For the Holidays, big sale at the OntheMat online Superstore! http://onthemat.com/xcart/customer Last second Holiday shopping, or just want to stock up on your jiu-jitsu needs, we’ve got you covered with a big Holiday sale at OntheMat.com! Check out these deals we made, because we’re CRRRR-RAZY for Christmas! All OTM Gear is marked down 20% or […]
Rumble on the Rock Weigh Ins and Press ConferenceHawaii is awesome. It has been raining too much here and there has not been much surf. But, we are heading back to the north shore tomorrow before the fights. ROTR is the best excuse ever to come here too. What a great idea, come to the […]
On the Mat has been a long supporter of World Grappling Games.February 2005 California’s best jiu jitsu and submission wrestling will return. WGG was the premier grappling event in California and in 2004 they took a season off. We are happy to announce that WGG will be holding 3 events in 2005 and they will […]
I first ran in to Eddie Bravo out back of KOC one time. He has checking his glucose level and administering his glaucoma medications. Surprisingly we never had hung out before. But, I had already seen him fight all over. Eddie had a notorious reputation up at Ralph’s Academy of being a tough competitor and […]
Dan Racimo is a life-long white belt who does marketing and design to payfor his training. His contributions to OntheMat include marketing, media and print vendormanagement, and overall queasiness. He urged us to mention that he does NOT contribute to the music selectionfor OntheMat. We asked him to explain why but he mumbled and changed […]
Known to some as BALEIA, he is a purple belt in BJJ and resides in Ontario Canada. This self confessed jiu-jitsu fanatic has competed all over Canada, the U.S. and even Brazil. He has a BJJ style that looks similar to a beached horny whale, Baleia’s bald head is hard to miss! Baleia works hard […]
Jim has been a memeber of the team all a long. Often working for free and at all hours of the night. He helps a lot. Thanks James. I would give you his email but he would get mad.
Just recently I was back in LA visiting my brother and training with Eddie Bravo. I stopped in to my old friends` place to see what was up with the old Hollywood crew. Baba and Oddie have moved out of Hollywood and they have their own shop now. Vintage Tattoos is the classic tattoo shop […]
During the day “Dirty” Larry Estevan is our mild mannered reviews editor. Known for his rapier sharp wit, Larry not only supercedes the cutting edge of jiu jitsu technology, he can actually peer into the future (future future). By night he transforms into the superhero “Club Kid” where he is always, ALWAYS prepared to have […]
Carl Fisher has been cover MMA and Grappling Events in Europe since 1998. He has contributed a great number of reports and interviews and has trained all over Europe, including an extended stay in Scandinavia. Currently Carl is busy with his club at Gracie Barra Machester in Bolton. He can be contacted at barramanchester@hotmail.com
