📰 Gordon Ryan is back in action

QUESTION TIME

What Keeps You Up At 2 am?

What if we did Jiu-Jitsu, but - now hear me out - I slapped the damn taste out of your mouth as well? 🤔 

Well friends, that’s how I imagine the conversation went when they first came up with the Academy Awards 😬 Combat Jiu-Jitsu 👋 

Born from the brain 🧠 of the pioneering and perpetually high 💨 Eddie Bravo, Combat Jiu Jitsu (CJJ) looks to add a bit of spice 🌶 to your regular ol’ sport BJJ by allowing for open-hand strikes when opponents go to the ground.

The premise is that the modern jiu-jitsu game, in all its innovation (and occasional embarrassment), has drifted somewhat from its self-defence roots 🥋 and at the very least requires a bit of slapping to keep it honest and effective.

Positions like deep half-guard aren’t looking so crash-hot if someone can belt you in the chin, I suppose. 🤷‍♂️

Anyway - this week’s question wants to know if you’d honestly step onto the Combat Jiu Jitsu mats and give it a go 💪 … I’d recommend watching this clip first before you decide 😬 

This week’s big question ⬇️

The last poll’s results:

Last time we asked you - “CJI or ADCC - Which One Are You Watching?”

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 😇 ADCC - can't deny the quality, the history & the prestige 🏆

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😈 CJI - new blood, new rules & a whole lotta cash to splash 💦 

Craig has won the hearts and minds of you lot - with 100% of the vote falling in favour of watching the CJI 🤯. One of you wrote in and summed up what most of you are probably thinking… 👇🔥 😎 

BY BULLETPROOF FOR BJJ

The Weekly Fix

Last time, the weekly fix dished out a quick and easy detail to make all and any of our kettlebell work safer and more effective!

This week, we get a powerful kettlebell exercise that builds strength and stability, keeping us jits-ing harder for longer 😏. Let’s have a look at this week’s fix 🔧👇

Build A Stronger Back For Better BJJ!

To build powerful hips and strong hamstrings, it’s hard to find a better ally than the Split Stance Deadlift 💪 .

This variation of the deadlift can be done with a kettlebell or dumbbell and doesn't require much weight to challenge you 🏋️‍♀️ - which makes it a great way to push yourself if you are training from home and don't have a lot of weight available.

Being stronger in this movement will help improve your balance and strength for stand-up grappling 🤼‍♀️, as well as your knee stability and hamstring health for a better guard ✅ 

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WHATS HAPPENING?

This Weeks Tap’s ✋, Nap’s 🥱 & Snap’s

We hear you. Time is money 💰 - you want your BJJ news, but you’ve got sh*t to do 📝 … those training partners won’t tap themselves.

Let’s get it 👇

1.) WNO 24 IS HUGE 👀: … in both stature and skill as the headline clash sees the hulking frames of Gordon Ryan & Josh Saunders take the stage 😳 

Despite being absent for close to a year, Gordon Ryan needs no introduction - however, his Aussie opponent, Josh Saunders, has only been grappling since 2019 🤯 … meaning Gordon’s been competing undefeated for Josh’s entire career 🥇 

Josh is no pushover though - with Ryan chasing a ‘warm-up’ match before ADCC and Saunders looking to create the biggest upset in the grappling world - this one puts a lot on the line for both guys 🔥 

All of that being said - this arguably isn’t even the best fight on the card with 10+ ADCC Trials champs (& some CJI deserters 😏) also throwing down - → more here.

2.) B-TEAM IS FIRMLY ON JASSIM’S RADAR 🚨 : … as the recent Dallas ADCC open saw Kieran Kichuk plant knuckles square on the jaw of an opposing team’s competitor 🤛 

Police were called, and this is no doubt an incident that needs to be dealt with; however, with Craig doing all he can to stir Mo up - he is turning this one into a pet project and looking “make an example” of Kichuk, who is currently on a US athlete visa 😬 

Let’s see how this one plays out 💥 → more here. 

3.) SPEAKING OF BRAWLING & BJJ 🥊: … some of jiu-jitsu’s best have made some smooth moves in MMA lately!

Kade Ruotolo recently won his MMA debut in quick fashion, Beatriz ‘Bia’ Mesquita sunk a solid rear naked choke in her debut & B-Team’s Damien Anderson continued his MMA run with a vicious win at Fury FC 92 🔥.

Want to see some of the most successful BJJ practitioners in MMA? 🧐 → more here.

The Quick Hitters ⚾️

• A teacher flaunts some BJJ and puts a 5th grader to sleep 😬 

• Tye Ruotolo vs Jozef Chen is booked! 🎆  

• BJJ World Champ allegedly stole $13k from students 😞  

• Meregali copping flak from the BJJ community for this one 👈

WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

The Meme Open Mat:

Do any of your ‘normie’ friends want to know what BJJ is actually like for you? This might help…👇

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: 

You’ve done all the hard work required to sit off from the mount and take an arm home for your trophy wall 💪🏆

But…

Your opponent is stronger than Thor ⚡️, and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t separate their grip 😪 

Well, it’s time to get a little technical and look at a couple of quick and easy methods you can drill to make life much easier when you’re hunting the armbar 😎 

Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇

The Not-So-Good Option:

Ever been stuck under someone’s mount - and it’s been so damn frustrating that, I don’t know, you’d bite their ear to escape?👂

No? Me neither. I’d at least try the kipping escape first. But not this guy - he bites down like it’s Tyson v Hollyfield. 😁 

His opponent wasn’t too happy about it - but even Mike and Evander seem to be friends nowadays, so maybe these fellas will sort it out too? 🤷‍♂️  😬 

Check it out👇

YOU WIN, WE WIN!

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