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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 thangs to do … those training partners won’t tap themselves.

Here’s what’s doing the rounds in Jiu-Jitsu this week. Choose your own adventure. 👇

• Ronda Rousey getting some rounds in … with an old foe turned friend.

• Should this guy have won $1000? … we score it as a takedown for sure.

• Sapateiro 2025 was brilliant … and a win for the eco / cla community.

• Better not miss a Ralph Gracie practice … or you’ll get assaulted.

• Speaking of Ralph Gracie students … this guy hasn’t turned out so good.

• Renato Canuto is making an MMA move … after tearing it up in BJJ lately.

• Got a weight cut coming up? … the sauna blanket is your best friend.

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QUESTION TIME

What Keeps You Up At 2 am?

You know how your Uncle always asks you, ‘How’s your little karate hobby going?’ despite the fact you’ve told him a million times ‘It’s jiu-jitsu, fool!’

Well, that’s because he grew up in the ‘70s and '80s, when karate ruled supreme in the martial arts world thanks to legends like Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Mr. Miyagi.

And while it seemed like ‘Wax On, Wax Off’ would be the only martial arts lingo you’d ever need, Karate peaked … and then flatlined, falling off a major cliff in popularity and dying a quiet death. 

Pour one out for Karate … but surely that could never happen to BJJ, right? 😧 

With the UFC aiming to throw $10 million+ at the sport and CJI stacking up millions in prize money, surely we are on a one-way rocketship to Oss-town!

Then again, nothing is safe from the 3-second attention span of Gen-Z, and maybe jiu-jitsu’s time in the spotlight is limited too … 🤔

Over to you … 👇

This week’s big question

The last poll’s results:

Last time, we asked you - “What do you eat before training?”

🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🥩 Full meal (a few hours before)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍌 Quick snack (fruit, protein bar etc.)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ☕ Liquids diet (coffee, pre-workout, shake etc.)

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 😴 Nothing - empty stomach gang

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤷 Whatever's in reach - I live dangerously

Most of us are chasing a quick bite before hitting the mats, many of us are out here running on our previously built energy storage silos, while some of us are learning the importance of timing when it comes to chowing down a full schnitzel 😪

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The Weekly Fix

Last time, we looked at some of the pitfalls you’ll encounter on your jiu-jitsu journey at white belt - and how you can get through them easier.

This week, the Bulletproof Boiz sing the praises of soft tissue work and how to use it to speed up recovery. 😎

A Total Unlock For BJJ Recovery…

Outside of open mat, when was the last time you let a big, burly bloke man handle you? #rhetoricalquestion

Many of us think that there’s no point in getting a remedial massage, we are only gonna get smashed up again next week anyway, right?

Well, that may be true, but getting some serious soft tissue work done from time to time can really help solve some of those ongoing issues - and actually get you more time on the mats by preventing injury.

It doesn’t even always need to be a massage session - sometimes, just rolling out those sore spots or even just sitting with a massage ball for half an hour will do the trick.

Hit play above as Joey & JT run through the best ‘bang for your buck’ ways to use soft tissue work to speed up your recovery and keep you training harder, for longer.

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WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

The Meme Open Mat:

What happened to ‘sweep and submit’? Why are you taking my shirt off? 😬👇…

FREAK FOR THE TECHNIQUE

Upgrade Your Uchi Mata

Remember last week when Victor Hugo uchi-mata’d Nicky Rod to the floor, choked him out and showed how different the result of CJI#1 could’ve been? 🤯

Well, the uchi mata has been hot content since then, so we thought this week was a great time to show this slightly different, yet highly amplified approach by One Judoka.

In true internet fashion, there’s a stream of arguments over whether or not it’s still technically an uchi mata, but, you know - who cares?

Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇

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