20 articles · The Porra
Apex Jiu-Jitsu, a fictional five-location franchise, removed black belt instructor Daniel Reeves in 47 hours after he taught a weekend seminar 40 minutes away. Meanwhile, an internal review of 'a sensitive personnel matter involving a senior instructor,' first reported in March 2022, remains 'ongoing.'
An eight-month pedagogical civil war between an ecological dynamics instructor and a traditional fundamentals instructor ends when an independent review discovers both programs produce identical results: students who cannot do a takedown.
The BJJ community simultaneously discovered that their belts might be meaningless, their coaches can't teach, their gym owners might be sociopaths, and the whole thing might just be a cuddle cult fueled by neurochemistry.
A comprehensive, fully sincere consumer guide to selecting a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in the current climate, updated to reflect lessons the community learned the hard way this year.
Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, who famously challenged a Teamsters president to a fistfight during a Senate hearing, now claims he defeated a member of the Gracie family at the World Championships. No record of this match exists.
Nicholas Meregali, who relocated from Brazil to Austin, Texas for a UFC BJJ contract, has declared ADCC 2026 in Krakow beneath him because the city is not Poland's capital — a geographic standard he did not apply to his own career decisions.
UFC BJJ, which implemented its anti-doping policy in January, has booked Vagner Rocha — a 43-year-old on testosterone replacement therapy with a heart failure diagnosis — to challenge for the welterweight title on April 2.
BJJ community forensic fact-checks Senator Markwayne Mullin's claim of being a 'black belt world champion who beat a Gracie at Worlds.' Verified record: blue belt, Miami Open 2010.
ADCC veteran Robert Drysdale went on the Wash Your Gi podcast and said coaches are 'at best 1% responsible' for a student's development. He then presu...
Following Dustin Poirier's casual admission of peptide use on Joe Rogan — 'I wish I had this during my career' — the International Açaí Growers Associ...
r/bjj forensic fact-checked Senator Markwayne Mullin's claim of being a 'black belt world champion who taught the Gracies wrestling.' Verified record:...
The new stripes represent a 40% increase over the current dimensions, which were themselves already wider than anything seen at any other academy on earth.
Demarco Williams, ranked 12th at junior welterweight, attended a free trial class at Tampa Submission Co., stood in the corner for 58 minutes, and left with his hands raised.
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Volume 7 covers the de la Riva guard. Volume 7 is eleven hours long.
Razor's Edge Combat Academy has four coaches, seventeen programs, and a website that lists its BJJ lineage as: 'Helio Gracie > Various > Real World Experience > Coach Razor.'
Tyler Brent, 34, showed up Saturday with no gi, no rashguard, a Tapout shirt from 2009, and total confidence. By minute six he was upside down.
The match ended by rear naked choke at 0:28. The breakdown does not end until 44:17.
After careful reflection on his first and only tournament appearance, Ryan Castellano, 28, has decided to focus on what he calls 'the real jiu-jitsu.'