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Quote: A Gracie in the Olympics? This may become true as multiple times World BJJ and ADCC Champion Kyra Gracie turns her attention to Judo. Kyra recently began concentrating on Judo and plans on qualifying for the 2012 Olympics: "Kid you can tell them that my goal is London 2012! In Judo! I've been training hard and I plan on being there to fight for an Olympic...

Found it in here: http://notesfromringside.wordpress.com/ Hywel Teague's blog [editor of Fighters Only ] Mitsuhiro Ishida Def. Justin Wilcox Submission (Armbar) R1 1:21

Scandal in Sumo Land When the Russian-born sumo wrestler Wakanoho Toshinori (real name Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev) dropped his wallet on a street in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on June 24, he might have seemed to be in luck: The wallet was found by an honest woman, who delivered it, with its contents intact, to a police station. Unfortunately for the young rikishi, as sumo wrestlers...

I am conducting a survey (i am a student and i am now making a study over bjj). So if you answer these questions, you will help me a lot ! thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it buddies! 1--Mention the years you train 2--Mention the injuries that you experienced during these years 3--Mention the level you trained (how many times per week?, professional?) 4--Mention where you ...

to keep them in your guard try to control their head. keep them as close toyour chest as possible. you don't want them to posture up and start openingyour guard and passing.you try using the 'rubber guard' in no-gi grappling. for gi i usually holdthe lapel with my right hand and try to control one arm with my left hand.with my right hand, it is fingers in cross side grip. everytime they try ...

Quote: Originally Posted by paradamed All leglocks are the same. What happens is that some fighters practice them more than others. For example, in BJJ you don't see a lot of guys practicing leglocks. This doesn't mean they have worse leglocks. For example, JJMachado subbed Pe de Pano with a nasty leglock in Adcc in less than 10 seconds of fight. I agree with you man ! ALL LEGLOCKS ARE SAME ! ...

great post. touched every aspect of training.

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It was indiana, and i had won it two years ago, but then i was doing the intermediate level. The tournament was very interesting as they had a dj playing music and it actually had me a little more relaxed. the weights were a far jump so i didn't cut any. my weight class was from 170-185 and i came in at 182. After waiting a couple hours (which is the most annoying things about...

I agree that the best base for grappling is wrestling, promotes control and takedowns. Many BJJ takedowns use fluidity, balance, and leverage. Using the submissions from BJJ and the positioning from wrestling many grapplers are moving into submision wrestling.