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I must admit, it really annoyed be because he was harshing my groove.  I was in one of those training flows with a lower ranked partner—an opportunity to work some new material and offer some advice to someone else—when an angry voice penetrated the hard work and my focus.  One of our newer students was in the corner with a hand on his face, cussing up a storm, and letting

I can’t help but feel that folks are often confused about fighters.  There’s something strange about us—we just don’t fit into the molds we’re supposed to.  People—not all but most, I’m convinced—expect us to be ignorant thugs, cave men and women wielding rocks to bluntly destroy enemies that make us feel insecure.  It’s as if they want us to be bullies.

We’ve all heard the way ignorant outsiders refer to our sport.  How many of us have been told it’s barbaric, or heard it compared to human cockfighting?  There are those who call it violent, or tell us that we have a need to dominate others—that must be why we fight.  I would say that these people don’t understand the art of fig

This Sunday!!

June 9, 2013, Kron Gracie and Shinya Aoki will face off at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion. Also live-streaming athttp://wwwMetamoris.com through 8 camera angles for only 19.95. 

If you have been a member a Lockflow for any amount of time, then you know that our resident leg lock specialist is Mr. Reilly Bodycomb. Alot of people dont know this, but the shoe store chain called "Foot Locker" actually has to give Reilly $1.00 every time they sell a pair of shoes because they they are using his name. It's a long story involving a pair of Nikes, A heel hook and a hospital visit, but we can talk about that later.

It was a nice weekend here in the Pacific Northwest. I went down to the river, had a BBQ and soaked in some rare sun rays.

Combat Jiu-Jitsu is the brain child of 10th Planet JJ founder Eddie Bravo. The rules of Combat Jiu-Jitsu allow for strikes on the ground only. While standing, the competitors may only use takedowns and standing submissions. Last May we posted the first sanctioned Combat Jiu-Jitsu match and today I'm posting the second.

My only question is, if it's combat "Jiu-Jitsu" why arn't the wearing kimonos? Shouldn't this be called "Light-MMA"?

Like so many of us who fight, I have often been asked two questions:

“Why do you fight?”

Ms. Fallon Fox has been making quite a ruckus in the Mixed Martial Arts world as the first known, on-record transgender fighter. This weekend she put up her 3-0 record against Allana Jones at the Cage Fighting Alliance in Florida.