Jiu-Jitsu Gym Raises $26,000 For Tap Cancer Out
Hereford Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has turned the sport’s strong sense of community into a major fundraising effort. According to sources, the academy, along with its sister school in York, Pennsylvania,…
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Gabi Garcia Won’t Be A Top Seed At ADCC 2026 Despite Storied Career And Hall Of Fame Status
Gabi Garcia enters the 2026 ADCC World Championships as one of the most recognizable names in the sport’s history, but according to FloGrappling’s latest tier rankings, that recognition won’t translate…
Los Angeles County Sheriff Competes in BJJ And Uses That Experience To Do Better Police Work
For twelve years, Deputy Andrew Roxas has patrolled with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and for much of that time, he has spent his off hours on a mat…
John Danaher: I’m A Dictator At Basics Level, But A Libertarian At Advanced Level
John Danaher draws a firm line between what is fixed in his coaching and what is left open to a student’s own instincts. Reflecting on his years teaching, Danaher explained…
REORG Founder Grew Royal Marines Jiu-jitsu Into The Corps’ Biggest Sport
Sam Sheriff MBE spent 22 years as a Royal Marine, rose to color sergeant, became the Corps’ first serving Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and founded REORG, the charity that…
UFC BJJ Tries to Pretend It’s Influential as Viewership Hits an All-Time Low of 5,000 Concurrent Viewers
UFC BJJ has been an interesting experiment in BJJ that highlighted the problems many contemporary BJJ promoters face. Due to its parent company, UFC arrived with considerable fanfare, claiming plans…
Tom Hardy: I Found Jiu-Jitsu Late In Life, I Don’t Really Like Competing
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy, known for throwing himself into physically demanding roles, opened up about a discipline he’s taken on far from any film set. In a recent interview, he…
ADCC Winner Questions Why More Kids Are Inspired By Bruce Lee Than Undefeated Vale Tudo Legend
ADCC champion and jiu-jitsu historian Robert Drysdale does not understand why the world remembers Bruce Lee before it remembers Euclides Pereira, one of the sport’s original Vale Tudo legends. In…
Marcio Andre: Guy Who Only Does No-Gi Is Purple Belt Level In The Gi At Best
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and coach Marcio Andre laid out an assessment of the divide between gi and no-gi grappling, arguing that the two disciplines are not separate sports but that…
BJJ Legend Erik Paulson: Royce Gracie Told Me The Only Way You Get Better Is You Take More Private Lessons
Erik Paulson‘s martial arts education did not follow a single lineage. By his own count, he trained under roughly 45 different coaches over the course of his career, a list…