Adisa Banjoko is a respected journalist that has appeared in The Source, The Harvard Hip Hop Archive, XXL, Vibe, Grappling, Yoga Journal, Daveyd.com, Rapstation.com, Pacific News Service, and Allhiphop.com. Under the pen name “The Bishop of Hip Hop”, he has entertained many with his work on Hip Hop culture, eastern philosophy, martial arts, Islamic culture, […]
Whakball is one of the premiere editors and filmmakers in the world of Extreme Sports and his style and advice was a definite influence on the direction of OntheMat from the very beginning. In addition, Whakball is the DJ and Musical Director for the X-Games, probably the most recognizable and high profile X-Treme Sports production. […]
Cade is the younger brother of Scotty and although he has only become involved in the sport of jiujitsu as a practitioner within the last year or so it was his generous technical support and donation of webspace that made OntheMat a reality in the first place. Cade is often found OntheMat recording everything in […]
For many fight fans, a dream come true would be to see Rumina Sato compete outside of his native Japan on American soilFor many fight fans, a dream come true would be to see Rumina Sato compete outside of his native Japan on American soil. While that dream may yet be realized in a MMA […]
If you love Jiu-Jitsu you’ll really enjoy this tape.Buy this tape! If you love Jiu-Jitsu you’ll really enjoy this tape. It starts out with Jean Jacque Machado telling a little history of Jiu-Jitsu and how he applies it to his beliefs. Then they move on to the early days of Machado Jiu-Jitsu in the US. […]
The Gracies are back in action. I think this it most action we have seen out of this many Gracies in a long time. The Gracies are back in action. I think this it most action we have seen out of this many Gracies in a long time. We couldn’t be more excited about it. […]
As we all know Wallid Ismail is one of the most talked about fighters in Jiu-Jitsu today.As we all know Wallid Ismail is one of the most talked about fighters in Jiu-Jitsu today. He has fought and beaten quite a few of the Famous Gracie Family. He seems to have personal problems with everyone in […]
The more I hung out with Mr Sperry the more I liked and respected him. I felt like he was revaling his philosphy on the game to me. It was easy to see why people called him both ‘the machine’ and ‘zen machine’The more I hung out with Mr Sperry the more I liked and […]
We finally caught up with Soca, it was a little hard cause he’s been training so hard for Abu Dhabi. We finally caught up with Soca, it was a little hard cause he’s been training so hard for Abu Dhabi. He gets a bye on the trials since he did so well in the last […]
Saulo Ribeiro is back in Rio training hard for a string of up coming fights. He just shared the podium with his brother Alexande at the Arnold Gracie Tournament. Now we caught up with him working his wresting with Darrel Golar and working out with Paulo Carouso. Saulo Ribeiro is back in Rio training hard […]
