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With the growth of the UFC, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has seen its popularity sky rocket. As a sport, MMA is the fastest growing activity in the world, it’s no surprise […]

MMA is still a relatively young sport, even if you compare it with only other fighting disciplines it has not been around for long. Almost everyone will have heard of […]

This is quite a taboo subject for those who have not trained BJJ. Often the media will portray choke holds and anything which puts somebody to “sleep” as very dangerous, […]

Please note this list only includes fights in the gi. The best BJJ matches of all time are obviously going to be subjective and differ from person to person. Secondly, […]

BJJ is a fun activity because of various reasons. These include making friends, learning new moves and ideas and pushing your boundaries. Because of this, BJJ can be considered as one of the more fun martial arts to learn

First off, let’s start with a disclaimer, there are many types of wrestling and many types of rulesets, so this is quite a complicated question. We will not include things […]

Injuries are somewhat inevitable whilst training BJJ. However, they can be lessened through methods outside of training. As well as training sensibly, you can also avoid lengthy injuries by minimizing risk.

If you’re reading this then you’re probably familiar with BJJ by now. In short, it’s a grappling based martial art that focuses on moves from wrestling and Judo. These moves […]

Training BJJ full time is not an easy decision. Whilst it may be a passion, it takes sacrifice in terms of financial and emotional decisions.

In short, the best way to start learning BJJ is to jump straight in with regular, hard training. There are no short-cuts in BJJ and by training often you will improve at a steady pace.