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The Rise of Professional Athlete-ism in BJJ (Twitter thread expanded)

The Rise of Professional Athlete-ism in BJJ (Twitter thread expanded)

Jiu-Jitsu is being reborn.

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Chris Wojcik
Jun 20, 2023
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Source: Haisam Rida Instagram

A few weeks back, I wrote a Twitter thread about the rise of what I termed “professional athlete-ism” in BJJ.

If you’d like to read the thread, here it is.

The premise of the thread was that the “level of athlete” in BJJ has risen to a level that is comparable to other combat sports. I’m going to further expand on this idea in…

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