Last Friday We had an in-house white belt tournament at Renzo Gracie PDX. It was in memory of our departed teammate Dave Famous. Dave was 70 years old and a huge inspiration. He was a Marine, a Vietnam

John Danaher is arguably the greatest grappling coach in the world today. He's guided many champions in both MMA and submission only-grappling including George St-Pierre, Gordon Ryan, and Eddie Cummings.

I've been sketching some more in my down time and this is what I came up with this week. I think it's a pretty decent representation of my training partners drilling. What say you? What should I draw for

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I've been keeping a training journal for a few years now. After class, I jot down my takeaways from the instructional segment, any new techniques or details I learned, who I sparred with,

Craig Jones is the break out Submission artist of the year in my book. He made quick work of his opponents via inside heel hook to take on Gordon Ryan in a very entertaining match. Check out the entry

I've been playing around with this for a few weeks and I have had a lot of success with it. This sequence is unlike anything I've seen from the bottom of this position. It's SUPER versatile. It allows

Craig Jones of Australia took out both 5x IBJJF Champion Leandro Lo and Murilo Santana via submission today! He showed a very strong and forward-pressing guard game. I don't know much about Jones, but

16 year old grappling prodigy Nicky Ryan of the Danaher Death Squad is facing off against BJJ super-villain AJ Agazarm! Nicky Ryan is no joke. Check out his match against Paulo Miyao: This Kid is going

This Month in training we've been going over escapes from bad positions and I'd like to share something that I've had much success with. Gary Tonon has an amazing series of escapes when he finds himself

Week 6's theme was "Appreciation and Gratitude". I really appreciate the person who uploaded the Abbey Roads Keyboard ReFill to pirate bay all those years ago when I downloaded it or this joint

The prompt for the beat battle league this week is "Pain and Sorrow", so why not a Remix of a song entitled "Pain"? Few people lived a life more full of Pain and Sorrow than the legendary

My girlfriend's father is a blacksmith. He had no touchmark to stamp his finished creations (mostly knives and tools) in order to "sign" them, so I took it upon myself to design him a logo. We

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Congratulations @ecoknowme for winning the banner giveaway! He is a permaculturist from Canada who lives in a self-built Earthship on a beautiful mountaintop in Kerala, India. Boy, who wouldn't love this

Recently @framelalife commissioned me to design some things for his steemit profile. If you don't follow him you should. He posts excellent content! This is my first #SteemGig and I'm very excited!

This one is about the walls we build around our hearts to keep people from hurting us and the isolation that causes people. This week's beat battle theme is loneliness. I composed this piece in Propellerhead

Have you ever been speaking with somebody you find attractive and while listening to them talk your mind starts to wander to a place off-topic? That's kinda where this beat went. I know I'm about 3 weeks

Beat Battle League: Week Three : Love Endures My entry for the Beat Battle League week 3 challenge. The cue for this beat was the concept of universal love. Love runs the gammut of human feeling. It has

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I've been a graphic designer professionally for over 15 years now and I'd like to help out one lucky steemian to make their account look more pro! I will design you a custom banner for the bottom of your