Although submissions are part of what makes BJJ such an exciting and fun martial art, all white belts should focus a significant amount of their time on escapes. A BJJ practitioner who lacks the ...

Fighting off an attacker might seem impossible when you’ve got your back to the floor. In our second self-defense how-to, UCLA’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club members Jonathan Salfity and Do Hun Kim ...

I WAS PINNED under my partner, her weight planted on my chest, arms bound around my head. To practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique, I moved my legs to one side, lifted my hips to shift her weight, ...

Growing up different than the rest, Musumeci recalled finding a sense of solace each time he practiced the gentle art. But as he came to realize through time, jiu-jitsu not only distracted him from ...