📰 Special Edition 🚨: CJI vs. ADCC - Who's Gonna Win?

WHATS HAPPENING?

CJI vs ADCC - The Short & Sweet Of It

Unless you’ve been living and grappling in a cave for the last few weeks (shout to all you cave dwellers 🙌 ), you’ve probably already got some idea about the shenanigans at play - so I’ll make this brief. 

After years of being a top-tier competitor for the ADCC - Craig Jones, the self-declared 2nd-class grappler and 1st-class troll 👺, has come out swinging in the last few weeks by launching his own event to rival the ADCC - the Craig Jones Invitational.

Citing poor athlete pay (and his inability to ever win it 😂) as his primary motivation to go head-to-head with no-gi grappling’s most coveted tournament, Craig has secured around 3 million dollars from an anonymous donor 🕵️‍♂️ to hand out some of the biggest paydays in grappling history 🤑

No stranger to a bit of sh*t-stirring & general controversy, Craig’s pet tournament 🐈 hasn’t just set out to be another event on the grappling calendar 🗓, it’s fired some direct shots at ADCC by:

1. Running on the exact same weekend 😬 

2. Signing numerous athletes who were already confirmed as ADCC competitors 🏃‍♂️

3. Paying every athlete competing a minimum of $1 more than they’d get for winning their ADCC division 😂 

4. Literally saying he’s looking to disrupt the ADCC and poking fun at Mo Jassim wherever possible 😎 

However, for all its very intentional similarities - the CJI will also be looking to do some key things very differently.

Take all this ☝️ with a grain of salt 🧂 as it’s still early days and I’m sure we will see a few more changes yet - but at this stage - Craig plans to run it every year, aiming to change the scope and scale of grappling forever. Forever ever? 

The Quick Hitters (from the world outside CJI 🌎)

• Now Meregali wants to take on the IBJJF and have HIS own tournament!🍿 

• Big names getting big wins at the 2024 IBJJF Grand Slam 🔨  

• If you like submissions, you’ll love the last EBI event 😎 

• Gordon Ryan lines up a 2nd ADCC SuperFight 📺

QUESTION TIME

What Keeps You Up At 2 am?

Rivalry. It’s the essence of our sport.

At the grassroots level - we all bring that competitive spirit to test ourselves against our training partners in a friendly rivalry which can push all of us to get better 👯‍♀️

And when it comes to those athletes at the top of the game, we tune in to watch the red-hot rivalries between the best of the best to figure out who’s actually … well, THE best 😎🏆

Now, with the CJI taking on ADCC - we have a rivalry brewing on a whole other level 🤯 

Craig’s funky-fresh new format, dripping with dollar bills - VS - Mo’s classic tried and tested ‘Olympics of grappling’.

So, assuming you aren’t some double-screen-watching degen-style crypto trader 📈 - you’ll only be tuning into one event.

Which one is it? 👇

This week’s big question ⬇️

The last poll’s results:

Last time we asked you - “Who's Your Favourite Online Coach?

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ John Danaher

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lachlan Giles

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Craig Jones

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Nick Albin (Chewjitsu)

Lachlan Giles (aka Velachiraptor or … aka Ant-Man, depending on who you ask) comes out as a clear winner here.

I’m still a big fan of Danaher’s stuff, but I’d agree that Lachy’s teachings - particularly the courses on his Submeta platform - are super thorough, well-structured and very practical 🔥 

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The Weekly Fix

Last time, we were shown how to keep your neck primed and strong against the rigours of BJJ (and daily desk life! 🖥).

This week, we get a quick tip on improving our use of one of the most useful bits of gear in the grappler’s toolbox - the kettlebell 🔔

 Let’s have a look at this week’s fix 🔧👇

How To Improve Your Kettlebell Training! 

When you are lifting Kettlebells - you gotta make sure you come at it correctly!

Many folks out there in Fitnessland 🎢 have been leading you astray with poor kettlebell positioning - making both your wrists and shoulders weaker (and more prone to injury) 😬.

By adjusting your grip, as JT demonstrates in this video ☝️you will be able to hold bigger weights more safely. Make this tiny technique adjustment and feel the power increase course through your veins 💪.

Check it out! 🔥 🎥 ⬆️

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WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

The Meme Open Mat:

Can’t escape the CJI madness this week team - even our memes have caught the fever 🤒 👇

You like memes huh!? 😎 (of course you do).

Well, we have bucketloads 🪣  of premium, high-grade OG memes for you to share with your BJJ crew, or simply peruse at your scrolling leisure👇

LET’S GET TECHNICAL

The Good Option: 

Two of the most exciting deserters prospects to have burned up their ADCC ticket for a chance at the CJI $1 million dollar pot are Andrew Tackett and Jozef Chen.

Both of these gents will be scrapping it out in the -80kg bracket, and if you’re wondering what that might look like - well, look no further as they’ve faced off before👇

Both guys are great competitors with some slick BJJ that we can all learn from 🔥 

Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇

The Not-So-Good Option:

Craig’s on for the match of his life in the upcoming CJI SuperFight against the decorated and formidable Gabi Garcia.

He’s under-sized, under-juiced and likely to be underneath - so he’s taken to picking up some unconventional technique from Master Ken to try and get the upper hand 🥴 

The sport is definitely changing huh…👇

YOU WIN, WE WIN!

Can’t Misspell Commyounity without YOU 🫵

Rightio - all I’m saying is that the wheels are in motion, and talks are underway for our first giveaway here at TNS. 

It’s gonna be in your best interests (for a few different reasons) to have referred at least one BJJ buddy using the button below 👇

And it’ll be in your even better interests 🤔 to refer a few more while you’re at it.

Let’s leave it there for now… ⬇️