Online activist/hacker constituency Anonymous is going all-in on targeting the UFC and its parent company, Zuffa, over their support for the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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I've been training at North Vancouver Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for roughly a year and a half and am currently a second stripe white belt. The school is run by two first degree black belts - both ranked by the IBJJF. Classes are offered seven days a week; all students are free to attend as many classes as they please, although beginners are discouraged from attending intermediate classes. Schedule is available here. Rates range from $100/month to $150/month, depending on how many months one commits to. The club is very honest in its business practices and members areContinue Reading →

Saekson Janjira's gym reminds me of what it would be like to walk on the set of Bloodsport during the jungle training parts. Only, with no mysticism, triple jump-kicks, Jean-Claude or English. Throw in air conditioning, a ring, and well, Saekson; and you'll get an idea of the awesomeness that is this gym.

I'll adhere to the Rating system to provide talking points on the gym from here on.

Aliveness: 9
Hard sparring is a norm here. Every night around 8:30 or so you can expect to see folks rearranging their dental plans to better suit the needs of this gym. It's not required, but it readily available if you want to test yourself out against some of the established MMA fighters who frequent the place.

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according to the AIBA

Canadian female boxer tries to KO skirts in ring


A Canadian boxer has her shorts in a knot about wearing a skirt in the ring.

Elizabeth Plank, an amateur boxer from Montreal, has come out swinging at a proposal that female boxers wear skirts rather than shorts when women's boxing makes its Olympic debut later this summer in London, England.

"Forcing women to wear skirts, I think, it's sexism," she told Teddy Katz of CBC Radio Sports.
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The difference between what happens to a 70-something person who sits on his ass, and a 70-something person who trains:



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Dear martial arts friends,

Wrestling can be intense, filled with beautiful techniques and deep stances. The Olympics feature both Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, some judo people wrestle in a gi as well.



My favourite is the guy in the white t-shirt on the left.

CAPTION IT!!!

Political cartoon from the early 1900's commenting on the Russo-Japanese war.

Take note of the way Jiujitsu is spelled and hyphenated. There's a lot of nonsensical debate about this; which is nonsensical because spelling isn't indicative of anything other than various attempts to phonetically recreate the Japanese wordContinue Reading →