An open mat is an excellent place to improve your jiu jitsu skills and gain a better understanding of technique in a non-threatening environment with other practitioners at various grades, from lower belts to even […]
Whether you train no-gi or in the gi, many grapplers who train in BJJ, wrestling or other grappling arts look to test themselves against opponents from other gyms. Over the last decade, more and more […]
In more recent times, I’ve found that training in bare feet can be a painful experience. Itchy soles of the feet, cracked soles and occasional athlete’s foot means that I cannot train in bare feet […]
They might be frowned upon in competition, and in many cases ILLEGAL within comps adhering to IBJJF rules, but amongst the grappling community, particularly the catch wrestling crowd, heel hooks are a firm favourite that […]
BJJ illustrator Meerkatsu has launched his own line of War Lion BJJ ranked rashguards on his online store. The rashguards feature a full lion face design on the front and back of the short sleeve […]
Manchester’s leading grappling competition Grapple Nation have announced that registration is now open for their Grapple Nation 7 event which will be held on Saturday 26th March 2016 at Sugden Sports Centre in Manchester, UK. […]
I absolutely love grappling, both gi and no-gi, and one of my favourite techniques to practice is the Bow and Arrow choke. I’ve yet to get it on anyone during live rolling but there’s still […]
Asthma is a respiratory condition which causes difficulty in breathing, particularly after exercise or exposure to some allergen. According to statistics, there are 5.4 million people in the UK who suffer from asthma with it […]
As much fun as it is training in the gi, there are many grappling techniques that would simply not work if we were outside and our opponent was not wearing a jacket of some description. […]
When I’m not rolling around the mat with big sweaty blokes and attempting to escape the deadly submissions of grapple masters, I can often be found, feet up, joypad controller in hand, button mashing away […]
On weekends and sometimes during the week, I like to train in no-gi grappling. When you train in the gi all the time, you can sometimes forget how to grip people by their limbs instead […]
I’m guessing we’ve all been there. It’s the end of the class and you are about to start 30 minutes of grappling against a variety of other students in the class. Kneeling on the dojo […]
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