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Jason Shirley above wearing our Lost at Sea Premium Gi. Its not everyday you get an NFL Defensive Tackle on the mats and let alone compete in the 2017 IBJJF Pan Am Jiu-Jitsu Championship and take Gold!Thats exactly what Jason Shirley did on March 17 in Irvine, California. The 6 ft 5 in 330lb former Cincinnati Bengals now free agent won the gold medal in the white belt adult ultra-heavyweight division fighting a total of four matches taking out all of eleven other competitors. …

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is quickly catching fire all around the world. Although it's still making its progress in some areas, it's received dedication from prominent athletes, one of them being Asena Melike Agansoy. The 25-year-old is Turkey's first female brown belt under Burak Deger Bicer. She found BJJ while in college in 2012 by the persistence of her brother. They first began with Muay Thai, but felt that there was something missing. Knowing that her brother wanted to train MMA, A …

Another wave of victory set in for our surfing prodigy, Eli Olson. WSL hosted the Hawaii Regionals event this past November 6, which accumulated the athletes' scores from 5 different events they held this year (3 in Hawaii and 2 in Tahiti).   Eli managed to score the best overall run for 2016. This earned him the trophy over a couple hundred other surfers, undeniably proving that he's been the most consistent surfer of the year! Our surfer has kept up a pretty stable train …

Roberto Jimenez is no a doubt a rising star in the Jiu Jitsu Scene!  Winning multiple prestigious Tournaments including Pans, Worlds, Fight to Win Pro and several other Super Fights.  Recently we had the opportunity to document his most recent Invitation only Tournament - Elite Submission League 16 Man Tournament.  No doubt Roberto is a Special Athlete, constantly evolving his game.    Keep an eye out on this kid!!!Special thank you to the boyz over at Puras Broncas …

Calgary Alberta, Canada is home to the infamous Andre Galvao's first Canadian affiliate academy, whose owner is also Galvao's first Canadian black belt, Tim Blanchard. Tim's story began by the inevitable curiosity towards Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu caused by watching fights in the MMA. Sadly, there were no BJJ academies where he grew up (Sudbury Ontario); so, when he moved to Calgary in 2005, he immediately looked for a gym. After his first class, he was hooked! He was always an admirer of …

We're completely aware that all of our athletes are talented in areas beyond Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. And some of them are lucky enough to share these passions with another, like Jeff and Veronica Messina. In 1997, Jeff began doing BJJ, Muay Thai, and boxing, but gravitated more towards BJJ. Now he's a second-degree black belt under Rodrigo Medeiros. He began his first gym in 2005 with Yves Edwards and Tim Creduer. Jeff has since opened his location in Katy and moved the original locat …

It's pretty impressive finding out what young, talented kids can juggle in their lives these days. We know some argue otherwise, but trust us when we say that there are young people today who are the furthest away from being lazy. Bradley Chirino is definitely one of those kids, to say the least. He's currently a 15-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu green belt of the elite team AOJ academy, under the Mendes brothers (Rafael and Gui). He began training martial arts at the age of 5, fro …

It's never too late to shoot for a new dream and go all-in for it. In fact, as humans, we are built to discover and reach out for more. Saeed-Magomed Dunkaev is currently a 28-year-old Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt who spent most of his life in Moscow, Russia. His dreams of living here in the United States triggered him to make the big leap in 2010, all by himself. Saeed told us that where he comes from, kids like martial arts. He said, "If you're a man, you have to know how to f …

The IBJJF Pan Americans No Gi Championship took place at the Nat Holman Gym in New York City this past September , 2016. The tournament had plenty of great matches with enormous talent circulating the Jiu-Jitsu community, including our very own black belt Ian Sanders, brown belt Rehan Muttalib, and blue belt Lukas Matheus. This was the very first tournament Ian Sanders did as a black belt. He trains at the Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy 2 times a day, …

Military men and women sacrifice a lot to fulfill their duties for this country. It's no secret that they dedicate a lot of their time, their bodies, and their entire being into their services, big or small. Our very own black belt, Sergio Machado, was one of these honorable beings who served in the Army. He unfortunately developed a back injury while serving, causing surgery in 2006 prior to his 3rd tour in Iraq. He was at the top 5% of all recovering back surgery patients, which ga …