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Category Archive: Articles, Health, Health & Nutrition

Here’s How We Can Overcome The Global Obesity Epidemic Through Martial Arts

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Training & Harnessing The Power Of Your Mind For Combat Sports

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

[Watch] Dana White’s Wife Slaps Him On New Year’s Eve – He Responds In Kind

Dana White and his wife, Anne, got into a physical altercation while celebrating New Year in Cabo San Lucas (Mexico). And the entire incident was caught on camera. TMZ released the video on Monday,...

Why OG Kush Strain is Perfect for Beginners

An Overview of OG Kush Strain & Why its Seeds Are Perfect for Beginners The first experience you have with cannabis defines your future use. Although there are so many cannabis strains, OG Kush...

The Wrist Lock From Side Control They’ll Never See Coming

Wrist lock is perhaps the most underutilized and underestimated submissions in Grappling. There is no denying the effectiveness of the submission, along with the huge number of positions that it can...

The (Somewhat) Easy Way To Escape Knee On Belly – By Paul Schreiner

Do you struggle when your training partners and opponents hit you with the Knee On Belly position? When they’re having so much fun with it? The Knee On Belly doesn’t just hurt the body, it hurts...

Giancarlo Bodoni Reveals Superb Arm-In Guillotine Choke Details

What’s your favorite submission? Sure, you may have a ton of submissions that you like to go for, but if you had to pick just one… Which one would it be? Well, for Ricardo Almeida – Renzo...

Super Simple Way To Finish The Single Leg Takedown (Against Heavy Hips)

Takedowns are a must if you want to dictate the pace of a match. Joe Rogan said that fighters with strong takedown games can push the pace better because the takedown threat is always looming. This...

What Should You Learn In BJJ As A Purple Belt?

So you’re a freshly-minted BJJ purple belt, congratulations! It’s a fantastic achievement and you’re now one of the most dangerous people on the mats. That deserves a ton of respect, plus given...

Paul Schreiner Demonstrates A Surprising Method For Escaping Side Control

Escaping the sidecontrol is one of the biggest challenges any beginner faces and it’s paramount to mastering bjj or even just saying you have rudimentary skills. Coming out of side control is no...

Luis Heredia Shows a Takedown to a Paper Cut Choke Setup

The transition between standing techniques and ground techniques are rarely taught in BJJ. This is a small window of opportunity that is often neglected in BJJ. Capitalising on this moment is a...

How to Develop Your Guard Game in BJJ

One of the most interesting and hard-to-master elements of Brazilian jiu-jitsu is undoubtedly the guard. The guard is recognized as a neutral position where one athlete attempts to get to a sweep,...

How to Develop Devastating Guard Passing

When you start training Brazilian jiu-jitsu, you quickly learn about the positional hierarchy, which is the core concept of this martial art. If you can get to positions such as the back, mount, or...

Blind Grappler’s Inspiring Bjj Black Belt Demonstration

Clinton Terry is a force to be reckoned with. Popularly known as the “Blind Grappler”, Terry lost his eyesight at just two years old – but that didn’t stop him from chasing...

BJJ Advice: Instead Of Looking For Shortcuts, Craft A Plan

It would be great if there were some shortcuts to becoming better in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wouldn’t it? Yeah… But, even though there are some things you could do to speed up your...

Gordon Ryan To UFC: “All I Want Is The Paddy Pimblett Marketing”

Gordon Ryan is currently undisputed on the no-gi submission grappling scene… And many have taken notice of that – including the UFC, which recently held the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 3...

’90 Day Fiancé’ Star: ‘I Want To Be a Pro MMA Fighter’

Star of the TV show ’90 Day Fiancé’ Biniyam Shibre has big hopes to become a pro MMA fighter. The heartbreaker and amateur fighter told TMZ Sports that he wants to turn pro — and...

John Danaher: “You Need Time To Manifest Improvement”

The 2023 is upon us – and so is everyone’s New Year’s resolutions, one bigger than the other. But how are you supposed to achieve these goals? One thing is for certain:...

Guide To Smashing Your Grappling Goals and Resolutions for 2023

As with every new year there comes a time when the scores are settled and you think of a direction you’d like to be headed. Whether that something means being involved in a local tournament or...

UFC’s Zhang Weili Promoted To BJJ Brown Belt

Zhang Weili is a top UFC women’s strawweight division fighter. In her most recent performance at UFC 281, she submitted Carla Esparza with a Rear Naked Choke – and won the title! And now,...

Flashback: Student Submits Former BJJ Instructor in Competition (Margardia vs Gurgel)

Remember Fernando “Margarida” Pontes Vs. Fabio Gurgel at the 2001 Pan Am? This was one of the rare times a former student faced one of BJJ masters in a BJJ competition. In this case the student...

Chael Sonnen: ‘Gordon Ryan Should NOT Go To MMA’

Given that he’s arguably the best no-gi submission grappler of all time, many fans worldwide wonder whether or not Gordon Ryan will make the jump into MMA sometime in the future. And, well,...

Danielle Kelly: “I Try To Give Advice, Especially To Young Females (That Train BJJ)”

Success shared is success multiplied. And that’s especially true in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where, if you can share your success – particularly through your experiences – then everyone...

Buchecha On 2023 Goals & Video Games: “Sometimes I Play Call Of Duty”

Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida, one of the greatest BJJ athletes of all time, is currently focused on MMA… What’s more, it’s the only thing he is focused on when it comes to...