Running the Gauntlet is a tradition that more and more academies abandon every day. Most modern academies abandon it because it’s a legal liability and to put it bluntly, it’s bad for business in a world where you can get to a 2 stripe brown belt level over the internet. Many jiu-jiteiros call this torturous procedure … Continue reading Fabio Gurgel: ‘The Gauntlet Was My Biggest Mistake as an Instructor’