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Tomoyuki ‘Passport’ Hashimoto
Tomoyuki ‘Passport’ Hashimoto was born on the 20th of April, 1993 in Tokushima, Japan. He would earn his black belt in 2015 promoted by the legendary Yuki Nakai after his gold medal run at the Mundials at Brown Belt that same year. Hashimoto would go on to win notable...
【丹羽兄弟】The Niwa Brothers
【日本語のインタビューは英語の下にあります】 Reon Niwa (born May, 2000) and Hiryu Niwa (born July, 2001) are two young Japanese Brown Belt competitors from Axis Jiu Jitsu Yokohama. With notable international titles in competition at purple belt, they received their Brown Belts from Axis...
Dung Pham BJJ Training Report
Dateline: Hanoi, Vietnam A clumsily directed chorus of many-timbred honking panned away into the background behind me as I ambled down a side street off the main drag. I skipped and jumped around muddy puddles, topped off by a recent rain. Google—not content to screw...
Good Morning Grapplers of Asia (Part 1)
7AM GRAPPLERS (Manila Philippines) The Philippines is one of the hotbeds of Jiu Jitsu in Asia with the city of Manila alone hosting 87 academies (as of this writing: March 2020). With BJJ growing at such a remarkable pace, demand for more training schedules...
Manila Deaf Squad – Annie Ramirez and her BJJ Advocacy
Every so often, we see inspirational video clips on youtube about people with disabilities (PWD) compete and train in BJJ. From war veterans to paraplegics, the indomitable human spirit is displayed with how they let nothing get in the way of their passion for...
Dean Roxas – Embracing the Ambiguity
2019 SEA Games Jiu Jitsu lineup Last December 2019, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) has included Jiu Jitsu in its events. Clearly, this is a big step in the growth of the sport and coming inch-by-inch closer to the holy grail of making it to the Olympics. In...
Meggie Ochoa
Meggie Ochoa, a Jiu Jiteira based in Manila (Philippines) joins us today for an interview talking about her Jiu Jitsu career, her beginnings in the sport as well as her advocacy on having Jiu Jitsu as a force for good. She received her brown belt under Professor Ramon...
Robert Degle
Robert Degle is a student of the famed John Danaher, currently based out of the infamous `Blue Basement` in New York City. A former philosophy major, he is now both an active competitor and coach and has recently completed a short tour of Asia teaching his conceptual...
Javier Trujillo
BJJ ASIA - Let's get the cliche's over with first. How did a Californian fire fighter end up in Bangkok and become the star attraction on Thailand's biggest MMA promotion? Javier - I first came to Thailand after my first fire season as a Hotshot...
Relentless: Jiu Jitsu Invitational League
Grappling competitions have had an explosion in recent years as new tournament promotions have come up. Gone were the days when the only major competitions one can join in would be either IBJJF, Abu Dhabi Pro or ADCC events. Even tournament formats have evolved with...
ER Doc’s Need To Know About Stroke Prevention In Jiu-Jitsu Athletes.
On June 19th, 2019, I received an email from an emergency room doctor who has just begun Jiu Jitsu. He found my blog about strokes in relation to Jiu Jitsu and had some great questions that I wanted to address for the entire BJJ community. “Hi Chris,“I’m a BJJ newbie...
Anthony Luu, Saigon Sports Club – The State of Jiu Jitsu in Vietnam
Back in January 2017, I was contacted randomly by one Anthony Luu, the front manager and organizer of the inaugural Saigon Open, asking if I would like to attend. Interest piqued I went about recruiting a handful of team mates to attend and we were soon booking...