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Category Archive: Articles

MMA Fighter Who had His Heart Stop and Got Revived In the Cage Plans To Keep Competing In BJJ

    While bjj takes a toll on the body, it’s not quite as steep as mma. This lead CJ Hancock to drastically change his career. Last Friday Hancock’s heart stopped when he...

NFL’s AJ Green Gets In Touch With His Inner GSP, Chokes Opponent In the Middle Of Football Game

    While scuffles are not rare at NFL games what ensued over the weekend was particularly odd. AJ Green ended up choking Jalen Ramsey with a nicely placed rear naked choke. In the end...

A small tip to MASSIVELY improve your Double Leg Takedown

Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist in...

IJF Releases Rule Updates For Judo Competitions 2018-2020

  The most important changes for the next judo season have been publicized. Here’s what they come down to:   1. Waza-Ari-Awasatte-Ippon is being reinstated. That means two waza-ari...

Danaher Reveals He Was Behind GSP’s Triumphant Debut in Middleweight

    The morning after UFC 217 had some interesting revelation. On the eventful card many champions were defeated and a new order will soon ensue. In light of all this decorated bjj coach...

Eddie Cummings And Garry Tonon Appear On Comedy Show

  Garry Tonon has long been one of the funniest grapplers around but this time he took it to a next level as he and fellow DDS member Eddie Wolverine Cummings guested on an actual comedy show...

Antonio Carlos Jr. Reveals He Suffered From Panic Attacks And Reveals He Credits Meditation With His Recovery

    We often read and admire the antics of Demian Maia in the Octagon, we also read and cherish watching the matches of Leandro Lo, Garry Tonon and others. While the name Antonio Carlos Jr...

Gordon Ryan And The Man Accused of Recording Seminar give Detailed Accounts Of What Happened

    Yesterday we reported on an incident at a recent Gordon Ryan seminar. As per initial reports after repeated requests to not film Gordon Ryan doing the technique he had left and would...

BJJ & Surf Camp with Jeremy ‘The Gerbil’ Arel in El Salvador

Casa Kickapoo is organising a new camp with no other than BJJ black belt Jeremy ‘The Gerbil’ Arel from February 10th-17th and February 19th-26th, 2018. Jeremy Arel, also known as...

Garry Tonon: There’s A Good Chance GSP Subs Bisping

    Georges St.Pierre has been preparing for a while for his return to the Octagon. The talented Canadian has once again enlisted the help of John Danaher and his star students in an effort...

Training BJJ Prompts Student To Invent Glove That Would Prevent Finger Injuries

    In brazilian jiu-jitsu our hands often take the brunt of the action. Especially for those of us who are gi fans. Often times an athlete will lose a significant percent of usage of his...

Gordon Ryan Walks Out On Seminar After Repeated Attempts To Record

    Danaher Death Squad has been unafraid to make a fuss when in the past someone would try and compromise the system. There was notably one case in particular that’s widely known....

Covington Calls Liborio a Joke – Claims He’s Using Covington’s Fame

    Colby Covington has that welterweight belt in sight and he’s not planning to let up, no matter how many enemies he makes along the way. To recap he’s called Brazilians...

Tom Hardy Spotted Grappling Again – Prepping for Venom Role

Tom Hardy as Venom. Artist: Wil Shrike @wilshrike   With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan’s science fiction thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy...

Martial Artist Couple Gets Into Fight Over Trophies, Husband Ends Up in Hospital

    The default image for a martial artist is one of an individual with discipline and principles. However a couple in China, both of whom happen to be martial artists and one of great...

Dillon Danis Threatens UFC Heavyweight Chase Sherman: I Will Submit You

    UFC Heavyweight Chase Sherman just joined a long line of people to have had a spat with Dillon Danis. After the latest posting spree from Danis, who has been recovering from...

Vice president of the Indian National Congress Trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

    It seems like Brazilian jiu-jitsu is making a name for itself across arenas. After it’s become the go to martial art for a variety of actors and showbiz people more and more...

Demian Maia On Colby Covington: He Said He Respected Me A Lot & That Was His Way Of Promoting

    Demian Maia held his head high through what was a very clever game play by the third American Top Team wrestler he’s faced in a row – Colby Covington. Covington managed to...

Renzo Gracie Back Take: Spread the Chicken

Learn how to apply Renzo Gracie’s favorite way to finish from the back. This is a submission set up that he used countless times in his competitive Jiu-Jitsu career and his MMA fights. It all...

Felipe Costa On Why He Brought Back The Gauntlet Tradition in His Academy

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...

UAE Apologizes To Israel For Treatment of Judo Team, Snubbed By Their Hosts Because Of Their Nationality

    Israeli athletes haven’t had the easiest time in sports due to the tricky political situation. You may have seen examples such as:   Video: Egyptian Judoka Refuses To Shake...

Pedro Munhoz Responds To Accusations He Held On To The Guillotine Too Long- I Was Just Surprised Plus The Killer Detail

    One of the most interesting and quick submissions from the UFC Fight Night Sao Paulo came from a Pedro Munhoz bout against Rob Font. The young ace explained that he in no way shape or...

ACB 8 Crowns Paulo Miyao & Victor Honorio In Latest Installment

    Berkut’s 8th jiu jitsu edition took place over the weekend. ACB 8 featured one of the biggest cards yet. For the 2nd time this year Paulo Miyao managed to snag a belt in the...

In Senegal “Wrestling is How We Prove Our Womanhood”

    Senegalese wrestling is a type of folk wrestling traditionally performed by the Serer people and now a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia, and is part of a larger West...