BJJ is not a unified sport. There are several different events with IBJJF dominating the gi scene, where as ADCC takes first place among no gi events. Underrated BJJ athletes […]
Category: BJJ Athletes
BJJ Athletes – Fedor Nikolov Interview
Fedor Nikolov is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor and co-owner and head instructor of 10th Planet Saint-Petersburg in Russia. As he is one to look out for in the future, […]
BJJ Athletes – Roy Dean Biography Interview
Roy Dean was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu aged 22 years old. As he puts it, he started training when “I was sent […]
BJJ Athletes – Wim Deputter Biography Interview
Where are you from (hometown)?I was born in the city Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium in 1982. I still live there today and I also have my BJJ Academy here. What […]
BJJ Athletes – Jacob Brown Biography Interview
Jacob Brown is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who currently lives in Orange County, California, after being born in Miami and living in New York City until 10 years old, […]
Joe D’Arce BJJ Interview
Joe D’Arce is a veteran Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who hails from Brentwood NY. In his own words, he says “I started training at the Renzo Gracie academy at 16 […]
BJJ Athletes – Nathan Mendelsohn Biography Interview
Nathan Mendelsohn is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who is born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA. As it happens, he is also a life-long martial artist, saying “I started […]
BJJ Athletes – Marcelo Cohen Biography Interview
Marcelo Cohen is a Brazilian grappler from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who now lives in Jupiter, FL. Cohen began training BJJ aged 16 after his black belt uncle (at the […]
BJJ Athletes – Zach Maslany Biography Interview
Zach Maslany is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner from Bethlehem, PA. He began grappling aged 14 and says his reason was that “My karate school was changing to an MMA […]
Jack Brown Interview – On teaching in Kenya, Instructionals & Nomadic Jiu Jitsu
Jack Brown is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt from Kilmarnock, Scotland which as he puts it is “Maybe a 20 minute drive from the best city in the world, […]