Brianna Ste-Marie talks about her experience competing under Combat Jiu-Jitsu rules at Medusa 1, and whether or not she would do it again.

Chris Wojcik shares an inside perspective on the difference between competition opportunities in gi and no gi BJJ.

Chris Wojcik recently shared the lessons that he learned from his debut appearance at ADCC 2024, and what he intends to improve upon ready for his return at ADCC 2026.

We spoke to Danielle Kelly about her upcoming rematch with Mayssa Bastos at ONE Fight Night 26 and she broke down how she’s going to approach the match!

Danielle Kelly is the first ever female ONE Championship submission grappling world champion and a BJJ black belt under Karel ‘Silver Fox’ Pavec. She lost her atomweight world title to Mayssa Bastos and is currently preparing to regain that belt in a rematch against her at ONE Fight Night 26.

Jits Magazine spoke to Danielle about her journey to becoming a ONE Championship world champion and how it felt to make history, along with her upcoming rematch with Mayssa Bastos and her goals for the future beyond that.

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0:00 Introduction
0:25 Beginning Jiu-Jitsu & first competition
1:48 Becoming the first female ONE grappling champion
3:06 Would Danielle do ADCC Trials again?
3:42 Matches with Jessa Khan
5:31 Changes for Mayssa Bastos rematch
7:57 Any other rematches in the future?
9:15 Tammi Musumeci
10:06 MMA & winning titles in other weight classes
11:44 Gi events in 2025 & teaching with Roger Gracie
13:58 Thanks & signing off

We spoke to Andy Murasaki about winning the IBJJF No Gi World Championship in 2022 and he revealed that he wasn’t actually preparing for the tournament and only decided to enter it just a few weeks before.

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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

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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

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One of the best knee ride escapes, broken down step-by-step. From No Gi Pin Escapes, https://www.grapplearts.com/no-gi-pin-escapes/ by Stephan Kesting and Grapplearts, available now!

In this video one of my buddies and tough Purple Belts, Dakota, shows a slight calf slicer counter to a straight ankle lock. This is a quick and effective submission which can also be utilized as a pass straight into mount.

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Five ways to choke someone using their own T-shirt!
0:07 – Cross Choke
1:21 – Ezekiel Choke
1:58 – Single Wing Choke
2:36 – Bow and Arrow Choke
3:04 – Clock Choke

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ADCC champion Giancarlo Bodoni vs Wagner Rocha. Back take to rear naked choke.

How Kaynan Duarte effectively used the headquarters position to pass to mount and 3/4 mount at the ADCC 2024.

Analyzing the electrifying guard passing game that Andrew Tackett displayed at CJI, he completely obliterated two of the best guard players in the world: Nicky ‘King of Cardio’ Ryan and Eugene ‘Owen’ O’Flanagan, with incredible pace, relentless pressure, and a touch of police brutality.

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