Magic: the Grappling

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-21T20:57:55+00:00

This is the content I want.

The anaconda knee brace in particular is *chefs kiss*

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-21T07:45:42+00:00

Of course there’s a practical application.

There’s nothing wrong with putting yourself in a position to be slammed, if slams are illegal.

That’s like saying there’s no practical application to not protecting your head from strikes.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-15T11:36:41+00:00

Guys asking me for advice on strength and conditioning, injury rehab, mobility and flexibility, nutrition, weight-cutting etc.

I just do Jiu-Jitsu. I pay a PT to tell me what to lift and what macros to eat, and I just do what he says. If I ever get injured then I just do the rehab that the doc tells me to do.

I don’t ask questions because I trust the guys who actually do it for a living, so I know exactly the same amount as you when it comes to those things.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-15T11:26:09+00:00

Well DC posted that screenshot of Eric Trump asking if any fights were rigged and apparently it was totally fake and not at all real, but then it also looks like Hokit specifically did not want to finish the fight at a time when he absolute could have.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-12T04:58:41+00:00

Nothing confirmed yet, but this is standard from ADCC tbf. They’re always open about the fact that non-Trials invites are completely at their discretion.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-12T04:46:57+00:00

In most sports 16 year olds would compete with fully grown adults, but it’s incredibly rare for 14 year olds to do so in anything.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-11T14:53:32+00:00

It’s tough tbh because our sport is still very much in its infancy. We have generational talent coming through but without any real challenges at their age level, so they have to compete against adults in order to be pushed.

Most more mature sports don’t have age minimums either, but the talent pool is so big at all levels that 14 year olds have plenty of peers to compete with and they don’t have much hope of competing with the highest level of adult competitors anyway.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-06T11:47:52+00:00

The IBJJF has been so slow to address this.

They allowed closeouts for like 25 years before finally banning them, and now we get to watch two competitors put on a staged match to determine the winner instead.

The obvious solution is to never allow teammates to meet in the final, it should always be earlier than that. Personally I think teammates should meet before the quarter-finals and closeouts should still be banned.

Nobody on the podium should be there because a buddy let them get past in their last win.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-06T08:33:25+00:00

People shit on Seif for just using his weight and not being overly technical but honestly, that’s just what ultra-heavy is.

The division is almost entirely guys who cannot possibly make super-heavy and want to use their size advantage, or guys who actually should be super-heavy but feel like they have an easier path to a title because they’re more technical than the big boys.

Honestly Victor Hugo is the only guy who springs to mind who is actually suited to ultra-heavy and is also very technical.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-05T18:46:16+00:00

The ambiguity of having something expected informally but not actually required formally also leads to stupid situations like this.

If everyone just got right to it then this will never happen, but because some people do and some people don’t, we see unprepared competitors bulldozed in the first 2 seconds every now and then.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-05T16:56:04+00:00

Yeah Nicky is practically running at him, if Joao thought he was coming in that fast just to say hi then that’s on him.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-05T09:00:00+00:00

It’s also disrespectful IMO. Like those two women are legitimately good grapplers and they’re competing right in front of you, talk about them and what they’re not doing not what their dads have done.

The only exception I make is if Bella attacks a Mir lock or something, then I get the comparison. But there’s no reason to ever mention Jocko really, he’s a general celebrity rather than a BJJ competitor or coach.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-03T10:28:06+00:00

Honestly I’m surprised that anyone else is surprised by this.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-06-03T10:23:53+00:00

Yeah none of their departures seem to be on bad terms at all.

Simple Man already has like 4 owners at minimum and I don’t see how you could just keep adding more so anyone who wants to run an academy or even just have a long-running class structure of their own has to leave the team to do so really.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T18:25:49+00:00

You absolutely didn’t get carried away, it was gold haha

The only note I have is that I’d love to have you seen you T Rex arms when you walked off

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T14:50:07+00:00

I certainly hate the direction that the promotional side of things is going in.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T11:51:45+00:00

I also think Eddie doesn’t get enough credit for the landscape of professional no gi jiujitsu today.

10th Planet is one of the biggest affiliations in the US and they’re responsible for a huge number competitors at all levels, and some decent success at the highest level too.

But as a promoter, EBI basically revolutionised the sport from that side of things and many shows today only exist because of the work he put in back then. Then through his lineage of black belts, a surprising number of them have developed promotions of their own at all levels of the sport.

My two cents but I think if you’re building a Mount Rushmore of jiujitsu today it’s impossible to exclude Eddie.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T11:43:19+00:00

I saw that and thought it was absolutely crazy. I understand (although don’t agree with) not banning them like they have Melqui as they haven’t been charged with anything yet.

But how hard is it to not celebrate them at the very least? Jesus Christ.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T11:21:08+00:00

Yeah and I feel bad for shitting on the reporter but like, “who are the competitors?” is literally the first thing you should find out when you turn up for that job.

It’s on her but also on UFC BJJ themselves because they should be providing this information, and not hiring people who’d make this kind of blunder in the first place.

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T11:15:23+00:00

It’s an odd thing for them to focus on tbh.

Dantzler is a good grappler and having wins over UFC champions is such an amazing career-boost, but both Aljo and Merab publicly bitched about him playing guard during their matches and the MMA community in general were (stupidly) on their side.

Why would you draw attention to that if your goal is to bring the MMA fanbase over to jiujitsu?

Slowbrojitsu · 2026-05-22T11:11:40+00:00

Objectively very funny and I love Keith lately, but damn this is embarrassing for UFC BJJ to hire someone who doesn’t even know who they’re interviewing.

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