BJJ News — accountability

AUSTIN, TX — Craig Jones, the Australian grappler best known for oil-checking opponents on camera, promoting events while shirtless, and once getting physically escorted out of FloGrappling headquarters by security, has completed an unlikely career transition: he is now the moral conscience of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Nobody elected him. Nobody vetted him. The sport simply ran out of other options. In March, Jones posted a video addressing an unnamed coach who allegedly threatened to revoke a foreign athlete's visa after she filed a police report about a sexual assault connected to his academy. "If you're a coach threatening to cancel an...

Kyle Boehm, a 10th Planet black belt and 2022 ADCC West Coast Trials heavyweight winner, was banned from 10th Planet San Diego after a student reported harassment. That's according to gym owner Geo Martinez, who messaged the student directly: "I banned Kyle from the gym." Co-owner Sue confirmed it: "He is 100% banned from our schools." Boehm sees it differently. He posted a video saying he was "not kicked out" and was "temporarily taking a break from the gym." He said Geo "asked me to just lay low for a while," and added, "I'll be training back again there soon."...