5 Time US National Judo Champion (including 2005 Most Outstanding Athlete- Masters) 2007 NAGA Grappling World Champion (Gi and No-Gi) 2008 Pan American Brazilian Jui Jitsu Champion (Blue Belt) ...
LA PLUME — Jason Ratchford accomplished a significant feat last month, becoming the first and only martial arts fighter to hold duel ranks as a first-degree black belt in judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ...
I love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Love it, and everything about it. It’s an awesome martial-art. Day to day, among the greatest workouts and competitive sports, and can also be deadly when necessary. I love ...
Brazilian jiu-jitsu superstar Mayssa Bastos credits judo for allowing her to unlock her full potential in 'The Gentle Art'. Before fully immersing herself in BJJ, the 26-year-old tried the Japanese ...
This past weekend Buffalo Riverworks hosted the world’s largest open-air outdoor Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo tournaments side by side. The Am Cans of Judo (on the yellow and blue mats) and the ...
Traveling back to over 100 years before the first IBJJF World Championship or UFC, back to Kano Jigoro and his first Kodokan Academy. Kano had studied the many different styles of the Samurai art of ...
In this series of special Judo Chops on the ‘American Jiu Jitsu’ of Jake Shields leading up to his UFC 129 fight with Georges St. Pierre I’m going to be looking back at some of the key fights in his ...
WHITBY — Students from Whitby’s Judokaa Martial Arts attended two different tournaments in two different styles recently, and brought home similarly impressive results.Judokaa had nine fighters attend ...
LA PLUME — Jason Ratchford accomplished a significant feat last month, becoming the first and only martial arts fighter to hold duel ranks as a first-degree black belt in judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ...