BJJ News
News affecting the business of running a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy: federation rule changes, affiliation and licensing, insurance and safeguarding, acquisitions and investment in the BJJ market, and platform and billing changes. Named companies, dated events, sourced numbers — and a plain statement when something is a claim rather than a fact.
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Beyond Competition: How Jiu-Jitsu Builds First-Responder Communities
Heroes on the Mat brings police, firefighters, EMS and veterans to the mats for charity. Ignore the results and study…
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Gymdesk Buys Smoothcomp: What Smoothcomp Connect Means for Academies With Competition Teams
Gymdesk has acquired Smoothcomp, the competition platform behind roughly 200 tournaments a weekend, and launched Smoothcomp Connect inside every Gymdesk…
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UFC BJJ Opens Bring the UFC Brand to Amateur Jiu-Jitsu: What Academy Owners Need to Know
UFC BJJ has launched open tournaments for amateurs, from first-time white belts to black belts, with youth and masters divisions…
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UFC GYM Is Testing Three Ways to Sell Martial Arts. Independent School Owners Should Pay Attention.
Full-service clubs, a standalone jiu-jitsu studio in Manhattan run on BJJLink, and a packaged 20-week TrainAlta program expanding to 27…
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When a Prohibited Technique Causes Catastrophic Injury: The Safety Questions Every BJJ Academy Should Ask
Five weeks after a prohibited slam left black belt Willian "Kabuto" Masuda with a severe cervical injury in Londrina, Brazil,…
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