Last week, my phone exploded.I had been sent or tagged in a video dozens of times, which was unusual because at the time I was spending most of my day hailing cabs and catching flights. At first I thought that perhap...
Posted on May 17, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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Hillary and I have been married for two years, and yesterday was our wedding anniversary. About 4 years ago, we met at a Grapplers Quest event, which is weird because there’s a video of the first time I ever saw my w...
Posted on May 12, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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A few weeks ago I was talking with my friend Christian Graugart to coordinate details about a BJJ Globetrotter camp in Italy, on the Island of Sardinia. I was looking forward to some sun and to working on my surfing ...
Posted on May 10, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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As I type this, I am sitting on a plane on my way to Greenland for a BJJ Globetrotter camp. Since there are no direct flights from the U.S., Hillary and I flew into Reykjavik, Iceland yesterday and had a little over ...
Posted on May 05, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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When I work with newer students, I often hear some variation of the question “How do I develop my style?” or “What should I specialize in?”
This seems to be a natural progression in jiu-jitsu learning. After a few we...
Posted on May 03, 2016
Marshal Carper
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In the mix of big tournaments taking place, like the Abu Dhabi Pro the week prior and the Eddie Bravo Invitational taking place the same day, you may not have heard about a very special tournament: Tap Cancer Out. Hi...
Posted on April 28, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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Every white belt has asked a black belt for help only to hear this annoying answer:
“Don’t get there in the first place.”
You want to scream “I WOULDN’T BE ASKING IF I COULD’VE AVOIDED IT, NOW WOULD I!?”
Still, the a...
Posted on April 26, 2016
Matt Kirtley
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When you’re born and raised in Chile, Pablo Neruda is kind of a big deal.
Wikipedia describes Neruda as a “poet-diplomat,” but for kids in Chile he was a staple of early childhood reading. If you live and Chile and c...
Posted on April 20, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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Hey, Chris Ulbricht from Garden State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Red Bank, New Jersey here. I wanted to share with you some thoughts I had on the disadvantages of getting angry and upset during training. I’ve see...
Posted on April 19, 2016
Chris Ulbricht
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I’ve been writing about jiu-jitsu for ten years. Along the way, I’ve had a number of grapplers reach out to me for advice. I’m not sure why (I wouldn’t trust me), but the emails and Facebook messages have been rel...
Posted on April 15, 2016
Marshal Carper
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I got my black two years ago, and I’m making it a tradition to write about what I’ve learned each year as a black belt. I’m amazed at how much I learned and improved over the last year, but I am even more surprised a...
Posted on April 14, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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Polaris 3 took place this weekend, and while I watched it live, I don’t think I would have been able to miss it even if I had wanted to. My Facebook and Twitter feeds were blowing up with all kinds of post about the ...
Posted on April 07, 2016
Nelson Puentes
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