Cleber Luciano is on his back, looking up from the large blue mat in his Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio in Huntington Beach. Around him are scrawny 8-year-olds and large men, watching in awe as he spars.

Anyone who’s ever trained in Brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ) knows how difficult the sport is. You show up every day for years, getting bruised, suffocated and strangled and having every limb hyperextended.

She Devil Jiu Jitsu Club started in 2021 and now has around 60 members. The Club's goal is to provide a safe space for women to train, especially those that have suffered past trauma. The Den is women ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Travis Tooke's brand-new book, Jiu-jitsu and Life, has sold copies all over the country. The book follows the trials and tribulations of Jiu-jitsu Black Belt ...

NEWNAN, Ga. - On Atlanta’s southside, police officers are getting free lessons in Jiu Jitsu to help counter what is perceived as an increasingly hostile time for street cops. At 6 a.m. in Newnan at ...

FLOURTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Omar Cruickshank owns Crush Crew Jiu Jitsu in Flourtown, Montgomery County. "We are the first Black-owned jiu-jitsu school in Pennsylvania," said Cruickshank. The ...

For the next three Saturdays, the Gracie Barra jiu-jitsu school in San Clemente is offering free self-defense classes for kids, coupled with techniques to defuse bullying. The classes, from 9 to 10 ...