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Ready to upgrade your triangle for the holidays? Josh Lanier of Cage Academy North Carolina demonstrates his 'unbreakable' variation of the classic triangle with assistance from Troy Brown.

Over the weekend King of the Cage descended upon Norman, Oklahoma for the second time this year with King Of The Cage "Steel Curtain". This card was stock full of Oklahoma talent and no one left disappointed. The night was full of action as blood, sweat, and quite possibly a couple of tears lay on the mat as a reminder of the battles that took place. These are the photo highlights.

Say hello to Albuquerque’s newest addition to the grappling community: Clube de Jiu-Jitsu Pitbull, otherwise known as Albuquerque Pitbull BJJ, located at 5643 Paradise Blvd NW. Clube Pitbull is new to Albuquerque but has been a part of the BJJ game in Brazil, then the States, for nearly two decades. An organization founded by Adilson “Bitta” Lima, Pitbull BJJ is a branch off Gracie-Barra, with strong ties to Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Since its inception, Pitbull has produced several Black Belt Champions. The Albuquerque branch was set up by Professor Kale Lopez, Black Belt under Professor João Cunha (directly under Lima). Lopez brought the team to Albuquerque after his brother Kalo; also a J...

Wrestling is one of the world’s oldest forms of competition. It ranges from youth wrestling to middle school, high school, collegiate, and at the Olympic level. Since the sport of wrestling is severely demanding on a wrestler’s body, it is important that they take proper care of themselves in and out of season. Wrestlers learn to understand their bodies very quickly. A wrestler must know the difference between being sore and being injured. Hurting includes a bruised eye, broken nose or some sort of condition that might be a burden, but won’t prevent one from competition.An injury is what prevents a wrestler from continuing to wrestle during the season. An injury might be a torn ACL and/or ...