Hi folks! A lot of y’all know that Jeff and Dave have started their own school, Bellingham BJJ. During this time of school closures due to coronavirus, we took the time and completed a longtime goal: Jeff’s first instructional, the Omoplata System for BJJ. (We’re calling it #Omoplatapalooza) This is a 2 hour, 40 minute digital instructional featuring more than 40 techniques and bonus content from black belt instructors (and podcast guests) Jake Whitfield and Josh Murdock. For now, it’s available only to Bellingham BJJ students … but it’ll be open to the general public next week, and it’s just ..read more

Oliver Taza is already one of the best no-gi grapplers in the world just 7 years after starting jiujitsu. He talks with us about how great instruction contributes to his success, about the mental and physical challenge of recovering from ACL surgery, about the similarities and differences between Firas Zahabi and John Danaher, and much more. We also talk about the new podcast he’s launched with Pierre-Olivier LeClerc, the Off Balance podcast, which you can check out wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks as always to our sponsors! US Grappling comes to Raleigh, North Carolina, on Jan. 4 ..read more

Felicia Oh is a legend of jiu-jitsu, the sixth woman outside of Brazil to earn a black belt — but her origin story in the art involves the Y2K scare, the LA Marathon and Rudy Fischmann. The masters world champion and ADCC silver medalist talks to us about what training with Jean-Jacques Machado and Eddie Bravo was like, and how 10th Planet came about; about starting at 33 years old and becoming an elite grappler, competing against all-time-greats like Leticia Ribeiro, Megumi Fujii and more; nearly having to walk away from jiu-jitsu and MMA due to chronic fatigue, and how she beat the illness a ..read more