Turf toe involves spraining or breaking your toes when doing takedowns. This commonly happens in grappling and in BJJ. The injury from turf toe depends and in many cases is a minor sprain, but can also be severe enough to require surgery.
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Everything you need to know about 10th Planet BJJ
10th Planet is a variation of BJJ that was created by Eddie Bravo. This format of grappling does’t use the gi found in regular forms of BJJ
Everything you need to know about 10th Planet BJJ
10th Planet is a variation of BJJ which was created by Eddie Bravo. This format of grappling does not use the traditional gi and often focuses on submissions and leglocks over the positional control of other BJJ practices.
Is BJJ Better Than Catch Wrestling? Who Has The Best Submissions?
Both BJJ and wrestling are grappling based martial arts. They both offer practical self defense aspects and have fairly similar rulesets. Catch wrestling is now a fragmented martial art and […]
The 5 Best Womens BJJ Rashguards Review
A review of the best women’s rashguards for BJJ and MMA training. This includes factors such as price, comfort and durability.
The 8 Most Important BJJ Concepts & Fundamental Techniques For White Belts
When starting out in BJJ, it is important that you get a grasp of the basic concepts as soon as possible. Whilst this isn’t going to happen overnight, if you […]
How training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can create habits of discipline for other areas of life
If you’ve been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu long enough, you will often hear people talk about discipline and the will to train. Not only this, but some people will mention […]
1998 World Cup winner Bixente Lizarazu is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has competition success to back it up
Depending on what part of the world you’re from you will either call it soccer or football. Regardless, Bixente Lizarazu is widely believed to be one of the left backs […]
Ego in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Does this help or hinder the average practitioner?
Whilst ego is generally frowned upon in BJJ, it is also an important mentality which can also inspire the individual to strive for improvements in their game. On the other hand, it can create stubborn habbits which eventually hold the progress of the practitioner back.
Mat Burn in BJJ – how to prevent, treat and avoid it
Sadly, mat burn is a normal part of grappling. The good news is that it can be avoided by wearing the appropriate clothing and thankfully over time your skin toughens up which leads to less mat burn as a result.