LA PLUME — Jason Ratchford accomplished a significant feat last month, becoming the first and only martial arts fighter to hold duel ranks as a first-degree black belt in judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ...

Traveling back to over 100 years before the first IBJJF World Championship or UFC, back to Kano Jigoro and his first Kodokan Academy. Kano had studied the many different styles of the Samurai art of ...

For the past nine and a half years, Alan Shade, an instructor at Top Notch Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy in Southaven, has been studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Last month, all that hard work paid off ...

Two sets of family members, a grandfather and grandson, as well as a father and son, each received a new belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after dedicated training and passing their tests at a Delray Beach ...

I love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Love it, and everything about it. It’s an awesome martial-art. Day to day, among the greatest workouts and competitive sports, and can also be deadly when necessary. I love ...