Matthew Quevdo is someone who has served the community for years, who has the will to FIGHT for what is right and who has the savvy, experience and connections to actually accomplish change. I’m proud to endorse Matthew to represent District 3 for a better San […]
This was a fun one, as the conversation between Don and myself (who actually trains with us at Heroes Martial Arts) felt extremely natural. In episode 10 of the With Don podcast, host Don sits down with Alan “Gumby” Marques, founder of Heroes Martial Arts and […]
I am a Ralph Gracie Black Belt and extremely proud of that. I’ve started training Jiu Jitsu at the original Mountain View Academy in 1996 and was awarded my black belt from Ralph in 2006, where he actually gave me HIS old black belt. Depending on […]
Be the Hero of your story. Let me share a particularly proud moment: This video (first in a series) featuring the Head Instructor of the Eastside San Jose location Nick Borbon, coinciding with the 16th anniversary of my studio Heroes and the 5th anniversary of that […]
I am reposting this article for the second time for two reasons. Firstly because I am writing a follow up article in order to coincide with the new year about what I would recommend your specific goals are at each belt. Secondly was because this article […]
When I started training Jiu Jitsu, women on the mats were essentially unicorns, an academy would be lucky to have one on the roster. Although Brazil being the origination of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu had women training first (shout out to pioneer Yvone Duarte who was recently […]
January will mark the 16th anniversary of opening the doors to Heroes Martial Arts. One thing that has remained true was my original mission statement for Heroes: In that I wanted it to be a place where I myself would want to be a student and […]
Jerry Springer passed away this week at the age of 79. If you’re old enough to remember his show when it was a sort of cultural phenomenon then no summary of the man is really necessary. If you’re too young just know that the Jerry Springer […]
This in regards to the the incident where a Jiu Jitsu student was rolling with their instructor and was paralyzed, and a jury in California awarded the student 46 Million Dollars. There are a number of news articles on the case now, both in sport media […]
Shortly after FloGrappling made the announcement that Gordon Ryan had signed a seven figure fight deal with them, it was announced that UFC Fight Pass has acquired the rights to broadcast the ADCC Championships for the next two years. While I believe the announcements and timing […]