Competition

Yahia Abaza fighting at KO Blood and Glory, York Hall, 5-15 Old Ford Road

To know more about Rafael Rosendo click on the link: https://www.facebook.com/rafael.r.santos http://alliancegreenville.com/

2012 Miami International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open. Richard is a blue belt Medium Heavy weight training under Rafael Rosendo out of Alliance Greenville, South Carolina.

How do you go from being the smallest person in the class to a BJJ world champion! This is a really interesting interview with my friend Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins. I first polled the Grapplearts.com newsletter readership if they had any questions for Brandon, and boy, did they ever! I sifted and sorted hundreds of emails to pick out the very best questions for for him, and this in-depth interview about competition and training strategies for grapplers is the result. Brandon has worked with Stephan to create 'How to Defeat the Bigger, Stronger Opponent Series 2' available in mobile app and DVD format here: http://www.grapplearts.com/bigger-stronger-series-2/

Vinicius 'Draculino' talks with Stephan Kesting about how surfing beach fights brought him into jiu-jitsu, what it was like training with the top Gracie and Machado fighters in Rio in the 1980's, and how self defense and vale tudo training were incorporated into the classes. He also talks about the early BJJ competition scene, and how BJJ has changed over the last 3 decades. His contributions to the Spider Guard Position, and why he gets more nervous for BJJ competition than for MMA fights. Then they move on to why he thought that many matches at the 2012 Mundials reminded him of two spiders having sex, the rule changes, he'd like to see to make jiu-jitsu competition more exciting, and why he makes even his BJJ world champions do self defense twice a week All in all, it's a merry romp down many BJJ topics, past and present.

Rafael is the head intructor at Alliance Greenville. Check out the website www.rafaelrosendo.com

Rafael is the head intructor at Alliance Greenville. Check out the website www.rafaelrosendo.com

My Second match at the Pan Ams 2012

My first match at the Pan Ams 2012

Preparation for the worlds.

A quick 1 minute look at wrestling highlights from 10th Planet Burbank athletes and coach at Gracie Nationals submission only Jiu Jitsu tournament on 1/29/2012. 10th Planet Burbank www.10thPlanetBurbank.com 4130 West Burbank Blvd Burbank, CA 91505 (818)559-1437

Black belt under "Jacare´" Billy began his Jiu-Jitsu training under the direct tutelage of Romero "Jacare´" Cavalcanti, a 6th dgree black belt and founder of the Alliance Team. Billy began making the trek from Greenville, SC to Atlanta, GA once a week to learn Jiu-Jitsu from a black belt. Mr. Fletcher has competed for the Alliance Team and medalled many times over including major tournaments such as the Pan Ams. Billy continues to train at the Alliance Martial Arts Training Center to gain and spread more knowledge of the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the upstate of South Carolina. With a thirst for more knowledge, Billy Fletcher is also the only certified Pat Militech instructor in the state of South Carolina. Billy is also, owner of Focused Fitness and Crossfit Alliance and is a certified Level 1 instructor.

Answers for your BJJ questions! Stephan takes questions from his newsletter readers in the first ever Q&A Podcast. Find out how how to taper for competition, what to do when you're getting crushed all the time, what to do when your wrestling coach wants you to stop doing BJJ, and how to remember all these bloody techniques...

Nick Klein (Alliance of Madison) vs Brandon Nunely (The Garrison) Nick is a Purple belt and Dominated this submission only tournament, submitting 2 Black Belts along the way. This was the finals vs Brandon Nunely, a Black belt from the Garrison!

Mark Roth from Alliance of Madison (Twisted Fitness) winning his first ever Brazilian Jiujitsu match with an Ezekiel choke!

Sonya Barton - Alliance (purple belt) vs Dorothy Winter - Gracie Barra (Brown Belt) in Finals of Women's expert division-NAGA Chicago April 2011

Robbie Cunningham-Alliance in the Finals (lightweight) of the Chicago Open 2011

Ryan Hall is one of North America's most prolific competitors in BJJ and Submission Grappling. In this in-depth interview with Stephan Kesting he shares tips on training, competing, the 50-50 guard, the triangle choke, sparring with Marcelo Garcia, the construction of an effective guard game, and so much more!

Sarah Kaufmann, the UFC fighter and former Strikeforce champion, talks about training, competing and the role of women in MMA

Just a few minor updates regarding our laundry service, upcoming MMA fights for a few guys who train at our affiliate schools, 303 Training Center's Grand Opening and the launch of our new Back to School promotion.