Your boy just leveled up. I’m officially a travel advisor powered by FORA Travel which means I can now book your hotels, flights, and full travel packages for all your competition trips AND personal vacations. 🥋✈️🌴 If you’re heading to: - IBJJF Pan Championship 🇺🇸 - IBJJF World Championship 🌎 - IBJJF European Championship 🇵🇹 - Or ANY international tournament - I got you covered. Flights. Hotels close to the venue. Airbnb alternatives. Transportation. Extended stays for training camps. Recovery resorts after you medal 😎 And because I’m powered by Fora Travel, I have access to preferred partners, perks, upgrades, and exclusive amenities you don’t get booking on your own. That means: ✔️ Room upgrades ✔️ Hotel credits ✔️ VIP treatment ✔️ Stress-free planning But it’s not just tournaments. Want a weekend stay in Atlanta? Anniversary trip? Family vacation? Vegas after you cash a bracket? 😏International getaway? Maldives? Bali? Europe? I handle it all. You focus on training. You focus on making weight. You focus on winning. I’ll handle the logistics. This community is about leveling up on AND off the mats and now we move smarter when we travel too. DM me or comment below if you’ve got a tournament coming up or a trip you’re thinking about. Let’s roll. Let’s compete. Let’s travel first class when possible. 🥋🌍 Holla at ya boy. 💪 https://popl.co/card/NYv3XvTg/3/s

Is it just me… or does anybody else relate Jiu-Jitsu to literally everything in life? 😂 Like when the day starts going sideways… Deals fall through. Plans don’t work out. Energy feels off. And I catch myself thinking… “Ahhh. This is just bottom position.” And what do we do on bottom? We don’t panic. We don’t explode randomly. We don’t give up. We frame. We breathe. We retain guard. We look for the sweep. 👊 Same thing when life hits you with a bad break. Car breaks down. Unexpected bill. Argument. Disappointment. That’s just getting swept. Cool. Protect your neck. Recover guard. Recompose. Go again. Jiu-Jitsu has literally rewired how I process adversity. It’s hard to spiral when you’ve been smashed under side control by a 280lb purple belt and survived. 😂 Philllllllll Pressure becomes normal. Discomfort becomes data. Chaos becomes opportunity. Mount? Stay calm. Back taken? Hand fight and defend. Down on points? Adjust and execute. Life is no different. Bad season? Retain your guard. Business slow? Look for the underhook. Momentum gone? Create a scramble. I genuinely believe if more people trained Jiu-Jitsu, they’d handle life better. Because you learn one powerful thing: You are never out of the fight unless you quit. Tell me I’m not the only one who thinks like this. Does Jiu-Jitsu leak into your mindset everywhere else too? Let’s hear it 👇🥋

As we start a new week let’s get it it’s a blessing and a privilege to be to train compete and workout I did not get first place in my first two competition but I will continue to train and move forward fall 7 get up 8 strength and honor

I wanted to jump in here and say hello and also apologize for being a little absent the last two weeks. Outside of Jiu-Jitsu, I’m also a realtor, and I had fallen pretty far behind on my continuing education classes. In order to renew my license, I had to lock in and knock out two straight weeks of coursework. At the same time, a pretty traumatic family situation came up that required my full attention. Life happens. And sometimes when it does, you have to step up and handle what’s in front of you. But here’s the beautiful thing about Jiu-Jitsu… It teaches us how to deal with pressure. It teaches us how to stay calm when life mounts us. It teaches us to frame, breathe, adjust, and move forward. And that’s exactly what we’re doing. We are officially back full steam ahead. 🔥 Questions. Podcast episodes. Instructionals. Breakdowns. Community engagement. All of it. Myself, Professor McPherson, and Sean are fully committed to this mission of bringing Jiu-Jitsu to anyone no matter your age, background, or experience level. Life may throw things at us. But Jiu-Jitsu is forever. Thank you all for your patience and your belief in this community. We’ve got some awesome stuff coming your way. Much love. OSS. 🤙🔥

Hey everyone! It's been a busy month. I know some of us have been busy competing. Some of us have been crazy with work. Let's jumpstart things and start chatting more! What's a cool new technique you learned recently?