A discussion about “Pure Jiu Jitsu” was brought to my attention yesterday. I must admit that the discussion itself didn’t really teac...

I used to love my training journal. It was a helpful component of my training bag. Let me explain. I said Helpful : I love BJJ grappli...

I don't train for the self defence or the sport or the friends. Neither do I do it to get stronger, fitter or lighter. These are all...

At least not this summer. Those who know me know I’m a huge fan of Ryron Gracie’s Keepitplayful philosophy, not just in training jiu ...

You didn't think Helio rolled competitively every day did you? BJJ works, but that of course goes both ways. When I’m rolling c...

Stuck? In his fantastic book : Jiu-jitsu University: The Daddy of BJJ books! , Saulo Ribeiro tells a story about his meeting with Heli...

Our advanced BJJ sessions at the Labs - BJJ always include a huge chunk of sparring / rolling. The objective is not to win every grapplin...

Thanks to the technical detail we've been spoiled with, the Labs@Fighting Fit has organically evolved into a physical chess club of sor...

 The amazing artwork above is by today's guest article writer, Mr Evan Mannweiler  My plan for today was, as indicated earlier, t...

Introduction of Rakaa- The Part Time Grappler style: The man above is Hip Hop Master Rakaa, also known from the collaboration Dilated Peo...

Introduction of Rakaa- The Part Time Grappler style: The man above is Hip Hop Master Rakaa, also known from the collaboration Dilated Peopl...

While I was at the gym not half an hour ago I saw the American president Mr Barack Obama deliver a speach to the Fortune magazine's 2010...

I found a short video by Hapkido master Fariborz Azhak where he talks about how to play the game. Which game you may ask. The way he expl...

  WOW!! What an amazing response the interviews received! Who knew people from places as far as New Zeeland and Argentina would be intereste...

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve conducted interviews with the head coaches from a few Manchester based MMA clubs gyms and academies....

We've recently introduced a rotating curriculum for the fundamentals sessions at the Labs-BJJ . Last- and this week's themes are ma...

Discussing sweeps with Mr Italo Ferreira, BJJ black belt (American Top Team) 4 of us at the BJJ LABS attended Italo's seminar at Sheff...

Oh My God this thing has snowballed out of proportion! It's everywhere! People from places as far as Korea and the US have contribut...

A quick vid of me rolling with Mr Mike Woodhall at The LABS - No-Gi on a Friday evening How do you treat your BJJ / Grappling beginners...

If you are employed in a job you may have a job description (JD) explaining what you have to do. It may or may not be very precise and deta...