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Category Archive: Articles

Here’s How Martial Arts Can Improve Your Child’s Physical And Mental Health

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...

These Are The Most Exciting David And Goliath Matches In BJJ

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...

The Best Calisthenics Workouts For Martial Artists

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...

Pre-Workout Meal: What To Eat Before A BJJ Training Session

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...

How To Use The Hip Bump Sweep Effectively In BJJ

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...

Make Your Half Guard Unpassable with SBG’s Matt Thornton

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

The Game Changing Detail That Most People Miss in the Coyote Half Guard

Many BJJ practitioners have made a career from forcing an under hook half guard and sweeping or taking the back. This is a common method of playing guard used by a lot of elite level grapplers such...

Lucas Leite Shares His Secret For Beating Bigger & Heavier Opponents

Lucas Leite is a multi-time world champion with first place finishes at the Gi, Nogi, and Grapplers Quest world championships. Leite started training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu when he was 12 years old...

Are You An Older BJJ Student? Start With These 3 Fundamental Concepts

Are you an older BJJ student? Perhaps you’ve just started out and are wondering how you should go about it. Or maybe you’re someone who has some experience in training already, but are...

Do You Follow These 10 Jiu-Jitsu Commandments?

If you want to be (at least reasonably) successful at anything that you do, then it’s a good idea to follow through a set number of rules which will make your success more easily attained. And...

John Danaher’s Invaluable Advice: “You Don’t Have To Stay On Bottom”

You know how, when you start to roll and either you or your training partner end up down on the mats, that person stays down? That is to say, how they accept playing the bottom game… Well,...

The Power Of Jiu-Jitsu: How Kyle, BJJ Brown Belt, Pressure-Tapped a 260lbs Bodybuilder

There’s no denying it… Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can be a true superpower once you get good at it. It makes you tougher and better able to overcome hardships, both in training and life in...

Andrew Wiltse Starts A Business: “This Is A Passion Project & It’s Going To Succeed”

Andrew Wiltse is one of those athletes whom you can’t help but enjoy watching compete. His unique, “buzzsaw” game has earned him many grappling fans around the world; but it’s...

Are The Warm Ups You’re Doing Good For Your Jiu-Jitsu?

Are you doing warm ups before your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training? If so, do you think that they’re effective… Or that they’re a sort of a waste of time? Why not just start off with...

The Story Of Rayden, Bullied Boy With Autism: “Jiu-Jitsu Taught Me Self-Control & Discipline”

Rayden is a teenager who is living with autism… And who was jumped and bullied by his middle school peers in a school bathroom. The video of this went viral some time ago; but that didn’t...

Georges St-Pierre Talks Grappling Match vs. Khabib: “If It’s Well Organized, Why Not?”

Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov never got the chance to meet each other in the ring. All of the potential for a potential fight ended when Nurmagomedov decided to retire with a perfect 29-0...

Jiutopia BJJ Camp in Greece: Your Perfect Jiu-Jitsu Vacation

It’s a warm day in August and you’re enjoying the refreshing summer breeze, as you lay down on the mats… You’ve just done your first training session in Greece and you...

Want To Lift Weights For BJJ? Try Doing This

Lifting weights and training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu… They go together like bread and butter. And no, don’t listen to those cynical training partners! Being “really strong” in a roll is a great...

What To Do About That BJJ Training Partner Who Just Holds A Position & Doesn’t Move?

You’ve probably ran into this person at one time or another during your BJJ journey. It’s the training partner who, after he passes to an advantageous position – most often, Side...

Roberto Aguilar, 76 Years Old, Promoted to BJJ Black Belt by Romulo Barral

You know what they say: it’s never too late to become who you’re meant to be. And it’s never too late to start doing what you love; so, if you haven’t started training...

Mikey Musumeci Moves to Singapore to Train & Teach at Evolve MMA

Mikey Musumeci has made a spectacular debut under the ONE FC banner a couple of days ago; beating Masakazu Imanari by Rear Naked Choke in the first minutes of the bout. And yesterday, he made a big...

5 Shagle Alternatives To Chat Online When You’re Feeling Lonely

The popularity of video chat platforms is increasing every day. Today, everybody can select the most suitable site to talk to random users and make friends. If you are already familiar with the...

Brian Glick: “My Relationship With My Teacher [John Danaher] Goes Beyond Words”

If you want to be good – in whatever you do – you need to have great mentors. You need people who have the experience, the knowledge, and the wisdom to endow upon you. And that’s no...

Caught In A Rear Naked Choke? Here Are Your 2 Defensive Options

Getting your back taken is the worst thing that can happen in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s a position that’s most difficult to escape from; and a position from which your opponents have the...