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Trained today like I have not trained in a long time. Inspired after the fact by these insights from the Oracle of Austin, John Danaher. Spa...

After being off the mat for eight months due to injury and The Big Move Back, I finally returned to the tatame last week. There's a lot ...

  #mako

I have been obsessing over Nicholas Meregali's performance at the 2023 IBJJF Pan American Championship for days. I knew about his decisi...

 

Watching Eddie Bravo's Combat Jiu-Jitsu Team Duel between Christmas and New Year's Day, I was struck anew by the realization that ji...

  Sad news late in the week as multiple outlets report that Gracie Barra black belt instructor and ADCC champion Orlando Sanchez has died at...

Spent the evening taking in The UFC Fight Pass Invitational 3, a grappling event that was initially going to showcase the must-happen rematc...

With apologies to Michael Ondaatje , here's the latest "trick with a knife I'm learning to do" for 2023. *

"If you're going to be good, you have to work on your weaknesses." Roger Gracie

  Jordan, Kobe, Lebron? GSP, Jones, DJ? Brady, Montana, Manning?

I'm thankful for many things this Thanksgiving. But if there's one thing I'm more thankful for than anything else when it comes ...

 

Is conditioning the biggest differentiator between the success of jiu-jitsu athletes in MMA and other combat athletes, especially Russian wr...

 

 Everybody had fun tonight ...

Luke Thomas doing the Lord's work with more great coverage from this year's top ADCC competitors.

 Porrada edition ...

The final big event of the year - the IBJJF No Gi Pans - is in the books. As always, FloGrappling has the coverage - and the videos - you n...

Me and my mat time tonight ...

Is it anti-climactic to have the IBJJF No-Gi Pans after the ADCC? Or is this year's event going to take advantage of the momentum from o...

Tales from a night on the tatame ...

A map of my time on the mat  tonight ...

Notes on the evening's activities ... And current film study.

A friend of mine who knows nothing of grappling but did know that I was especially excited for this week's event asked me which country ...

Days before the greatest no-gi grappling competition, and I'm fascinated by Gordon's thoughts about how his game translates into the...