The Jiu-Jitsu ballet
A tribute to the sport’s stars, choreographers of an art nearly as beautiful as it is sinister. The scenes were taken from the 2008 Jiu-Jitsu…
Xande Ribeiro
Assis wins no-gi in New Jersey
Remember João Assis's win over Xande Ribeiro in the Grapplers Quest absolute division in July of this year, in the video below.
Catch a class with Xande
Check your schedule for December 5th. All clear? If that is the case, hurry and call GMA member school Rocha JJ, in Piedmont, CA. Black…
The tricks to the No-Gi Worlds champion’s guard
Lovato teaches sweeps, submissions, and a number of variations.
Teacher and student win in black belt division
In an interesting turn of events at the 2010 No Gi Worlds, three Americans won Gold in their adult black belt divisions. What made two…
João Assis beats Saulo Ribeiro in Canada
Check out the video with some scenes from the match between the aces.
Renzo predates Bráulio’s signature move in 1998
Renzo Gracie shows how he’s good at the reverse triangle, too, while training for a fight at Pride FC 2. Watch and learn.
Cyborg comments on match with Rolles and heads to Honolulu Open
Roberto Abreu, otherwise known at “Cyborg”, had a riveting bout with Rolles Gracie in one of the Grapplers Quest superfights that shook things up at…
Xande won’t need surgery
Two-time absolute black belt world champion and GMA member Alexandre Ribeiro sent us some good news over Facebook. After a scare at Grapplers Quest earlier…
João Assis getting the finish in the gi
João Assis made it into the hall of No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu aces upon beating Xande Ribeiro by 4 to 0 in the final of the Grapplers Quest absolute tournament
Assis beats Xande and takes home 10 grand
Grapplers Quest put together a 32-man super-tournament worth 10 thousand dollars to the winner. The big name of the event was João Assis. The beast…
Bernardo Faria consolidated
Check out the fighter's trajectory to the top