Graciefighter Caribou

06/07/2026

Textbook fundamental Jiu Jitsu used against a bully.

Here you see the smaller kid level change into double leg takedown, move to side control, improve to mount, back take to choke. All fundamental techniques we teach to both kids and adults. You can also see how he used strikes strategically from mount to open up the back, disproving the common misconception that Jiu Jitsu doesn't involve strikes.

The kid also had opportunities for joint locks (kimura and arm bar) but we teach kids and adults in bullying/ self defense situations to actually not take the submission opportunities unless you actually want to/ have to break their bones because people don't tap outside of training.
Also always better to maintain position and control rather than risk losing a dominant position where you can just stay on top and strike or simply hold someone down.

The kid in this video is not our student but several kids in our kids classes have successfully used Jiu Jitsu against bullies over the past few years.

With the increase of reports in bullying, we are considering starting a summer program for kids and teens specifically focused on using Jiu Jitsu in bullying situations. This will be 4-6 weeks long and although 4-6 weeks is not enough to build real skill, this course will be a good introduction to Jiu jitsu and hopefully encourage kids and parents to keep training.

We go over common self defense and bullying scenarios in our kids classes regularly, but this would be 4-6 weeks of continuous focus on how to deal with common things bullies do.

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06/05/2026

5pm and 6pm classes are canceled tonight.
4pm kids class is still on.

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

Every now and then, I like to share this reminder that we have a youth scholarship program for kids who need it most.

Martial arts changes lives.
When my father coached at a nonprofit boxing gym, they often welcomed kids who were rough around the edges. People would sometimes tell him things like, “Those kinds of kids shouldn’t be here.”
His response was always the same:
“Those are exactly the kind of kids who should be here.”

Not every young person can be reached by a social worker sitting in an office. Some need structure. Some need mentorship. Some need a place where they're challenged, supported, and held accountable.

“The structure, if you give it to the kids, they'll color inside the lines and paint a beautiful picture. But anybody without the lines, they're gonna paint chaos. So now we're giving them the paper, the pen, and we're saying, ‘Express yourself. Show us what you got.’”

That's what programs like ours aim to do: provide the structure, guidance, build confidence and opportunity that help young people discover their potential.

06/04/2026

Yet again, Jiu Jitsu saves the day.

A Frontier Airlines flight to Chicago turned chaotic when a passenger attacked flight attendants and tried to open an emergency exit door mid flight.

The man was aggressively shoving against the cockpit door, before choking an off duty flight attendant.

Luckily, Former MMA fighter and Brazilian jiu jitsu instructor Josh Longood was on the flight when 51-year-old Juan Gabriel Reyes became disruptive.

He stepped in to protect everyone on the flight and quickly restrained him and held him down until the plane diverted to Miami, where police arrested Reyes.

🗣 "I knew that I could take care of it and handle it without him or anybody else getting injured," Longood said.

This could have ended so bad, well done Josh! 👏🏻

06/03/2026

There is no drug that gives someone “Superhuman Strength “.

06/01/2026

Me: Cops should train grappling.

Them: "We can't afford it."

Me: All law enforcement trains free at my gym.

Them: "We can't make it work with our schedules."

Me: We have classes multiple times a day, 7 days a week. You can also train outside class hours.

Them: "You don't understand. You're not a cop."

Me: Becomes a cop. Graduates the academy with a MARC proficiency award. Learns that pretty much the whole MARC program is grappling. (Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling)

Them: “we don’t want to get hurt”

Me: ok, we can tailor your training with extra caution and go over safe training practices that if you follow, make the risk of injury very low. Statistics also show that officers who don’t train get injured much more frequently than officers that do train.

Them: "It's different with gear and a gun."

Me: We'll train in gear regularly.

Them: "We don't want to train with people we might have to arrest, or might try to hurt us because we’re cops."

Me: We'll do law-enforcement-only classes.

Them: "We need to learn from MARC instructors so we don't learn something that gets us in trouble."

Me: Becomes a MARC instructor.

At some point, you realize the objections aren't the obstacle. The obstacle is that some people simply wont train no matter what. Just be real with yourself and everyone else next time you tell a cop that trains, why you don’t.

05/31/2026

Yall remember purple belts before anybody could make money doing Jiu Jitsu? They used to just smoke w**d, talk your ear off about the flat earth, why the moon landing was fake, and how gluten is evil. They'd walk in wearing barefoot shoes, then have a chill roll with you. Their game was mostly bottom and inverting.

Now they all lift weights, monitor their heart rate, train strength and conditioning like D1 athletes, deadlift twice your body weight, shoot blast doubles and treat every roll like the NCAA finals. 😂😂😂😂

The old purple belts just wanted to tell you about ancient civilizations and aliens, now they just wanna kill you. 😂😂😂😂

“I’m tired Boss” 😂😂😂