by Mac | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Health, Lifestyle
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...
by Mac | Sep 26, 2019 | Competitions, Interviews
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...
by Jehan | Aug 14, 2019 | Competitions
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...
by Jehan | Aug 7, 2019 | Health
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...
by Mac | Jul 12, 2019 | Interviews
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...
by Mac | Jun 13, 2019 | Interviews
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...
by Jehan | Jun 7, 2019 | Interviews
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...
by Mac | Mar 29, 2019 | Interviews, Lifestyle, Travel
Margot Ciccarelli-Tang, is the founder of Nømadic iD & a Purple Belt World Champion (IBJJF 2018) She has most recently won the IBJJF Asian Open 2018 and has no long term fixed abode. She is of Chinese-Italian descent, 25 years old, raised in London and has been...
by Jehan | Feb 28, 2019 | Interviews
Vic Dorfman is a brown belt under Olavo Abreu, Asian Open gold medalist, online entrepreneur and digital nomad based between Bali and Phuket. We first crossed paths years ago while we were both training at Phuket Top Team and I recently managed to catch up with him...
by Jehan | Feb 7, 2019 | Competitions, Travel, Trip Report
It’s been a memorable few days in the island beneath the winds. This was my first trip to Borneo and I was not disappointed. Stunning coastline, majestic mountain range, lush green forest, exceptionally friendly locals and some delightful local entheogens. I...
