How to Choose a BJJ Academy: 15 Questions Before You Join
A complete academy-evaluation guide covering coaching, culture, beginner classes, cleanliness, safety, contracts, competition, and trial sessions.
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The Mat Notes: practical BJJ guides for the whole room.
Long-form articles for beginners, parents, gi and no-gi students, competitors, coaches, and people comparing academies.
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Each article has a distinct topic, original featured image, one authoritative outbound reference, internal next steps, and specific questions or drills to take into training.
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Private BJJ Lessons and Seminars: When Focused Coaching Is Worth It
How to choose a private lesson or seminar, define the problem, capture feedback, and transfer focused coaching into live BJJ rounds.
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Recovery for Jiu-Jitsu: Sleep, Hydration, Soreness, and Returning After Injury
A grounded recovery guide for managing mat volume, sleep, hydration, soreness, hygiene, and a careful return after time away or injury.
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BJJ Strength and Conditioning: A Simple Weekly Plan for Grapplers
A practical two-day strength and conditioning framework designed to support mat time without turning recovery into a second sport.
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How to Prepare for Your First BJJ Competition Without Burning Out
A week-by-week first-tournament plan covering rules, match strategy, training load, weight, equipment, mindset, and the day-of routine.
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Open Mat Etiquette: How to Train Productively With New Partners
A practical code for communication, intensity, hygiene, cross-academy respect, feedback, and safe rounds at BJJ open mat.
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BJJ Self-Defense Fundamentals: Position, Distance, Escape, and Decision-Making
A realistic framework for using BJJ training as one part of personal safety, with emphasis on awareness, boundaries, escape, and controlled practice.
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Kids BJJ Classes: What Parents Should Look for in a Safe, Positive Program
A parent-focused checklist for coaching quality, class structure, safeguarding, hygiene, competition, and age-appropriate progress in kids BJJ.
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Gi vs No-Gi BJJ: How Training Changes and What Beginners Should Choose
A practical comparison of grips, pace, submissions, equipment, and learning priorities in gi and no-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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Your First Month of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: A Beginner’s Roadmap
A calm, practical four-week plan for learning positions, tapping early, choosing training intensity, and measuring real beginner progress.
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