Sweep and get the tapout
A bronze medalist at the last World Championship in Long Beach, medium heavyweight Iam McPherson (Alliance Atlanta) is a brown belt with some interesting maneuvers…
Worlds 2010
Guilherme Mendes and the lesson of a Worlds lost
Seen as a shoo in for the world title, 2009’s champion Guilherme Mendes ended up dropping out of this year’s world championship earlier than expected,…
Facing demons head on
As we have all heard before, Jiu-Jitsu is a metaphor for the way we live our lives. The way we act on the mats and…
Honolulu Open mobilizes fighters even in Brazil
Third-place winner at the 2010 World Championship Laércio Fernandes has finally finished his studies and will be able to dedicate himself fulltime to what he…
He trains with Guy Ritchie, thinks like Tarantino
“A true artist doesn’t go about his craft thinking about his body of work as a whole, the repercussions of his work. To do something…
Kyra Gracie’s lethal move?
Check out world champion Kyra Gracie’s appearance on Brazilian talk show Altas Horas last Saturday on TV Globo channel. Check here to watch. (Only in…
Purple belt pride of Team Lloyd Irvin
Female Jiu-Jitsu just keeps growing in the United States and around the world. Proof of it is how the number of women competing increases with…
Rômulo fine after surgery
Rômulo Barral got injured at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship. On trying to escape a snug kneebar applied by Tarsis Humphreys in the medium heavyweight final,…
On a roll in MMA and subbed at the Worlds, Pé de Pano guarantees he won’t drop gi
Two-time absolute world champion Marcio “Pé de Pano” Cruz exited the 2010 Worlds after having a new experience. Not with a medal, as he was…
The next big Gracie; Felipe Couto’s unexpected march to final
Ronis Gracie, a lightweight purple belt from Gracie Barra, came into the Worlds last June with the will to win. He felt his Jiu-Jitsu was…
Hillary comments on black belt
She only spent seven months and 14 days as a brown belt. However, the world title she won in June after beating Carol DeLazzer in…
Bernardo represents Jiu-Jitsu among big names of sport
The sports complex of the physical education faculty of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora was inaugurated. Athletes of all styles were in attendance…