Guides
How to start and how to pick a gym, what gear you actually need, how a competition works, what the data says about your body, and the stories and words jiu-jitsu rarely explains. Short pieces with their sources stated: for beginners and for people who have trained for years.
Before you set foot in a gym
Once you are training
Competing
How a tournament works, how points are counted, how weight divisions work — and when a first competition makes sense.
See all 8 guidesYour body
What actually gets injured, why hygiene matters more than it seems, and how to last. Sources stated.
See all 8 guidesGetting better
What separates those who improve from those who just log hours: the game you choose, the notes you take, the losses you accept.
See all 7 guidesYoga for BJJ
Mobility, breathing and recovery for grapplers: what actually helps, and what changes after a few months.
See all 2 guidesJiu-jitsu culture
The words of jiu-jitsu
Kimura, ezekiel, berimbolo: where technique names come from, and who really coined them.
See all 11 guidesThe stories few people know
Oswaldo Fadda, Mitsuyo Maeda, the challenges that gave birth to the UFC: jiu-jitsu history told with the sources usually left out.
See all 10 guidesWe are on Instagram
The gyms on the map, the history of jiu-jitsu and the stories behind the names of the techniques.
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