Train with Cobrinha, Terra, Grippo, Marte, others and help submit the stigma of mental illness
Marcelo Garcia's brown belt Erin Herle has put together a very special event on March 21 (the day after the 2016 Pan). Studio 540, in…
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2016 European: Felipe Pena and Andresa Correa win open class; see all black belt champions
Felipe Pena and Andresa Correa are the 2016 European black belt open class champions. Pena closed out the male division with his Professor Romulo Barral,…
Celebrate Xande’s birthday and watch how he won the black belt open class world title in 2006
The year of 2006 in the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was all about Xande Ribeiro. Beating the odds, he defeated favorite Roger Gracie to be crowned…
Ten years ago: watch Rubens Cobrinha vs Rafael dos Anjos in a Jiu-Jitsu match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm0NfqRkqe0#t=15 Still not very famous in 2005, the black belts Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles and Rafael dos Anjos fought hard for their dreams. In the America…
GB Cool Springs graduates first black belt who started training at the school as a white belt
GMA member and leader of GB Cool Springs, in Tennessee, Reginaldo Almeida has a very special accomplishment to celebrate in 2015. He recently graduated his…
Seamless Progression Academy hosts black belt guard fighting clinic
In December students representing a half a dozen different schools gathered together at the Seamless Progression Academy, in Wisconsin, to train Jiu-Jitsu. The event…
Peak BJJ’s Paul Halme promotes first female black belt in school’s history
The leader of Peak Performance BJJ, Paul Halme had very special reasons to celebrate the promotion ceremony held at the end of November at his…
2015 Worlds No-Gi: brackets out, here are our predictions for the black belt finalists
The 2015 Worlds No-Gi is almost ready to go. The IBJJF has released the brackets and the order of fighter for the weekend in Long…
10 things everyone should know before they start practicing jiu-jitsu
Whether you are a white-belt just starting out in 2015 or have been practicing BJJ for many years now, it doesn’t matter. We all should…
2015 Worlds No-Gi reaches full capacity, list has big names and surprising absences
The 2015 World No-Gi Ji-Jitsu championship reached full capacity at the very end of the registration period. The deadline was Oct. 29, and 1,600 athletes…
Worlds No-Gi: watch the best match of 2013; register now to compete in 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWjcjxQK-ZQ The 2015 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu championship is scheduled Nov. 7-8, at the Long Beach State Pyramid. Big names like Garry Tonon, Tim Spriggs,…
Mahamed Aly now a black belt: “All the suffering, pain and tears were worth it”
The 2015 brown belt open class world champion is now a black belt. Mahamed Aly received the new ranking earlier this week from Lloyd Irvin,…