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Kurt Osiander Calls For Doping Regulation In BJJ: “Shouldn’t There Be A United States Jiu-Jitsu Federation?”

Kurt Osiander Calls For Doping Regulation In BJJ: “Shouldn’t There Be A United States Jiu-Jitsu Federation?”

In a recent interview, Kurt Osiander discussed the challenges facing BJJ’s potential inclusion in the Olympics, the need for standardization within the sport…
And even shared his unfiltered views on the recent appearance of breakdancing in the Olympics.

On the topic of BJJ’s Olympic aspirations, Osiander pointed to two critical obstacles: the lack of a unified rule set and the absence of a governing body capable of enforcing doping regulations:

The sport is still growing…
But the true fact of the matter is a lot of the athletes would not be able to compete because there’s doping test.

Judo (for example) is in the Olympics because they have a governing body that’s really strict about that.

Shouldn’t there be a United States Jiu-Jitsu Federation?
Everything will be standardized – boom, this is the rules, this is the way it is, these are the weight classes.

As a stepping stone, he suggested introducing BJJ as an exhibition sport:

You know, they could do it as an exhibition sport.
It’s, like, okay you want to see something cool? We got it, check this out.

Osiander also offered his take on breakdancing’s inclusion in the Olympics.
He described watching Australia’s representative, Raygun, and her viral performance:

As soon as I saw it I was, like, f*ck, I think she’s having a seizure.
Someone help this poor woman.

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