Zoe Gurda cried after her first session of Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). It was her first time at a workout class — any kind of ...

Optimus Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has published a guide that explains how its attendance cards track training consistency and ...

At the first UFC in 1993, Brazilian jiu jitsu was introduced to the world. Royce Gracie, a physically modest 27-year-old weighing 175 pounds dominated the tournament, using a simple but devastating ...

Dave, whom I’ve only known for a few minutes, is kneeling between my thighs as I lie with my back on the floor, his hands on my hips. This might seem compromising, but in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, this is ...

When I was young, I tried various martial arts such as full-contact karate and Nippon Kempo, but I gave up on all of them ...

COMBAT DOESN'T COME naturally to me. I grew up practicing Jainism, an ancient faith that instructs followers to avoid killing living things, even gnats and cockroaches. I’m also not much of an athlete ...