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 ...

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 ...

The Bridge is a technique present in just about every grappling art, going by many names including upa, bump, and buck. The particulars change from art to art but the goal is the same – use the hips ...

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) ...

Growing up in a north Queensland farming community, Gilbert 'Puck' Gibson, his six brothers, and two sisters, each owned just two pairs of pants. Poor in finances but rich in freedom, Mr Gibson had ...

In the late 1800s the great Kano Jigoro streamlined the overly complicated Japanese grappling art Jujitsu into the highly effective Kodokan Judo. Japan was now open to the world, freely trading goods ...

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 ...