This Warm-Up Exercise Is Great For Getting Your Hips Ready For...
When you're conditioning your body to be stronger for jiu-jitsu, it can be difficult to specifically target your hips. This simple banded movement helps to...
These Exercises Will Help Strengthen Your Wrists And Your Chokes
If you feel like your wrists get tired faster than your teammates' defense does when you're trying to apply chokes, don't worry --- there's...
Lack of Time is Never a Valid Reason Not to Compete...
Professor Tom DeBlass has never been busier. He is a father of two young children. His Academy, Ocean County BJJ, has over 300 students....
Ask DeBlass: Keeping your weight off this new year on...
Today is not New Years Day. Today is not Monday. Today is not your birthday. Today is the day you take control. You've made...
Five Tips For Making Weight
Let’s talk about the hardest part (or easiest part depending on who you are) of competing: making weight.
Weight classes in BJJ are an interesting...
Ask DeBlass: The Ten Lessons for Academy Owners and Students
With this edition of Ask DeBlass, Jiu Jitsu Times joins Professor Tom DeBlass in celebrating the tenth anniversary of his Academy, Ocean County Brazilian...
5 Stupid Things Jiu-Jitsu Guys Believe About Weightlifting
Technique is all You Need
There is a bit of truth to this. Yes. Technique is what ought to come first and foremost in your...
Back Attack and Back Defense Drill from Marcos “Yemaso” Torregrosa
Jiu Jitsu Times is back with another exclusive drill from the one and only Marcos "Yemaso" Torregrosa. This week, Professor Torregrosa and his partner and...
5 Reasons Kids Should Train Jiu Jitsu
We all know Jiu Jitsu is fun, and very addictive. If you have been training for a while surely you have seen the way...
On the Road Bonus Technique: Modified Guillotine Grip With UFC...
As a follow up to Jiu Jitsu Times' recent visit to Redzovic BJJ in Chicago, we liked to share a technique video with UFC...