ARTICLES
Dean Roxas – Embracing the Ambiguity
2019 SEA Games Jiu Jitsu lineup Last December 2019, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) has included Jiu Jitsu in its events. Clearly, this is a big step in the growth of the sport and coming inch-by-inch closer to the holy grail of making it to the Olympics. In...
Javier Trujillo
BJJ ASIA - Let's get the cliche's over with first. How did a Californian fire fighter end up in Bangkok and become the star attraction on Thailand's biggest MMA promotion? Javier - I first came to Thailand after my first fire season as a Hotshot...
Anthony Luu, Saigon Sports Club – The State of Jiu Jitsu in Vietnam
Back in January 2017, I was contacted randomly by one Anthony Luu, the front manager and organizer of the inaugural Saigon Open, asking if I would like to attend. Interest piqued I went about recruiting a handful of team mates to attend and we were soon booking...
Mike Uka
As an avid competitor Mike has traveled extensively around the world and has competed in competitions in both Gi and No gi with great success. Formerly based in the UK, Mike traveled to South East Asia and having spent time in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia he is...
Meggie Ochoa
Meggie Ochoa, a Jiu Jiteira based in Manila (Philippines) joins us today for an interview talking about her Jiu Jitsu career, her beginnings in the sport as well as her advocacy on having Jiu Jitsu as a force for good. She received her brown belt under Professor Ramon...
Relentless: Jiu Jitsu Invitational League
Grappling competitions have had an explosion in recent years as new tournament promotions have come up. Gone were the days when the only major competitions one can join in would be either IBJJF, Abu Dhabi Pro or ADCC events. Even tournament formats have evolved with...
GRIND 3 Pro-Grappling Recap and Results
GRIND - India’s first invitational only pro-grappling promotion held their third event (GRIND 3) on 27 and 28 July 2019. The promotion has come a long way since organizing its first event in 2017. This time not only did they invite some of the top grapplers in the...
Roll Chasers & the Pacific Islands
Roll Chasers is an international jiu-jitsu camp and events company. Inspired by the passion and culture of jiu-jitsu, they launched the Pacific Island Jiu-Jitsu Camp 2019 that is open to all academies and belt levels worldwide. This jiu-jitsu camp will be led by BJJ...
Robert Degle
Robert Degle is a student of the famed John Danaher, currently based out of the infamous `Blue Basement` in New York City. A former philosophy major, he is now both an active competitor and coach and has recently completed a short tour of Asia teaching his conceptual...
ER Doc’s Need To Know About Stroke Prevention In Jiu-Jitsu Athletes.
On June 19th, 2019, I received an email from an emergency room doctor who has just begun Jiu Jitsu. He found my blog about strokes in relation to Jiu Jitsu and had some great questions that I wanted to address for the entire BJJ community. “Hi Chris,“I’m a BJJ newbie...
ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) INJURY IN BJJ
As an Orthopaedic Surgeon I have treated many athletes who train in BJJ, and from other sporting disciplines including Muay Thai, football, rugby and basketball with ACL tears. I’m also a Blue Belt at Evolve MMA in Singapore. This articles serves to share some of my...
Jakub Miroslaw Bilko
Let’s start at the beginning. With your martial arts background. How did you end up getting into BJJ. Were you always into combat sports? I discovered martial arts pretty late in my life - apart from doing some Taekwondo in elementary school, I’ve been pretty...
