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Budget-Friendly Ideas For Setting Up A Home Martial Arts Studio
If your local martial arts studio hasn’t reopened yet, consider creating a place where your kids can work out at home to keep their skills sharp. It's easier and more budget-friendly than you might think! From sourcing equipment at a discount to choosing the perfect...
How Do You Do It?
One thing I’m asked a lot is “How do you do it?” Typically people are referring to keeping up with school and a professional career in mixed martial arts, but what they don’t usually know is that I also worked as a teaching assistant and had a part time job on the...
If No One Told You That You Couldn’t …
... how would that change your beliefs? This is a question I ask myself a lot. I remember when I was a blue belt right after winning nogi Pans I was talking to a friend about how I felt that I could really be something in jiu jitsu if I kept up the effort. That...
5 Ways To Help Your Kids Make Healthy Choices
Girl-Jitsu believes in supporting women’s healthy choices, and offers products and information with that end goal in mind. Whether you’re looking for “mom and me” gear to workout together or need ideas and inspiration to help your family prosper, connect today!...
The Anna Ellis Project
Mental illness often has a negative connotation to it. When we hear that term, we automatically think of the person as “broken” or even worse, “crazy.” But the truth is 1 in 5 American adults (approximately 18 percent) have some form of mental illness, and only 1 in...
Cleaning Your Equipment is Part of Jiu Jitsu
Mastering a martial art like Jiu-Jitsu requires not only physical discipline but also mental focus and discipline. Too many people are of the mindset that their practice begins and ends when they get on and off the mat at the gym. In reality, you should be cultivating...
Thoughts by Ginger Mark
I have thought long and hard on what I wanted to say about my experience yesterday at World Masters. I have decided to just speak from my heart. No I did not bring home Gold, but what I have accomplished this year is far more special to me. I made a commitment to...
The Road to World Masters 2018
I’m writing this for all those who have been struggling... stay strong Mentally! I made It! This is my third year to say I’m going to Worlds (and/or Masters) and the first time that it actually happened. Year after year had plagued me financial and/or medical/injury....
There is a Spiritual Side to Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is one of the fastest growing martial arts in the world and has seen a particularly steep increase in the number of female participants, like those in the United Arab Emirates, whose national team manager reported that there are more than 47,000...
Using Your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Skills to Become Successful
"Once you learn to remain calm under the stressful circumstances of a fight, you will have no trouble remaining calm under the stressful circumstances of life." Ryron Gracie comments on just one of the transferable life skills that Brazilian Jui Jitsu (BJJ) offers....
Jiu Jitsu Teaches To Remain Calm Under Pressure
In this article discussing the life-changing benefits of training Brazilian jiu jitsu, we’ll talk about how the Gentle Art teaches us to stay calm under pressure, both on the mats and in daily life. We all have moments of intense stress. Terrible morning traffic, a...
Making Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Your Long-term Resolution
Since the winter holidays have finally passed – so does all the rich, high-carbs and sugary desserts that come with it. The media is filled with tips on how to diet and lose weight or quit smoking and drinking alcohol as a New Year’s resolution. Now is the time to...
Five Ways Jiu Jitsu Surprised a Woman in a Restaurant
By: The Dainty Grappler Photo Credit: Snow MMA Recently, my daughter and I had an unpleasant confrontation with a man at a restaurant. He was clearly agitated before we even got there. But when he made aggressive movements toward my daughter, here’s what happened and...