Tyler Bishop | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com The Original Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Magazine — BJJ news Wed, 07 May 2014 18:14:24 +0000 pt-BR hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-09-at-20.29.31-32x32.jpeg Tyler Bishop | Graciemag https://www.graciemag.com 32 32 Jena Bishop of GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis brings thirty women together for training camp https://www.graciemag.com/jena-bishop-of-gma-gracie-humaita-st-louis-brings-thirty-women-together-for-training-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jena-bishop-of-gma-gracie-humaita-st-louis-brings-thirty-women-together-for-training-camp Wed, 07 May 2014 18:14:24 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/?p=117538 Text by Tyler Bishop On May 2-4 GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis played host to the first ever Women’s BJJ Camp Midwest. The event was orchestrated by Royler Gracie black belt and 2013 brown belt world champion, Jena Bishop. The camp was designed to bring the women in the area together in one place to…

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Jena Bishop leads all-female training camp at GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis. Photo: Tyler Bishop

Text by Tyler Bishop

On May 2-4 GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis played host to the first ever Women’s BJJ Camp Midwest. The event was orchestrated by Royler Gracie black belt and 2013 brown belt world champion, Jena Bishop. The camp was designed to bring the women in the area together in one place to learn and train Jiu-Jitsu. The camp featured 30 participants of all ages, sizes, and belt levels.

“I never had many opportunities to train with other females when I started learning Jiu-Jitsu, so I have always wanted to organize something in this area that would facilitate that for others. Now that there are so many more women doing Jiu-Jitsu, it seemed like this was something that I could lead and take charge of,” said Bishop. Camp participants came from across the United States and from over ten different affiliations.  “There have already been a lot of requests for me to do it again soon. I would imagine that it is only going to grow. The feedback we have gotten has been very positive.”

The camp took place over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and featured warm-ups, instruction, drills, positional sparring, open training, and a mock tournament. Jena also made sure that she rolled with every female that attended the camp. “The first time I ever really got to train with a female black belt was at blue belt, the next time was at brown belt. I wanted to make sure every girl that attended got that experience, because it was something I always coveted,” Bishop added.

Jena is currently training for the 2014 World Championships – her first at black belt. She plans to host more camps in the future, and is currently scheduling seminars for the second half of the year.

To find out more about future camps visit www.womensbjjcamp.com, or contact Jena Bishop at BishopBjj@gmail.com.

To learn more about Gracie Humaita St. Louis visit www.grapplingconcepts.com

The post Jena Bishop of GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis brings thirty women together for training camp first appeared on Graciemag.]]> Video: Jiu-Jitsu is more scientific than philosophical https://www.graciemag.com/video-jiu-jitsu-is-more-scientific-than-philosophical/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-jiu-jitsu-is-more-scientific-than-philosophical Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:26:31 +0000 https://www.graciemag.com/?p=110702 Two students under GMA member JW Wright at Gracie Humaita St. Louis, Jena and Tyler Bishop, recently interviewed David Adiv about his approach to Jiu-Jitsu. The black belt, who has awarded many black belts alongside Royler Gracie to many including JW, explains why Jiu-Jitsu is science: You can follow more podcasts and info about the…

The post Video: Jiu-Jitsu is more scientific than philosophical first appeared on Graciemag.]]> Two students under GMA member JW Wright at Gracie Humaita St. Louis, Jena and Tyler Bishop, recently interviewed David Adiv about his approach to Jiu-Jitsu. The black belt, who has awarded many black belts alongside Royler Gracie to many including JW, explains why Jiu-Jitsu is science:

You can follow more podcasts and info about the students of Gracie Humaita St. Louis by going to www.grapplingconcepts.com

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