Many times when breaking down the grappling of a fighter phrases like “he has great hips” or “good hip mobility” will be used, but rarely is it fully explained to readers what this means. When trying ...

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 ...