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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two announcements were made recently that are definitely intertwined, but after some thought I decided on two separate articles. To start with, on January 17 was the announcement that FloSports announced a multi fight, seven figure deal with top ranked submission grappling superstar Gordon Ryan. Firstly, […]
When I first met Marcelo Garcia, I really wanted to not like him. He had a rivalry with a teammate of mine at the time and (especially in those days) there was always a bit of jockeying among the athletes. Except three seconds into encountering Marcelo […]
When someone approaches me about starting to train Jiu Jitsu, one of the first things I try to impress on them is the time commitment required. My strong suggestion is to not even consider signing up unless they can commit to at least two consistent ninety […]
I’m going to attempt to answer the question that school owners secretly dread: “Is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Safe?” The answer is: “Define what safe means.” That’s a bit of a cop out of course, and it could be followed up by a deflection on how one […]