BJJ News

American Black Belt Flies to Tbilisi For 'Real' BJJ Training — Both Gyms He Visits Are Watching the Same Lachlan Giles Tutorial His Academy Uses

Jun 16, 2026 · georgia, globalization

The laptop is propped against the mirror. Someone queued up a Lachlan Giles tutorial — the half guard anthology, volume four by the look of it.

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Anthony Bourdain's Secret BJJ Account and the Man Hollywood Never Filmed

Jun 16, 2026 · a24, anthony-bourdain

A24 is making a movie about Anthony Bourdain. The film is Tony, directed by Matt Johnson, starring Dominic Sessa as a young Bourdain in a 1976 summer in Provincetown — cooking jobs, drinking, the early outline of a man who would spend the next four decades eating his way across every country that wo

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Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-news, etiquette

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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The Lloyd Irvin Sales Blueprint Is Still Running in American BJJ Gyms — 14 Years After His Team's Sexual Assault Scandal, His Tactics Live On

Jun 16, 2026 · bjj-accountability, community

Go to lloydirvin.clickfunnels.com right now. A sales program for martial arts gym owners is still active.

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ADCC Removed Its Public Invite List After Fans Found a Fugitive, a Nazi-Salute Account, and a Post-Cardiac Competitor on the Bracket

Jun 16, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

ADCC operates on the honor system. You trust that the organization vetting the world's best submission grapplers for its marquee event has done some kind of basic due diligence before emailing out invitations.

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

Jun 16, 2026 · accountability, adcc

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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Jay Rodriguez Is Showing Up At Open Mats Again — Community Photographers Have Started Identifying Him On Sight

Jun 16, 2026 · b-team, bjj-safety

The defense was always architectural. He's not there during public hours.

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Felipe Costa Boils 'How To Get Good At BJJ' Down To One Rule: First In — Roll Until The Lights Go Off

Jun 16, 2026 · blue-belt-syndrome, felipe-costa

That's the whole formula. Felipe Costa, the guy who won an IBJJF World Championship at black belt without ever winning gold at any lower belt, was asked how to get good at BJJ.

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