Ryan Aitken is a two-time Combat Jiu-Jitsu middleweight world champion and the reigning EBI absolute champion, but he most recently won PGF World Season 7 at light-heavyweight. Ryan is also a 10th Planet black belt and an ADCC veteran, with an upcoming match with Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9.

Jits Magazine spoke to Ryan about his journey up to winning his first CJJ world title, and how he was able win the title for a second time. We also spoke about both of his incredible performances at EBI 21: The Absolutes and PGF World Season 7, along with his tactical approach to EBI overtime. Ryan then reviewed his matches from ADCC 2024 and shared the lessons he’s learned, along with his plans for the future.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Competing in MMA and choosing Jiu-Jitsu
3:03 Ryan’s thoughts on competing in the gi
6:14 Mastering EBI overtime
9:56 Winning EBI 21: The Absolutes
13:24 Moving weight classes
16:00 Reviewing ADCC 2024 & lessons learned
21:40 Post-ADCC & Winning PGF World Season 7
39:05 EBI overtime tactics
42:35 Why Ryan hates Las Vegas
44:48 Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9
48:15 What’s next for Ryan?
52:20 Thanks & signing off

This video is a short part of a roll between my black belt Dave with my purple belt Aaron. Enjoy! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please comment below. More videos to come! Please like, share, and subscribe!!

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I’m getting ready for 2024 No-Gi Worlds in a few weeks, bulking up for a run at Super Heavyweight.

But anyway, I was thinking about the fact that I’ve been competing since the year 2000 in Wrestling/BJJ.

It’s been a wild 24 years. I’m getting old!

On top of that, I’ve had a lot of time to make mistakes, and adjustments, and develop some wisdom in the long years I’ve been competing in Jiu-Jitsu.

In this video, I’ll share a philosophy that changed my life in and outside of BJJ competitions. It’s an idea of high standards but low expectations. Meaning high standards for yourself but low or no expectations for how the outcome should go. I’ll explain more in the video.

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We spoke to Andy Murasaki about the very first time that he faced Tainan Dalpra, in the final of the IBJJF World Championship 2022. Andy revealed that he suffered an injury during his run through the tournament and explained how that effected the match.

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We spoke to Andy Murasaki about whether or not he would be making a return to no gi competition and not only is he interested in doing it, he’s already been offered matches with some big names!

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We spoke to Andy Murasaki about his third match with Tainan Dalpra that was supposed to happen at The Crown 2024, and how he feels about missing out on it when Dalpra was injured.

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Andy Murasaki is an IBJJF no gi world champion and three-time IBJJF world silver medalist, but he most recently won the 2024 edition of The Crown.

Jits Magazine spoke to Andy about the earliest days of his Jiu-Jitsu career, every single IBJJF world championship final, his performance at The Crown, the rematch with Tainan Dalpra, and a potential return to no gi competition.

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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Discovering Jiu-Jitsu
6:54 Meeting Caio Terra & coming to the US
10:42 Moving to ATOS
11:37 Andy’s father
13:19 IBJJF no gi world championship 2022
16:05 Returning to no gi in 2024
21:26 Fighting through a broken rib (Tainan Dalpra)
29:19 Competing against teammates (Gustavo Batista)
32:09 Controversial decisions & visualisation (Mica Galvao)
36:19 The Crown 2024 recap
38:34 Tainan Dalpra withdrawing due to injury
43:30 Thanks & signing off

Sometimes your opponent is wise to your mount escapes you need to go to a backup plan. Here are 3 unexpected ways to escape the mount. From https://www.grapplearts.com/pinescapes

The armdrag from guard is a technique used to win high level competitions all the time – here’s how to counter it!
00:00 Armdrag Demo
00:10 Counter 1: The Judo Chop
00:35 Counter 2: Redrag to Back
01:08 Counter 3: Post, Pike, Pass, Followup

If you want to see the rolling backtake at the end of counter from another angle check out https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v25UGrOFqYs

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the different styles of armdrag from the Armdrag and 2-on-1 Control Formula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxE9Mwu6_IM

If you want to check out the latest Grapplearts instructional (No Gi Pin Escapes) go to https://www.grapplearts.com/no-gi-pin-escapes/

Check out my latest my book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, at https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/

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In today’s video I’ll show you guys 4 set ups for the Arm Bar from Guard in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

This can be used in Gi Jiu-Jitsu, No-Gi BJJ, or MMA. With obvious adaptations made for each sport.

Adding these 4 set ups to your game is sure to help you see some level of improvement.

Hopefully you found this video helpful.

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This video one of my students loses his mind while rolling. Enjoy! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please comment below. More videos to come! Please like, share, and subscribe!!

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This one of the most shocking videos of assault we’ve ever seen.

On November 7, 2024, D’Andre Johnson arrives at a the Department of Child Safety in Mesa, Arizona, to meet with a DCS government employee about his open case involving his children, and he streams the entire meeting on facebook. 

At the end of the hour-long meeting, they stand up, and after a fist bump, he puts the case-worker into a standing Rear Naked Choke and holds the choke for nearly two minutes. 

Throughout this time many people called police and you can hear other people attempting to intervene verbally but no-one took physical action. 

Thankfully the victim survived but doctors stated that his injuries were nearly fatal.

If anyone has a connection to the Arizona Department of Child Safety, please connect them with Gracie University so we can sponsor their instructors to attend the upcoming 2-day SafeWrap Instructor Certification Program on March 25-25, 2025, hosted by the Los Angeles Police Dept and taught by Rener and Ryron Gracie.

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Today I’ll be responding to the backlash towards recent ADCC Veteran, Brandon Reed, for his success at IBJJF No-Gi Pans (Purple Belt).

Brandon, my student, who has been training just a little over 3 years in BJJ won the tournament along with Michael Pixley, which stirred up a lot of conversation and a video response by Brandon, to said controversy.

Here’s his video:

I’ll give my take on the situation & address the reality of Brandon’s Jiu-Jitsu experience and his recent competition result. I’ll also explain WHY he has not gotten his brown belt yet.

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