BJJ Being the continuing adventures of Scramble co-owner Matt, in Japan. I arrived at my local airport late due to the annual rainy season causing massive traffic jams, and had about 15 minutes until takeoff when I staggered to the check in area. Spying a large queue, calculating that I would not have time to join
BJJ Man I was so hungry today, I wanted to try some of my favourite snacks. So I reached for none other than: A $30 watermelon! &Creamy Colon! Creamy ones are the best. Dried Fish and Almonds! Tasty! And in the bookshop, a very cool graphic book from the creator of Akira. It’s the middle of rainy
BJJ So here’s a new little segment I’ve decided to post from time to time. I’ll highlight various up-and-coming athletes in the Japanese/Asian MMA and grappling scene. First up is Shooto Featherweight(61kg/132lbs) Michinori Tanaka. Tanaka fights out of Yokohama’s Reversal Gym Groundslam, coached by former Shooto champions Shuichiro Katsumura and “BJ” Kojima. 21 year-old Tanaka smashed
BJJ The BJJ World Championships 2012 happened, and by all accounts, it was awesome. Here are some of our highlights. 1) Best BJJ fight of all time? I’m not sure, but it’s pretty damn good. Check out Buchecha vs Vieira here. 2) Oli Geddes black belt worlds debut! After winning a fight against
BJJ Sweaty business we are in scramblers! Jiujitsu, MMA or grappling, heck even regular exercise in hot weather can reduce us to a sodden t-shirt and regret. More so than ever at this time of year heat and hydration becomes a real problem. Some suck it up and train in a full heavyweight gi summer or
BJJ The BJJ World Championships 2012 are here! Or you could call them the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Mundials, or the Mundials do Jiu Jitsu Brasileiro or something like that. Anyway, we have a few Scramblers flying the Scramble flag in this prestigious event, including Oli Gedded at black belt, Adam Adshead at brown belt, the Miyao