Menu
Cart 0

BJJ News — community

BJJ 6th-Degree Black Belt Chokes Out Racist Aggressor at Steamer Lane Surf Break — Goes Viral in Two Communities

BJJ 6th-Degree Black Belt Chokes Out Racist Aggressor at Steamer Lane Surf Break — Goes Viral in Two Communities

Jun 04, 2026 · black-belt, community
He didn't throw a single punch. Sandro Santiago — 6th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Santa Cruz gym founder — had a racist aggressor swing at him on the beach at Steamer Lane.
Read more →
BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy

BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy

Jun 03, 2026 · abuse, academic
The pitch was always the same. You want self-defense without turning your brain to pudding?
Read more →
A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Put an Aggressive Surfer in a Hold at Steamer Lane

A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Put an Aggressive Surfer in a Hold at Steamer Lane

Jun 03, 2026 · bjj-lifestyle, community
Something happened at Steamer Lane that caught the attention of the wider surf and martial arts world — a moment that seemed simple on the surface but revealed something deeper about what training actually means when the stakes stop being theoretical. Sandro Santiago, a sixth-degree black belt and f
Read more →
A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Controlled a Surf Bully at Steamer Lane Without Throwing a Single Punch

A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Controlled a Surf Bully at Steamer Lane Without Throwing a Single Punch

Jun 03, 2026 · bjj-works, community
A video dropped that would spend weeks circulating through both surfing and jiu-jitsu communities simultaneously — the kind of rare crossover that only happens when martial arts theory actually collides with reality in a way nobody can argue with. The clip didn't look like most self-defense footage.
Read more →
Ed O'Neill Has Been Training BJJ Under Rorion Gracie for 40 Years. His Answer to Why People Quit Is Three Words.

Ed O'Neill Has Been Training BJJ Under Rorion Gracie for 40 Years. His Answer to Why People Quit Is Three Words.

Jun 02, 2026 · belt-progression, black-belt
Ed O'Neill started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1991. He had one of the highest-rated sitcoms on American television.
Read more →
The Death of Medet Zheenaliev — Kyrgyzstan Fighter Who Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls

The Death of Medet Zheenaliev — Kyrgyzstan Fighter Who Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls

Jun 01, 2026 · community, kyrgyzstan
When the news came through about what happened at Lake Issyk-Kul, it moved quietly through the grappling world—the kind of story that doesn't trend, doesn't get a thousand takes, but lands differently on people who understand what combat sports actually asks of the body and mind. Medet Zheenaliev we
Read more →
BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Named 14 Years of Alleged Abuse by Melqui Galvão

BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Named 14 Years of Alleged Abuse by Melqui Galvão

Jun 01, 2026 · abuse-allegations, athlete-news
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu world faced a reckoning it couldn't ignore. The machinery of institutional response had already been set in motion—the IBJJF and CBJJ announced a permanent ban on April 28, the same day police arrested Melqui Galvão in Manaus.
Read more →
Mica Galvão Reveals Childhood Abuse, Gun Threats Under Father Melqui

Mica Galvão Reveals Childhood Abuse, Gun Threats Under Father Melqui

May 23, 2026 · abuse, athlete-news
When you're a child prodigy in jiu-jitsu, the story usually goes one of two ways. Either you're a natural talent backed by a supportive team, or you're the product of a parent pushing you hard to succeed.
Read more →
Page 4 of 7