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BJJ Apparel Brand BRAUS Changed Its Charity Website Language Days After a Critic Refused Their NDA

BJJ Apparel Brand BRAUS Changed Its Charity Website Language Days After a Critic Refused Their NDA

When Benjamin Marks of Partizan Media looked into BRAUS Foundation's finances, he uncovered a troubling gap between the brand's charitable marketing and what its official filings actually show. The brand's response — complete with NDAs, website rewrites, and a final statement that essentially amount
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Black Belt Walks Away From Orlando Academy After Leadership Dismissed Multiple Women's Misconduct Reports — Coach Says Admin's Response Was 'It's The Women's Job To Stop Him'

Black Belt Walks Away From Orlando Academy After Leadership Dismissed Multiple Women's Misconduct Reports — Coach Says Admin's Response Was 'It's The Women's Job To Stop Him'

A story broke that landed exactly where it needed to land: squarely in the category of institutional failure so complete that it almost reads like satire. Black belt Louis Eduardo walked away from Orlando Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and the reason he gave was a sentence so stark the headline almost writes
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Tom DeBlass Tells Men To Stop Sliding Into Women's DMs After BJJ Class — 'You Don't Do This For The New White Belt Guy'

Tom DeBlass Tells Men To Stop Sliding Into Women's DMs After BJJ Class — 'You Don't Do This For The New White Belt Guy'

Tom DeBlass just made every BJJ guy with that DM in his sent folder very nervous. The Ocean County BJJ owner and 1.4-million-follower black belt posted a Saturday message that boils down to one question every man on the mats already knows the answer to: do you do this for the new white belt guy?
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BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Says It Started When She Was 12 — And Her Sister Was Next

BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Says It Started When She Was 12 — And Her Sister Was Next

She said he told her she would have a great future. Brenda Larissa was 12.
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BJJ Apparel Brand BRAUS Asked A Critic To Sign An NDA Before Sharing Charity Receipts — Roger Gracie And Thalison Soares Are Both Sponsored

BJJ Apparel Brand BRAUS Asked A Critic To Sign An NDA Before Sharing Charity Receipts — Roger Gracie And Thalison Soares Are Both Sponsored

Sign this NDA, then we'll show you the receipts. That is a real sentence in a real exchange between BRAUS, the BJJ apparel brand that sponsors Roger Gracie, Thalison Soares, and the ADCC, and Benjamin Marks, the Australian critic who runs Partizan Media.
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When ADCC Invited Josh Saunders Despite CJI's Public Exclusion on Character Grounds

When ADCC Invited Josh Saunders Despite CJI's Public Exclusion on Character Grounds

When ADCC released its invite list for the year's championship event, Josh Saunders landed in the +99 kg bracket at what remains the most prestigious submission grappling competition on earth. It should have been a straightforward achievement story: a former professional rugby league player turned b
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ADCC Invited Josh Saunders to Worlds — The Same Man Who Performs Nazi Salutes on Video

ADCC Invited Josh Saunders to Worlds — The Same Man Who Performs Nazi Salutes on Video

It landed like a grenade that nobody wanted to pick up. Back on May 3rd, BJJDoc announced that ADCC had extended invitations to several competitors for the 2026 World Championship, and tucked into that list was Josh Saunders, slotted into the Men's +99kg division.
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BJJ Apparel Brand's Charity Filed $0 In Goods-And-Services Revenue Three Years Running; Founder Demanded The Investigator Sign An NDA Before He'd Even Answer The Question

BJJ Apparel Brand's Charity Filed $0 In Goods-And-Services Revenue Three Years Running; Founder Demanded The Investigator Sign An NDA Before He'd Even Answer The Question

Three years of charity filings. Zero revenue from goods and services.
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