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Tap Nap & Snap’s EPIC 1st Giveaway 🫵

Hey! - it’s not every day that we can rustle up $450 USD worth 💰 of top-notch BJJ prizes for one of you lucky mat rats 🐀 - but it is today! 🔥

If you missed our last email or just haven’t got around to it yet - there’s about one week left to put yourself in the running for a crackin’ bundle of BJJ goods 🤠 

All the details are right here - but the TL;DR is that entering is super easy - all you need to do is refer one of your BJJ buddies to the newsletter using your unique referral link below 👇

Get involved, help us grow, climb that referral leaderboard and pray to Granpapi Helio that you land the big one 🎣🔥

QUESTION TIME

What Keeps You Up At 2 am?

Let’s be honest about it - if you want to pursue any kind of contact sport, you’re likely… nay, bound to get injured in some way at some point 🤕

Hell, even your classic non-contact sports can result in catastrophic and truly tragic acting injuries 🎭 ⚽️

Now, just because it’s pretty well given that all of us grapplers will deal with injuries at some point - not all of us will be taken off the mats by it 💪

Some of us are younger, stronger and more supple with bodies capable of training through minor issues - while others among us are a bit older and wiser with more miles on the frame 🚗 

And then, regardless of age, some of us have been lucky and only suffered minor sprains and scrapes, while others have been dealt a bad hand 🃏 via torn ligaments, tears and breaks 🩻

So, tell us - how’s your luck with injuries been on your BJJ journey thus far? 😬👇

This week’s big question ⬇️

The last poll’s results:

Last time we asked you - “Would You Ever Compete In Combat Jiu-Jitsu?”

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🚫 No thanks. I get what I need from regular BJJ

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yep! Warm up my slapping hand - looks like fun!

Looks like most of us are pretty happy to train the gentle art without copping a slap to the face 🤦‍♂️

And even though most of us don’t personally want that smoke, as one reader puts it - there’s no denying it’s fun to watch the pro grapplers mix it up … 👇🔥 😎 

BY BULLETPROOF FOR BJJ

The Weekly Fix

Last time, the weekly fix served us up a tutorial on one of the best kettlebell movements for building powerful hips and strong hamstrings - the Split Stance Deadlift 💪

This week, Joey & JT take us through a simple set of tips, techniques and routines that will help to reduce the likelihood and severity of BJJ-related injuries 😣 

Let’s have a look at this week’s fix 🔧👇

4 Steps To Reducing Injuries In BJJ

Injuries are unavoidable in the grappling game BUT ... there are some key things you can do to help reduce your chance of getting hurt in the first place.

The video above breaks it all down expertly - and this is the basic checklist on how to better approach training:

1. Rolling Smart (selecting the right training partners 🤼)

2. Body Maintenance (doing the right work ‘off the mats’🤸)

3. Managing Training Output (more BJJ isn’t always better 😴)

4. Injury Management (don’t just ignore the pain 😞)

This video is one that’s close to my own heart/knee ❤️🦵 and is a goldmine of advice for any grappler. Check it out! 🔥 🎥 ⬆️

Sign up for your 7-day free trial with Bulletproof For BJJ and take the app for a spin! 👇

WHATS HAPPENING?

This Weeks Tap’s ✋, Nap’s 🥱 & Snap’s

We hear you. Time is money 💰 - you want your BJJ news, but you’ve got sh*t to do 📝 … those training partners won’t tap themselves.

Let’s get it 👇

1.) DIMA IS A B-TEAMER 👀: … and it seems to be paying dividends! 🥇

Dima Murovanni, the master strategist behind Jozef Chen’s epic ADCC Trials performance, has officially joined B-Team as their head coach 🥸

Dima brings years of experience and a unique perspective, combined with a cool and calculated approach - quickly leading him to the moniker ‘German Danaher’.

Having come this far as an ‘athlete-led’ operation, the question is - will this take B-Team to another level? Time will tell - but if their recent performance at WNO 24 is anything to go by then it’s looking good so far ✅ → more here.

2.) CRAIG’S SEMINARS ARE GETTING SPICY 🌶️: … and he’s crackin’ bones and goin’ home 🦴 

It seems that the stress of launching CJI, single-handedly saving Ukraine and always having to come up with new ways to harass Mo & Gordon is finally taking its toll on Mr. Jones 😪

After a bunch of overly enthusiastic grapplers all went for their ‘glory-tap’ on Craig at his latest seminar - he saw red 🚨 and snapped a guy’s leg via outside heel hook 🤯 This follows on from breaking another attendee’s leg a few weeks earlier … 😬

Who’s keen for that next Craig seminar? → more here. 

3.) WHAT ARE YOU UP TO FOR THE NEXT 8 HOURS? ⏰: …because Flo has just released a supercut of all the ADCC Trials Finals from 2023-24! 📺

These are some of the best scraps with the highest stakes (or 2nd highest? 😳) we’ve seen this year - so quit your job, leave your family and get the popcorn! 🍿

But if you don’t want to go that far, you’ll still witness some great BJJ no matter how much you watch → more here.

The Quick Hitters ⚾️

• I’d pay to watch Kade vs Ryan Garcia! 🥊 

• WNO 24 was awesome ✅  

• Karate Combat’s President chokes out a cornerman 😂

WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

The Meme Open Mat:

Something seems a little off with Janelle…👇

You like memes huh!? 😎 (of course you do).

Well, we have bucketloads 🪣  of premium, high-grade OG memes for you to share with your BJJ crew, or simply peruse at your scrolling leisure👇

LET’S GET TECHNICAL

The Good Option: 

The Darce Choke is a Tap Nap & Snap favourite ✅ 

Aside from being a great finish - it’s also a super controlling head and arm grip that allows for passing and improving your position as your opponent scrambles to protect their neck 👔

Edwin Najmi is widely known in the BJJ world as a Darce Master 🤴 and shows a great setup here for using it to bait the bottom half guard player into sitting up so you can wrap it tight, pass through and get the tap!

Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇

The Not-So-Good Option:

Speaking of the Darce, here’s another setup that has the comments section in flames! 🔥

Is it a legit setup that would work on a resisting opponent with a modicum of BJJ experience? 🤷 … You tell me.

Is he Nathan Orchard, a top-level competitor who is likely playing around for the hell of it and scoring some Insta likes in the process? 🤔

Either way - don’t make this your go-to Darce setup 🙅 Check it out👇