Actor Joel Kinnaman knows his way around an action scene. From his work in movies and TV shows like Suicide Squad, RoboCop, the Swedish smash Easy Money, Hanna,and the Netflix series Altered Carbon, Kinnaman. has learned to handle himself in a fight. In fact, it was on the sci-fi Netflix series where Kinnaman discovered his new workout obsession: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Now, it has become a […]
Have you been waiting for a feature move highlighting the combat sport we love so much? That Jiu Jitsu feature is here and it is bringing some big names with it! Tony Jaa and Frank Grillo have joined Nicolas Cage and Alain Moussi in the martial-arts action feature Jiu Jitsu. Also added to the cast […]
(Curated story from USAToday.com) Brian Ortega (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has been tapped to help train Oscar winner Halle Berry in Jiu Jitsu for an upcoming movie project called “Bruised” that Berry not only is starring in, but running as her directorial debut. Ortega will help train Berry’s jiu-jitsu chops for the film. “I’ve been […]
(Curated Story via southphillyreview.com) On early Saturday mornings, Queen Village resident Mir Khalid Ali rallies his two children for Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. Among a laundry list of tasks getting his gang out of the door, Ali, a writer, traveler and global strategic marketing manager, has discovered one chore to be particularly daunting – tying his […]
The thing about being a white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is that everyone starts there. While it may be difficult to imagine someone like Professor Mikal going through the same white belt struggles that the rest of us did, rest assured that it happened! Along the Jiu Jitsu white belt journey, there are going […]
While the current administration may not be keen on fighting back against tyranny and evil all over the world, it’s good to know that Uncle Sam is still on the side of truth and justice. In a never before seen video, Uncle Sam finds a few bad guys hanging out in a gym preparing to […]
A Twitch streamer broadcasted a live pay-per-view UFC match by pretending it was a video game he was playing. AJ Lester streamed the UFC 218 match between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo in its entirety LIVE on Twitch during UFC 218. Lester appeared in the corner of the Twitch stream which is a familiar place to see […]
If you’re an Aces Jiu Jitsu Club member or follow us online and haven’t seen our Undercutters video, perhaps it’s time to crawl out from the rock you’ve been living under! 😉 This awesome video was shot, directed and edited by our in-house video genius Kalani Sevigny (https://www.facebook.com/kalanisevigny). This video is making its way around the […]
I few months ago the awesome guys from The Modern Rogue stopped by for a tutorial from Professor Mikal on how to defend the haymaker punch. The video turned out awesome, but when you are shooting so much footage, there are bound to be some mixups and out-takes. You can see the out-takes in all their glory […]
Two days after singing the national anthem at the Floyd Mayweather-Connor McGregor MMA fight, Demi Lovato proudly announced she has personally advanced levels in another type of martial art and combat sport, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. “I’m so beyond excited because I just received my blue belt in #brazilianjiujitsu!!!! I fell in love with #BJJover a year ago and have been training several times a […]