by Mac | Apr 30, 2021 | Interviews, Lifestyle
Flipsports has made a documentary looking at the BJJ Community in La Union. The purpose of this documentary is to showcase the amazing community in the province of La Union and to hopefully inspire others to give value to unity and togetherness especially on a...
by Pons | Sep 2, 2020 | Interviews, Lifestyle
The Philippines has long been a hotbed of Jiu Jitsu in Asia. The capital city alone (Manila) houses 85 academies as of this writing – the only two cities in the world with more academies running are Sao Paolo and Rio De Janeiro. Competitions are very frequent and at a...
by Pons | Apr 25, 2020 | Interviews, Lifestyle
7AM GRAPPLERS (Manila Philippines) The Philippines is one of the hotbeds of Jiu Jitsu in Asia with the city of Manila alone hosting 87 academies (as of this writing: March 2020). With BJJ growing at such a remarkable pace, demand for more training schedules...
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 | 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 Dorothy | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog, Dorothy Does, Gym Report, Lifestyle, Travel, Trip Report
Just a few weeks ago, Dave Clahan, owner of my home gym, Ralph Gracie Berkeley, posted on our team page that he was planning a BJJ team trip to Mongolia. After approximately 60 seconds of contemplation, I booked a flight to Ulaanbaatar. Another trip added to an...