No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu: The Essential Guide for Beginners and Enthusiasts
No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu is a modern variation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) that is practiced without the traditional Gi uniform. In No-Gi, practitioners wear attire like rash guards, shorts, or spats rather than the Gi, which consists of a thick jacket, pants, and belt. This change in attire leads to some important differences in techniques and strategies, […]
5 Powerful Lessons from the movie Creed
The movie Creed, a spin-off of the iconic Rocky franchise, has captivated audiences with its gripping storytelling and inspiring characters. While the movies primarily revolve around the world of boxing, they offer valuable lessons that resonate with practitioners of martial arts like Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. These lessons go beyond physical combat and delve into […]
The most complete Jiu Jitsu glossary
If you’re embarking on your journey through the mat, it’s normal to feel somewhat like a SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE when surrounded by so many new names, expressions, and concepts, especially if you’re just getting acquainted with the jiu jitsu glossary. We’ve all been there, and this feeling is likely to last more […]
5 reasons why cops and soldiers should learn Jiu Jitsu
When Hélio Gracie traveled around the globe demonstrating the newly-born Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he did much more than present the world with a new fighting modality: he changed a paradigm. By fighting (and winning!) against larger and stronger opponents, he proved that – with the right technique and enough training – mind and strategy beat […]
Sport for kids: How does Jiu Jitsu helps fight bullying
While Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as a self-defense technique, can certainly teach you how to fight – in sports events or in real-life situations – it also teaches us that it’s essential to ask ourselves ‘what are we fighting for?’. We’ve been traveling through the road of Jiu Jitsu for a while now. And at this […]
Jiu Jitsu for women: learn self-defense techniques
Beginners and veterans alike, all martial arts practitioners – at least once in their journey – have already asked themselves if their fighting modality would serve them in a real-life situation. For most female practitioners, especially those interested in Jiu Jitsu for women, this question is one of the main motivations for starting trainin If […]
Who is the athlete and coach of Muay Thai Fabiano Silva?
We start this month of October with great news for you, MMA fan and future fighter, with the arrival of Fabiano Silva to Lake Jackson. We proudly present this incredible athlete, who pile-up three Brazilian Muay Thai championship titles, four Minas Gerais State Championships titles and a longstanding career as one of best Brazilian Muay […]
Jiu Jitsu and Boxing: mainly differences between these martial arts
In sporting competitions or in real-life scenarios, brazilian jiu jitsu and boxing are both important techniques, and self-defense specialists will probably tell you to learn them simultaneously. Also known as “the noble art”, Boxing is one of the techniques that (alongside Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) is essential to any MMA fighter. While its ancestral origins date […]
Discover the origins of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
The brazilian jiu jitsu had an impressive rise in the martial arts, gaining millions of fans and sport practitioners all over the world in a matter of decades, while also becoming an indispensable technique in the curriculum of any professional fighter or military force. But before all this success, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) was born […]
