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Thanks to social media and sites like facebook, the world feels smaller but that's not a bad thing, persay. In fact, I think it's done a great deal of good to connect the community at large and make information available about events even faster. So with the advancement of technology and need for speed, it's helped add to what motivated me in first place to start BJJ-ASIA. With that said, have we connected via facebook yet? If not, I invite you connect with me. It's here that I often post news or links that may not make it to the blog (here). At the same time, I've made another platform within facebook for the SEABJJ community. It's here everyone is free to post information about what they're doing or events they'd like to promote. So if you haven't joined the group and are interested, please do so!Overall, for the blog I haven't had as much time as I'd like to write original content but am aiming to do some writing in the near future. I am also open to publish guest writers if the quality and content is appropriate. If you're interested, please e-mail you work to luke@bjj-asia.com. let's connect: (click below)BJJ-ASIA'S FACEBOOKSEABJJ COMMUNITY FB PAGE

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These tees were a huge bundle of fun to produce. I came up with the idea after I saw this very famous t-shirt design and thought, hmm, maybe I can do something similar using BJJ terminology. I wracked my brain for reasonably amusing puns and plays on pharma themes plus twisted some known hazard and warning symbols. With a little help from my BJJ Artist friends, the final design was complete. I'd like to thank BJJHQ and 93 Brand for supporting me on this design. It's a big departure from what I normally draw. When the initial batch went live on BJJHQ, their entire allocation sold out in less than 40 minutes! I would also like to thank CTRL Industries. Unbeknownst to me, they had previously produced their own jiu jitsu as a drug themed t-shirt. When I emailed the owner to see if was ok with my design, he was again utterly supportive. As they say in BJJ drug circles: Prescription before Submission! (that came from one of my contest winners). This t-shirt is available from 15th May 2013 at my Meerk

Previously SEABJJ goods were sold on the defunct 'bangkokfightshop' site but now things are back on! I've posted two items specifically to raise money for Sarnelli House Orphanage via 5-year anniversary & SEABJJ community t-shirts. If your country is not listed under the shipping options, please contact me directly and I will amend this!All who purchase an anniversary shirt will be eligible to win a soon to be announced prize. Plus! Send in a photo of you wearing said shirt and possibly win Caio Terra's 4x disc instructional DVD set, "Modern Jiu-Jitsu". That right there is a $130 USD value!Keep checking for the next lucky-draw prize!CLICK HERE!!!WWW.SEABJJ.BIGCARTEL.COM

Hello, my name is Luke and yes, I am a Jiu-Jitsu Nerd. The latest project from international jiu-jitsu-journalist Kinya Hashimoto, volume 00 of 'Jiu Jitsu Nerd'. Regardless if you can read Japanese or not, it's a cool magazine filled with photos documenting the scene in and out of Japan. Always cool details and highlights on upcoming fighters. Copies can be bought at Budovideos or at the Bull Terrier Shop. Check out the links below.

Artechoke in a Can is a weekly video series by Marshal D. Carper taken from his no-gi classes at Steel City Martial Arts. The “artechoke” bit comes from the name of his publishing start-up, Artèchoke Media. Marshal had me up in Pittsburgh, PA last weekend to give two seminars–one at his Cal U grappling club and another at Steel City Martial Arts–and to shoot footage for an upcoming instructional. You’ll be hearing more about that over the coming weeks, but for now, armdrags! Here’s the technique where I share secret Rickson Gracie knowledge: Link to video on Youtube. The rest of the videos are up on Artechoke in a Can.

Often at the end of a seminar, I'll spare a little block of time for questions. People ask all kinds of questions ... sometimes about specific problems they are having on the mat, sometimes about training concepts or approaches to training, sometimes about life, living with purpose, overcoming dramas ... but one I have been asked more than one time this past week is this ... " where do I see BJJ going in the next five to ten years?"An interesting question ... and one I have an opinion on. Twenty five years ago, BJJ was just BJJ ... a highly evolved, super effective, fighting art, at one both elegant in it's simplicity and addictive in it's complexity. Now though, a quarter of a century later, I see it moving forward in a number of different ways.My feeling is that all BJJ Black Belts should have some understanding of each of these very different approaches - BJJ for self defence - BJJ for competition - BJJ for MMA - BJJ for life. Depending on where the instructor places the emphasis, each of these approaches

Mitch and I worked the IBJJF Dallas Open last weekend and as usual enjoyed it very much.Check out this match between Fabiana Borges (GB) and Mackenzie Dern (GH).