The first weekend of December has traditionally been Thai Father’s Day and is celebrated as a national holiday with a long weekend. Each year we tend to take a cultural trip to a neighboring country for a bit of a break before the impending Christmas and …
Read more...Dorothy Does Shanghai: 听不懂
Category: Blog, Gym Report, Lifestyle, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Shanghai. The city that I decided would become my new home before I ever set foot in it. I arrived here late this past June, a bit travel-weary from the previous few months of blitzing around Southeast Asia. My first …
Read more...Dorothy Does Hong Kong: Pearl (of the Orient) Before Swine
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Alright. So I’ve fallen a bit behind on my travel/training reports. Like 7 or 8 countries behind. Then that whole ordeal with the overzealous choke fetish Singapore guy happened (see: “Dorothy Does BDSM”). Those trip reports are forthcoming, but …
Read more...FAMA Singapore
Category: Gym Report, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Singapore has been a melting pot for mixed martial arts (MMA) and Brazilian JiuJitsu (BJJ) for the past 10 years. A big expatriate community coupled with enthusiastic locals with a strong vision has helped this city state grow martial arts …
Read more...Dorothy Does Cebu
Category: Blog, Lifestyle, Training, Travel, Trip Report
Destination #3: Cebu, Philippines I head to the airport to meet up again with the BJJASIA crew in Cebu, Philippines, an island about 850 kilometers south of Manila. I had spent most of my time in Manila with Nico and …
Read more...Isshin Jiu Jitsu – BJJ Tokyo – Gym Report
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Tokyo is the capital of Japan and hosts millions of tourists a year, coming to visit a sprawling metropolis so foreign to their own. Tokyo itself has a population of approximately 13.5 million people in its 23 prefectures with in …
Read more...Trifecta Martial Arts – BJJ Singapore – Trip Report
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BJJ Singapore Training Report by Nevash Nair With approximately 5.78 million people occupying a small island state, Singapore is one of the smallest countries in Asia. However, this tiny island south of Malaysia has become a hotbed for Brazilian …
Read more...Dorothy does Bangkok
Category: Blog, Training, Travel, Trip Report
The first in a series of travelogues by BJJASIA correspondent Dorothy Dao. Destination #0: San Francisco, California “Ma’am, are you okay?” The TSA agent at San Francisco International Airport looks at me with concern. Who is this crying girl …
Read more...Tips for Recovering from a BJJ Injury
Unfortunately injuries are just part of the game. Hopefully they’ll be minor injuries and you’ll recover from them quickly, but regardless, getting back to training after recuperating from an injury is always a tricky business. Stephan Kesting of grapplearts.com eloquently describes how …
Read more...The Spirit of Jiu Jitsu
In 2013 Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood joined with filmmaker Stuart Cooper to create the ‘Spirit of Jiu Jitsu’, a short-film about the BJJ lifestyle that was shot in Phuket, Thailand. Since then it has garnered over six hundred thousand views and …
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