The Best Heavy Bag Gloves
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The right tool for the right job! Wise words indeed. You wouldn’t grab a hot pot with a oven mitts, right? Don’t get burned buying the wrong heavy bag gloves. Hitting the heavy bag puts an enormous amount of pressure on your knuckles, wrist, forearms, arms, and all the way up to your shoulder and back with each impact. If you’re always training on the heavy bag to build up your power, then here are the gloves I would recommend to help protect your hands! Venum Elite Boxing Gloves Best Overall My choice for best overall heavy bag glove. The Venum Elite has the pedigree to back it up. Handmad ..read more
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Best Women’s BJJ Gis
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3y ago
As women maneuver their way around the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, there is only one thing that women could ever really want, and it’s a gi that’s perfectly fitted for the jiujitera of today. Since the female cut gis onslaught, we’ve carefully selected the best gis, so you know which ones you should consider wearing to your next training session. When looking for a perfect women’s gi, there are a lot of things to consider. While men usually just go by A0- A5 or so, women’s gis is a little more complicated than the men’s counterpart. First and foremost, the fit is the goal. It shouldn’t be to ..read more
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The Best Boxing Glove Choices in 2021
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Time to punch our way through with our top picks for the best boxing gloves for 2021. The selection ranges from gloves for all around use, from punching heavy bags, sparring, and training for fitness. When looking for a boxing glove, there are a lot of things to consider. The size, which will determine how big or heavy the glove you need will be. What you need the glove for, which determines that kind of experience you want for your boxing sessions, and what’s the glove made of which also tells you how much you will spend. Once you set a price point, you’ll be able to determine what kind of gl ..read more
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Which Black Belt Takes the Longest to Achieve?
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4y ago
In many martial arts belts are used as a way to denote rank or expertise. Each martial art usually has their own belt system with different competencies and requirements for each belt level. Typically a black belt is the highest ranked belt that one can achieve. Various different colored belts usually make up the steps leading to the black belt. The use of colored belts to denote rank or ability in martial arts is a relatively recent invention in the long history of martial arts. It is thought that a belt system for the purpose of  denoting rank was first used by the founder of Judo, Jigo ..read more
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Nick Rodriguez – The Next Gen Hybrid Grappler
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Nick Rodriguez, AKA Nicky Rod is freestyle wrestler and grappler from New Jersey. In the last couple of years Nick has made big waves in the BJJ world by defeating a number of high level opponents. Most impressively Nick has managed to do this despite a very limited amount of time spent training in the sport. Nick currently trains at the Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan and is a member of the infamous Danaher Death Squad. He is well known for his impressive physique and aggressive wrestling style which he uses to his advantage in competitive BJJ. His look and wrestling skills are complemented ..read more
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African Martial Arts – Unique traditional fighting styles
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Africa is an incredibly vast continent that is made up of many countries, cities, towns tribes, and villages. The people who live in these places all have their own unique history and culture. Some of these cultures include unique fighting styles that have evolved over many years. These fighting styles make up what we refer to as African Martial Arts. African Martial Arts like all other martial arts has evolved from other styles of combat. Some styles are based on grappling while others involve striking with or without weapons. Some of these martial arts play an important part in society with ..read more
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The Bulldog Choke – the unexpected catch wrestling submission
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The Bulldog choke is a simple but powerful choke. To the uninitiated it looks like a schoolyard headlock. Often it is used to simply hold an opponent in position. However depending on the angle of your opponents head and body there may be an opportunity to secure a bulldog choke. The choke is itself is a type of neck crank. It puts extreme pressure on the neck of your opponent and restricts the bloodflow to the carotid arteries. The choke is unusual as it does not require any hooks and does not require the attacker to lock their legs around their opponent. It is a rare submission to see in MMA ..read more
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Martyn Ford – The 6’8”, 320lb Bodybuilder, Actor, and MMA fighter
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If you come across Martyn Ford in the street it would be hard not to stare. Standing at 6’8” and weighing 320 lbs with a shaved head and tattoos covering his body and face he certainly stands out from the crowd. The Englishman is sometimes referred to as the Real Life Hulk and it is easy to see why. Martyn Ford is a professional bodybuilder and has a cultivated a large online following in the last number of years. His popularity and unique look has also helped him to secure a number of roles in popular movies such as Viking Destiny and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. He is also set to feature in ..read more
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Improving your BJJ skills while the Academy is closed
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Slowly but surely BJJ gyms and organizations across the globe are closing their doors to stop the spread of the Corona Virus. As BJJ practitioners we are in the unfortunate situation to have a hobby that requires very close physical contact. As a result there is a much higher risk of contracting Covid-19 or even passing it to someone else. The only way to reduce this risk is to completely stop training altogether. The problem is that if the academy closes we cannot be sure when it will reopen. However do not despair. There is lots of things you can do to improve Jiu Jitsu if you cannot physica ..read more
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FloArena -FloSports tournament & Event Software
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If you are a grappling or wrestling fan you may have already have come across FloArena when trying to watch up an event or find the result of a match. Over the past year FloArena has changed the way fans have been able to interact with live events and the success of the software means that FloSports is likely to roll it out to their other sport websites. What is FloArena? FloArena is a turnkey event management software that is wholly owned by FloSports. The software provides access to real time tournament information and unique content. Currently it is only available on the FloWrestling and Fl ..read more
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