Health

Hi there. Do me a favor: look at your fingernails. Are they tiny, stubby things that would make any manicurist shake their head in...

Part 1 of this series emphasized physical factors that contribute to injury. Black belt and physical therapist Mike Pellegrino (DPT) gave tips for how...

With all of the collar pulling and head grabbing that goes on in BJJ --- or any grappling art, for that matter --- it...

So why should you lift? Because if you plan to be competitive with your grappling, you need to be strong. I’m not saying you...

Where do you train? I hear many people saying they could train with a team like Atos in San Diego or other similar academies....

If you're new to jiu-jitsu, you've probably at least seen or heard of cauliflower ear. The condition that makes your teammates' ears hard, puffy-looking,...

Many people have faced a tough decision throughout the months that the pandemic has been going on: stop training entirely to avoid spreading COVID-19,...

Cauliflower ears may look cool and may be the universal symbol for "pick a fight with me and I'll kill you" but some of...

It has been said over and over that Jiu-Jitsu is good for any age and anybody. While difficult and challenging for certain groups of people,...

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked much internal conflict regarding whether or not I --- and many other jiu-jitsu practitioners --- should continue training during...