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Freelance (men's) health & fitness journalist; independent scholar of muscle, masculinity & male body image; lifetime natty

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu / Men's Health

 
James Roach and Marco Canha of Fightzone by David Ellis for Men’s Health

James Roach and Marco Canha of Fightzone by David Ellis for Men’s Health

 

I wrote about Brazilian jiu-jitsu, AKA “the gentle art”, for the March 2019 issue of Men’s Health. In order to get to grips with BJJ, which I’d never tried previously, I started training at Fightzone in east London for the story and carried on after until I got an (unrelated) injury.

Read “The Gentle Art of Choking” on Men’s Health.