any different? On the mat, controversy likes sporting…
Pan 2012 revelation Renato Cardoso, efficient brown belt absolute champion
He got the tapout in all nine of the matches he was in at the 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Irvine, California, snapping up gold…
Masters age with adult endurance, Flavio Cachorrinho comments on double gold at Pan
One of the black belts receiving the most fanfare at the 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Champion wasn't even in the adult division. The heavyweight Flavio “Cachorrinho”…
Caio Terra: “Rafael Mendes is Jiu-Jitsu’s number one pound for pound”
Top roosterweight Caio Terra (Cesar Gracie) wasn't content to just win his division at the 2012 Pan this weekend in Irvine, California. The Rio de…
The day Cara de Sapato beat Bernardo Faria in Abu Dhabi
Newly crowned Pan-American absolute champion Antonio Carlos “Cara de Sapato” Junior had already outmaneuvered Alliance ace Bernardo Faria's guard prior to the tournament this past…
Pan Jiu-Jitsu: Bochecha, Cara de Sapato close out open class
The 2012 Pan will have no finals at the absolute black belt. Both male and female open class divisions saw teammates in the finals. Among…