Ben

Got married 4 years ago on this weekend to the best mom in the world. Got the better end of the deal by a long-shot. @kovacs

@chrismwojcik Amen

Genuinely this is something I miss from before training at “pro gyms”. Every BJJ athlete thinks they’re hustling until they meet a dude with a full-time job and 3 kids who somehow trains every day, lifts, competes, and lives a full life. Makes you realize there’s more to life than this ish.

@zealcaiden @JackieFielder_ Yep

@JackieFielder_ You make no jobs, you make nothing better, all you do is increase taxes and facilitate fraud. Fuck you.

If you’re a California elected and you don’t support the billionaire tax, you can’t claim to care about affordability or working people. In a state with unfathomable wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, wealth inequality is a policy choice.

@gregogallagher As a JJ black belt, I actually agree with this take

I trained BJJ for a couple years in high school. Some boxing. Some MMA. Even some Jeet Kune Do. Here’s the truth most people don’t like: MMA-style boxing is by far the most useful for real situations. Being strong, athletic, fast and drilling the jab and cross endlessly = better than almost anything else. In a real fight, you’re not slipping punches. That’s literally not a thing. It’s two animals clashing. Whoever is sharper, faster, more accurate wins. Straight right also beats haymaker. Haymaker too slow. JKD trapping? completely useless. BJJ not a thing unless you are wresting with your drunk brother and u don’t want to punch him in the face

Wow.

@RoKhanna STFU and resign

The silence from many media-hyped 2028 contenders today is shocking. If you cannot oppose this regime change war for oil, you don't have the moral clarity or guts to lead our party or nation.

@Clav0Updates I can attest to the fact that Brendan isn’t good enough at jiu jitsu to use just technique 😂

Santa Cruz Medicinals clears up the controversy about Clavicular training Jiu Jitsu & ensures that Clav is alright, and gives his props to Clavicular for how he carries himself and how respectful he is 😮❤️‍🩹 “it was kind of a weird energy that was thrown at Clav…”

@SprawlDontLie 😂

Yesterday Eddie Bravo asked me for a lighter bc I “look like a guy who has a lighter on him”, which is a little like Stephen Hawking saying you look like you carry around a calculator

@chrismwojcik Great job this weekend

5 things I've recently learned about guard passing: I'm not going to sit here and pretend like I am the best guard passer to walk the earth. Even just rewatching the match I did on Friday, I noticed some mistakes that we can fix for next time. But I have been working on passing for the last few months, and I've learned a few things that might help you out. Here are 5 things I've learned recently: ----------- 1. Beat the knees, connect the hands. Eventually, you want to control their neck/head, but at first, you won't have anything. If you can beat their knees and connect your hands around their hips or neck, you're in a great spot to eventually get all the way past the hips. There are lots of fancy ways to pass, but I've found this to be the simplest. ----------- 2. Don't allow them to turtle. At the high levels, especially, allowing your partner to turtle almost feels like a loss. People are so good at escaping to turtle that getting to the back from there is really tough. However, if you can prevent their initial attempt to turtle (with your head) you can: • Prevent them from doing so altogether • Get a better look at the back when they do ----------- 3. Don't let them put 2 feet on the ground. If your opponent can put 2 feet on the ground, they can probably stand up. If they can stand up, you are definitely not putting significant pressure on them. Sometimes this is as complicated as fancy grips like "camping" or "leg pinning", but sometimes it's as simple as just grabbing their ankle and not letting them put it on the ground. It works. ----------- 4. Make them more tired than you. Everyone has a good guard at first. Most people's guard gets worse over time. However, it's also important to remember your pacing and efficiency as well. If you make them really tired but you're too tired to try to pass, you screwed up. Technique is important, but so are pacing and efficiency. ----------- 5. There are a lot of ways to train passing. I've been doing a lot of CLA games focused on passing recently, and they're more important than I once thought. Passing drills aren't just "start rolling and pass the guard." What's cool is that if you can understand the other points in this post, you can make your own games to help you build a passing strategy that works for you.

@scmedicinals At least u handsome and got that nice tan an abs

I get my ass whooped at Jiu Jitsu every single time I go. Almost every round. I’m not good at this sport it’s very difficult. That’s the point. I show up get whooped learn a bit and do it again. Not trying to be one of those pussy influencers or actors that pays for a black belt. Like nah I suck at Jiu Jitsu. It’ll be that way for a while.

@OpenNoteGrapple Yep

Am I reading this correctly? He didn't turtle at all Plus he only woke up after bouncing his skull off of the canvas Stoppage is fine

@chrismwojcik Awesome post

How much is a BJJ black belt worth? (In case you want to buy one) ------------ Training fees: average of $30k over 10 years. A monthly membership is typically somewhere between $100-$300. If you add this up monthly for the 10 years it typically takes to reach black belt, this is between $12k-$36k. But what if you want to compete, attend seminars, do privates, or purchase Jiu-Jitsu gear? ------------ Seminars, private lessons, competitions, and gear: average of $20k over 10 years. This could be more if you buy Shoyoroll, if you compete all the time, or go to a lot of seminars. So, in terms of just money that you're going to spend, getting a black belt will cost you around $50k. But it's important to remember that time is money, too. ------------ How much is an hour of your life worth? We won't get too philosophical here. This could be as low as $25 an hour or as high as a hundred (or thousand) dollars per hour, depending on your age, employment, etc. I've run the numbers with 3 rates: • $35 per hour • $100 per hour • $240 per hour ------------ How much time will you spend training? An average hobbyist will train anywhere from 6-10 hours per week. This adds up to between 3120-5200 hours over 10 years. For a high-level competitor, you will spend 20+ hours per week on Jiu-Jitsu. This adds up to roughly 10k hours in a decade, give or take a few hundred hours. ------------ So, here are the final numbers: Casual grapplers will spend anywhere from $109k-749k, depending on their time value. More serious hobbyists will spend $312k-$1m, depending on their time value. Competitors will spend between $749k-$2.5m, depending on their time value. But the memories? The friendships you make on the mat? The stories? Maybe I'm just being sentimental, but to me, those things are priceless. Either way, now you know how to buy a black belt 😊

@chrismwojcik Feels good to still be undefeated against you

If you had told the timid kid that I was when I was 18 and first starting Jiu-Jitsu that in 10 years I’d be competing against some of the best grapplers of my generation on the biggest platform in the sport ever, I’d have thought you were crazy. Never expected to get this far 😂

@BillAckman 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

The events of the last few days have made it incredibly clear that we need to change our tolerance for violent offenders. One strike and you are out.

Guardian Sinaloa leader Mauro Canale shared with us a message on WhatsApp, telling the story of what it’s like to guide kids through training in Culiacán, where jiu jitsu has become a tool to overcome hardship and find a new path forward. #missionsubmission #jiujitsuforall

@chrismwojcik Gotta really feel for all the fans complaining that were forced at gun point to sit though CJI2 for $0

After CJI everyone hates quintet rules because they led to a lot of draws. After ADCC everyone hates the shitty wrestling that comes with the overtime/finals. After EBI everyone hated ppl being gifted the back. Everyone hates IBJJF. Everyone hates sub only. No one in BJJ likes BJJ.

@SprawlDontLie Sorry I read that wrong. Zero athletes are exclusive to Flo. They don’t need permission from Flo to fight on CJI, IBJJf, AdCC, etc

@bskovacs You mean it’s true that there’s no exclusivity for WNO athletes, who regularly compete at big events like IBJJF, BJJ Stars, Polaris, & more

On the Mighty podcast debate between Craig and Mikey, they said WNO has exclusive contracts. That’s not true, no one on WNO is exclusive to WNO.

@ZackMMA1 @lthomasnews @FloGrappling

@lthomasnews @FloGrappling When is it live tho?

NEW: CJI 2 will now air on @FloGrappling’s YouTube channel. It will still be *live and free*, but I’m told it will no longer air on the B-Team YouTube channel.

@lthomasnews @thejumpinfool @FloGrappling Not really. Just a win/win deal for Craig and Flo tbh, without having to put it behind a paywall this weekend. We have a much bigger partnership in general + all the charity work we do together.

@thejumpinfool @FloGrappling Seems that way.

@JiujitsuOtter @guardiangym thank you Otter!

Craig Jones and @guardiangym are literally saving lives through the work they’re doing in Peru and other parts of the world. If you are able to help, please check them out and tune into CJI 2 this summer 🙏