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Build strength in body, mind and spirt while learning how to kick, block, punch and grapple at the Lehigh Valley’s newest martial arts school. Mike’s Karate & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which opened Oct. 22 ...

Brett Philbrick pushed all the air out of his lungs with a guttural “oof” as his body thumped against the clean, white mat laid across the hardwood flooring in Third Way Jiu Jitsu. Standing above ...

A young man who suffered bullying and was trying to find a sport he could make a difference in can be proud to say that he is now a national gold medalist. Noah Anderson, 15, of Brainerd won a gold ...

TAUNTON — Leave it on the mat. According to Jair Morselli, owner and lead instructor at Real Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Taunton, it’s a common phrase in the world of Brazilian jiu jitsu, loosely interpreted ...

PORTLAND, Tx — Half Shell Jiu-Jitsu focuses on Brazilian jiu-jitsu. But did you know this style of fighting is traced back to Japan? "The martial art has definitely evolved into something very ...

FAIRHAVEN - Danny Savery wants to offer young people and adults interested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu something he and his friends didn’t have while growing up as teenagers in Fairhaven. With the opening ...

Earning a black belt is a rare feat in martial arts. For Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, it is extremely rare. Just three students have received the honor from the Chicago Mixed Martial Arts gym in Chicago in ...

A Downriver police department is rethinking the way officers are trained to handle physical confrontations, trading ...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Master Rickson Gracie, one of the most respected and accomplished Mixed Martial Arts fighters/instructors in the world from the legendary Brazilian Gracie family, will make his very ...

Owner Rob Ables instructs all ages and experience levels in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art based on grappling in ground fighting. Marcelo Garcia is a retired martial artist and considered to be ...