A longtime Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor, Shama Ko loved her sport, but she saw too much division and exclusion when it came to gender. After discovering Girls In Gis, however, a training and support ...

The boys were at it again. There were about 10 of them on the blue mats and red mats in the old multipurpose room, the place where Rima Yacoub volunteers a few hours a week to teach kids in East Amman ...

Ashley Nguyen has tried kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do and self-defense classes. But no martial art or fitness activity has been as consistently challenging and satisfying as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With six ...

600 children from 28 schools across the UAE will participate in the Children’s Cup alongside the very best youngsters from around the world, with the ambitious female students from six UAE girl’s ...

I think we can all relate to that nervous, sweat-inducing feeling which can form in a knot at the pit of your stomach when you walk into a new gym, exercise class or sports group. I took up Jiu Jitsu ...

POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - A gym in Pooler is offering free Jiu Jitsu classes to help teenage girls struggling with mental illnesses. “We’re a family,” said owner Carson Fortner. Helping kids learn and grow ...

CHULA VISTACHULA VISTA — Olympian’s Alina Solis had a background in jiu jitsu when a friend asked if she would join her going out for the school’s girls wresting team last year. Jiu jitsu, wrestling, ...

Danielle Kelly has a lot of eyeballs on her each time she steps on ONE Championship's global platform. That fame and prestige, of course, comes with its fair share of responsibilities, considering she ...

I've heard Brazilian jiu jitsu described as the art of gently folding laundry with people still inside it. Credit: Photo by Leon Maia via Flickr One of my most popular pieces of all time was called ...