Micah Caputo As an avid competitor how important do you think it is to compete in order to improve your BJJ game? Pablo Popovitch In my opinion, it is very important. People react different in competition. They fight with strategy, more energy and most don’t accept defeat easily. At the...

INSIDE BJJ would like to introduce our newest contributor. Dan Faggella is a writer, national Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor and mixed martial arts academy owner. At 23, Dan has recently received his masters degree is Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dedicated to...

My Big Non-Fat Jiu-Jitsu Wedding Micah Caputo As a nurse’s aide I work with a lot of women. Most of them end up finding out that I do Jiu-jitsu when I am cutting weight for a tournament. I end up being forced to decline offers of junk food and am always asked why I won’t eat. After all I...

Pan Am Diary Part 4 Saturday, March 26 8:00 AM Wake up and cross the street to get doughnuts. I ensure to sample each of the doughnut food groups: Bavarian Cream, Raspberry Jelly, and Apple Fritter. Sometimes after I drop my son off at school I go grocery shopping. They are always putting out...

By Micah Caputo Based on experience at the 2011 Pan Ams. Plan ahead. Don’t change plans at the last minute. Don’t be a lone wolf. Get with your team and plan together. If you will be sleeping on a floor get a sleeping bag. The entire morning should be preparation for competition. There are...

An Average Joe’s Pan Am Diary. Part Three Hi, my name is Micah. When it comes to BJJ competition I am just an average joe. I have never been considered athletic. Because I am too small to get an opponent, I usually have to fight in bigger weight classes. I lost my first eight matches in...

An Average Joe’s Pan Am Diary. Part Two. Hi, my name is Micah. When it comes to BJJ competition I am just an average joe. I have never been considered athletic. Because I am too small to get an opponent, I usually have to fight in bigger weight classes. I lost my first eight matches in a...

An Average Joe’s Pan Am Diary. Part One. Hi, my name is Micah. When it comes to BJJ competition I am just an average joe. I have never been considered athletic. Because I am too small to get an opponent, I usually have to fight in bigger weight classes. I lost my first eight matches in a...

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), and Mixed Martial Arts are well behind the times when it comes to Strength & Conditioning (S&C). While this may seem to be no great insight to many of you, to others it must be, as the statement itself would not be true if things were not so. I think S&C...