15.08.2024 |

Craig Jones Invitational (CJI)

Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) takes place on August 16th and 17th, 2024. Offical instagram is @cjiofficial and website is fightfoundation.com. You can watch it on Youtube for free.

WATCH LIVE: 🔴Youtube
REWATCH: Day 1
RESULTS:
Smoothcomp

Superfights

Craig Jones vs Gabi Garcia
Ffion Davies vs Mackenzie Dern
Mikey Musumeci vs TBA

Participants

Winner of each weight category will win 1 million dollars. In addition to that $50k  best submission bonus by Neutonic productivity drink.

If you donate $50 or more to the Fair Fight Foundation or simply buy a ticket to the event you go into the drawer to win Gordon Ryan’s Miata. Yes the exact Miata he gave away in 2022 at ADCC.

Under 80kg

Please also check Resenha BJJ overview of this bracket on Youtube.

  1. Andy Varela
  2. Jason Nolf
  3. Levy-Jones Leary
  4. Tommy Langaker
  5. Eoghan O’Flanagan
  6. Matheus Diniz
  7. Renato Canuto
  8. Nicky Ryan
  9. Jozef Chen
  10. Andrew Tackett
  11. Lucas Barbosa
  12. Kade Ruotolo
  13. Tye Ruotolo
  14. Kenta Iwamoto
  15. Magid Hage
  16. Roberto Jimenez

Over 80kg

Please also check Resenha BJJ overview of this bracket on Youtube.

  1. Adam Bradley
  2. Nick Rodriguez
  3. Max Gimenis
  4. Owen Livesey
  5. Victor Hugo
  6. Fellipe Andrew
  7. Mason Fowler Lucas Kanard
  8. Luke Rockhold
  9. William Tackett
  10. João Gabriel Rocha
  11. Inacio Santos
  12. Pedro Alex
  13. Pat Downey
  14. Kyle Boehm
  15. Mahamed Aly
  16. Daniel Kreg Kerkvliet

Media

Some key media just to pick up.

29.06.2024 |

Tatami Fightwear finally got it right – Classico Ultralite Gi

I am happy that Tatami Fightwear finally did the right thing and got it done right. I hope this gi will last a long time in their selection.

Tatami Classico Ultralite Gi

I am talking about this Clássico Ultralite Gi. It is their lightweight 300 gsm gi, affordable (59 euros at the moment), comes with free white belt. Minimalistic design, no stupid large logos as they usually do. Available in black, blue and white. Direct competitor for Progress Academy Gi (which I don’t like because it is short).

Tatami Classico Ultralite Gi - white

If I had less gis than I have and I would actually wear gis more often then I would surely buy myself one.

20.01.2024 |

Best BJJ Rash Guard 2024

The best BJJ rash guard is the Sondico Base Core Long Sleeve Base Layer rash guard that Sportsdirect sells for 16.80€ for one, 26.40€ for two.

Sondico rashguard
  • Sufficient length
  • Long sleeves (protects your skin)
  • Plain design – no flames, you can silkscreen it yourself if you want to
  • Thick, durable and strong material
  • Nice and tight fit (not loose anywhere)
  • Cheap!

I always cry inside and feel helpless when I see new visitors falling for the up-sell of 60 eur no-name rashguard because they are not able to figure out the internet.

You can get this Sondico as your first rash guard to wear under the gi or for nogi and then take your time to figure out if maybe xmartialMA1 x B-Team, Future Kimonos or any other actual brand is your thing.

16.11.2023 |

Recording BJJ matches at competition

I have filmed three BJJ competitions for my team so far. I find it more rewarding and much simpler than taking photos. I have used a smartphone as a camera and a tripod for smooth panning. For the tripod, I have used either two-way fluid head (video head) or three-way pan head.

I have thought about filming with DSLR but I would need expensive and 28-70 mm light lens which I do not have and the complexity of the whole filming process would also increase.

This is the video I filmed at Estonian Nogi Championships using iPhone SE3. You can see the wide angle, image stabilization as well as the quality of the digital zoom.

Continue reading “Recording BJJ matches at competition”

22.10.2023 |

BTT Estonia – 3 uut musta vööd ja 2 uut pruuni vööd

21. oktoobril toimus BTT Estonias Murilo Bustamante (7th degree coral belt) seminar, mille järgselt andis treener Sergio De A Cabral mõned vööd. Musta vöö said Sergei Marmeljuk, Efosa Erharuyi ja Tarmo Jüristo. Video leiab siit.

Pruuni vöö said Robert Stanley Montes ja Aleksandr Marmeljuk. Ja natuke hiljem Arman Pogosjan (25.10.23).

15.09.2023 |

Murilo Bustamante seminar 21. oktoobril BTTs

21. oktoobril kell 10 toimub BTT Estonia saalis (Pirni 12, Tallinn) Murilo Bustamante seminar. Osalemistasu 50 eurot.

Murilo Bustamante on 7th deg. BJJ coral belt (valge ja punane vöö), üks Brazilian Top Team asutajatest.

Plakat BTT Estonia Instagramis.

11.09.2023 |

Best BJJ Exercises

This is one of the videos ranking the best exercises for grappling strength that I have found useful.

I very much enjoy Alex Sterner’s Instagram. He gives out valuable tips on exercising and recovery. Emphasising sleep and nutrition. And constantly mocking cold plunges, weird diets, weird exercises, functional training etc. Hilarious content.

This video by B Team also helps to explain some simple exercises and the rationale behind each of them this way.

11.08.2023 |

Is BJJ Healthy Sport

I will start posting things here that I find on social media where BJJ athletes talk about their injuries. Not to scare anyone away from starting with BJJ but to give a realistic overview of what is probably going to happen to you when you are more competitive than a regular slacker.

This Instagram post by Tom DeBlass (41) really made me think about how unhealthy BJJ actually is. When I reached the place where he says “At 41 years young…” I was really amused because I thought – by everything he had just described – that he is older than 60.

Nicky Ryan (21) talking about his knee injuries and about training with no ACL.

A person aged 42 looking forward to a total hip replacement in the next few years, as well as a total shoulder replacement.

Why BJJ Is Destroying Your Body

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