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Josh Saunders Posted Nazi Salutes. Sport Jiu-Jitsu Decided That Was a Him Problem, Not a Sport Problem.

Josh Saunders Posted Nazi Salutes. Sport Jiu-Jitsu Decided That Was a Him Problem, Not a Sport Problem.

Josh Saunders is still sponsored. His coaching business is still taking clients.
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Kron Gracie Dismantles Danaher's Coaching Mythology

Kron Gracie Dismantles Danaher's Coaching Mythology

On July 2-3, 2026, Kron Gracie did what the grappling community whispers in group chats but never says out loud: he publicly called out John Danaher as a bullshit artist who talks a good game but can't actually grapple. It was the Lex Fridman Podcast.
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East Brunswick Gym Posts $45K-To-$65K Salary For A Full-Time BJJ Coach — Community Realizes That's What The Job Actually Pays

East Brunswick Gym Posts $45K-To-$65K Salary For A Full-Time BJJ Coach — Community Realizes That's What The Job Actually Pays

An East Brunswick, New Jersey academy posted a real public job listing for a full-time, salaried BJJ coaching position: $45,000 to $65,000. Brown belt or higher.
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Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America

Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America

Fight 2 Win pulled off something that would have sounded absurd a decade ago: it brought professional submission grappling back to Brazil as a foreign import. Not as an innovation from the birthplace of jiu-jitsu, but as a product manufactured in North America and re-exported to its source.
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PGF Doubles Season 10 — Expansion Gamble Raises Saturation Questions

PGF Doubles Season 10 — Expansion Gamble Raises Saturation Questions

Professional Grappling Federation announced Season 10 with a significant expansion: eight teams instead of four, two matches per week instead of one, and forty-plus elite grapplers on rotation. The stated goal was to increase match volume to maintain competitive intensity.
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Moneyberg Lost His Defamation Case, Still Suing Strickland

Moneyberg Lost His Defamation Case, Still Suing Strickland

When you lose a defamation case after five years of litigation, most people accept it. Derek Moneyberg apparently did not get that memo.
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Six Major Grappling Events Competed For Attention On April 18 — And The Community Still Couldn't Watch Them All

Six Major Grappling Events Competed For Attention On April 18 — And The Community Still Couldn't Watch Them All

April 18, 2026 landed on a Saturday that tested the grappling community's ability to exist in six places at once. The ADCC North American Trials ran at Fairplex Expo Hall in Pomona, California.
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Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Some gyms make you wear blue on Saturdays. A New York gym (the source didn't name it) enforces this, per a BJJDoc report.
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