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    Author: GRBalme

    Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Boston BJJ, PhD in Bugs, wild mushroom enthusiast, and looking for a job!

    Stop Reading This: Do MORE REPS (2025!)

    Life is short; do more reps. I frequently tell people you need to be very selfish about your training. I don’t mean this in any narcissistic, or… Read more “Stop Reading This: Do MORE REPS (2025!)”

    April 7, 2025 by GRBalme

    BJJ New Year 2024

    Greetings friends! It’s another year of opportunities to sweat on each other! As we swing toward spring we seek as always to serve our self improvement as… Read more “BJJ New Year 2024”

    January 8, 2024 by GRBalme

    Tips For Introducing New People to Jiu-jitsu

    Following a recent court decision awarding 46 million dollars to a new BJJ student who ended up with devastating injuries from rolling with an instructor in California,… Read more “Tips For Introducing New People to Jiu-jitsu”

    April 1, 2023April 1, 2023 by GRBalme

    Happy New Year 2023!

    On the mat and off! Have a great new year!

    January 1, 2023 by GRBalme

    Jen Abdo new black belt

    Hardworking and dedicated to the practice and now running day classes, Jen is our newest BJJ blackbelt! come benefit from her petite but mighty insight—jiu-jensu!

    November 2, 2022 by GRBalme

    How to be Good at Jiu-jitsu

    A Guide for the Perplexed Is Jiu-jitsu sometimes overwhelming? Definitely. Is it occasionally a frustration of puzzles like trying to get the ring off an impossibly complex… Read more “How to be Good at Jiu-jitsu”

    May 7, 2021June 18, 2022 by GRBalme

    How to Do Jiu-jisu (a listicle)

    I know, here we are almost a year into the Covid pandemic, we’ve survived this far, we’ve just got to get the majority of us vaccinated now.… Read more “How to Do Jiu-jisu (a listicle)”

    February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 by GRBalme

    It’s Chess, but I’m not any moves ahead!

    A small class last night was a lot of fun. I decided to answer questions instead of following my usual lesson plan, which I usually develop on… Read more “It’s Chess, but I’m not any moves ahead!”

    November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 by GRBalme

    November 2020 Working on A Lasso to Omo Plata combo with Jen and Liz

    November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 by GRBalme

    And Here We Are Heading Into July (Corona Summer)

    Just a follow-up, Jiu-jitsu is still off, and even when we restart, tentatively in a few weeks, we’ll be keeping keeping just our core group on the… Read more “And Here We Are Heading Into July (Corona Summer)”

    June 25, 2020 by GRBalme

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    TXT or Talk to Geoff about Jiu-jitsu and lunch. (919) 280-1345 We are a Douchebag-Free Zone!

    HOURS AND LOCATION

    NOW AT EVAN'S MARTIAL ARTS!
    3751 Sumner Blvd.
    TRIANGLE TOWN CENTER MALL
    SUITE 130 (ACROSS FROM BARNES AND NOBLE AND MINI SOCCER FIELD)
    Mon: 7:00 PM
    Tues: 10:30AM
    Wed: 7:00PM
    Thurs: 10:30AM
    Sat: 9:30AM-11:00ish

    Are You Confused?

    Does life sometimes seem untenable, remarkably embrangling, utterly unwinnable? We felt that way too until Jiu-jitsu cured us of our many peripheral miseries. There is nothing quite like Jiu-jitsu. Jiu-jitsu: it is the answer!
    Jiu-jitsu is patient, Jiu-jitsu is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Jiu-jitsu does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

    Jiu-jitsu never fails.

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    Where did Brazilian Jiu-jitsu originate?

    Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is classical Judo as taught by Judo practitioner and promoter (in the Americas and Europe) Mitsuo "Esai" Maeda in the early half of the 20th century. He was apparently a scrappy little fighter who was sometimes called "count of combat" by friend and foes alike. As a naturalized Brazilian (the Japanese have long been fascinated with and exploitative of the Amazon) Maeda came into contact with and trained many Brazilians including the famous Gracie brothers.   While Judo over the last century has become a throw-focused Olympic tradition BJJ has maintained the more scrappy, ground-based, "street fight" aspect of the art.
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