Positional sparring is a fantastic way to sharpen your execution of a technique. Way more important than Free Rolling and that's n...

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

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...

Recently I attended a great mega-seminar with Mark Munoz,Jake Ellenberger, Ryron and Rener Gracie  and the gems I left with were invalua...

Self defence is one of the primary reasons for seeking instruction in a martial art, such as Gracie or Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The problem, ho...

BJJ is evolving into many, different sports. The various rules dictating this evolution. I was recently listening to a very funny Swed...

I injured my finger today* in BJJ. We were drilling open guard vs passing with full resistance and in the heat of the moment, the ring fi...

Self defence is a very important aspect of training BJJ, grappling, Karate or any of the martial arts. This is something I believe very stro...

I recently participated in a nogi submission wrestling interclub competition at The Labs. I was in the "Advanced Category" - open ...

Royce won not because size and strength, but despite lacking them. Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a genius. In his book " The Black S...

When we enter a BJJ academy we are always told to leave the ego at the door or to kill the ego or buy him a beer or what not. We also often...

I believe that people in the BJJ community who say "leave your ego at the door" when talking about BJJ are either deluding themsel...

How to get better at BJJ? How to stop people from passing my guard and dominating from side control or mount? How do I pass their guard and ...

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is something that makes my whole life richer. It, by default, drags you from wherever your chatterbox mind is trying to...

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

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...

I remember reading an interview in Ultimate Grappling years ago with Ryron and Rener Gracie where they explain that a beginner should not fe...

Last Friday I had an amazing open-mat session with Glyn and Chris, two of our best players. We set the timer on 3 minute rounds and rotated...

I listened to a great interview on Stephan Kesting's podcast with Dave Meyer . The interview had several highlights but one point jump...