Today, a true Crazy 88 “casca grossa” was promoted to the rank of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt – Keith Cebula! Keith started Jiu-Jitsu at Crazy 88, when it was still some mats laid over a basketball court. From the beginning, he never asked for it...
By Vannessa Griffin – At 6 am sharp, Saturday morning, I jumped out of bed to finish getting ready to compete in my second Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in two weeks. I woke up with submissions and gold medals on my mind and eagerly got myself together to meet...
It was a horrifically rainy Saturday in Maryland when Crazy 88 headed down to Virginia to compete at the Copa Nova Jiu-Jitsu tournament. The team we were sending to this tournament was small (but tough): John Johnson AKA “Southside” Vannessa Griffin AKA...
Never Doing Conditioning The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. – Napolean Not Drilling There are no blackbelts who never drilled. They just don’t exist. Repetition is your friend. Avoiding new positions...
Tim Spriggs gave a strong performance in his first NO GI Jiu-Jitsu Competition as a Black Belt. Coach Tim ended up with Bronze in the Black Belt Heavyweight division and reached the Quarterfinals of the Black Belt Open. Along the way, he defeated the 2013 Black Belt...
Used properly, a private lesson is one of the most powerful learning experiences available. You get the undivided attention of the instructor for a period of time during which you have full access to his expertise and experience. Despite the huge benefit that private...
Usually before a big Jiu-Jitsu competition or Muay Thai fight, athletes will cut weight, a quick and effective way to fight in a lower weight class. As someone who’s never cut weight before, I have learned through breaking these rules below that it is, in fact, a BIG...
I’ve always loved the concept that Jujitsu is human chess – probably because I played competitive chess back in high school. Practice usually revolved around drilling certain chess scenarios, working through concepts, and then open matches with teammates....
The original question was posed to me in relation to women but this isn’t really an article that’s just limited to just training with females. How should men roll with women at Crazy 88? Should submissions be attempted? Should we focus on top game or...
