"Brazilian Jiu Jitsu" Blogs & Blog Posts

On May 26, police were called about a noise complaint on a residential street in Berea, Ohio, where they discovered what appeared to be an abandoned boxing ring constructed of milk crates, plastic wrap, and driveway markers in a backyard belonging to...

The number of celebrities that are also Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners is kind of immense at this point. On the more obvious end of the spectrum, you have tough guys like Jason Statham and Vin Diesel, that look like former MMA grapplers. — R...

Before quarantine, I class-hopped through different boutique workouts religiously: aerial yoga classes, hot yoga classes, OrangeTheory classes, Cyc classes, and several kickboxing lessons. Class-hopping wasn’t just one of my pre-pandemic hobbies, i...

Martial arts studios, gyms, dojos, academies—whatever you want to call them—have suffered like most other in-person businesses during the pandemic. Many gyms have shut down entirely, while others lucky enough to retain a certain number of student...

In the western world, particularly the United States, martial arts tends to be defined by stereotypes: People who train are either eight year olds learning Karate kicks, or bloodthirsty brawlers who hope to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championsh...

The term “martial arts” encompasses many different schools of thought and approaches to training. The one through-line is that any discipline you study is a vehicle for self-improvement—whether you’re a kid taking karate classes or an adult c...

You know who doesn’t need any more lethal weaponry at their disposal? America’s killer cops, that’s who. And I’m not just talking about guns.Read more...