BJJ Blog of the Year 2008 Contest
November 20, 2008
Well I mentioned that we would have news on our annual BJJ Blog of the Year Contest this week and I meant it! I am particularly excited about the big leaps we are making in this year’s contest over those from previous years.
As last year, the Mighty 600,000 (that is YOU!) will vote in a poll that we will post here on the site to determine the winner. However, because the number of Brazilian jiu-jitsu blogs out there has grown so much in the last year, I expect we will receive a lot of nominations and I don’t want to put a list of a gazillion options up there. I think we can narrow the candidates down to a handful of really good blogs that you can vote on. How will we determine our final candidates? Judges.
OUR JUDGES
- BJJ purple belt & Southern California’s busiest Brazilian jiu-jitsu, submission grappling and MMA photographer, AliciaPhotos.com’s Alicia Anthony!
- BJJ black belt & Editor in Chief of Gracie Mag Luca Atalla!
- BJJ black belt & Senior Editor of ADCombat.com and author of over one dozen books on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Kid Peligro!
BJJ bloggers, I hope you have been working hard this year because the prizes this time around are unbelievable. I don’t know if we could ever do any better than this!
PRIZES
First Place:
- A highly sought-after Brazilian jiu-jitsu gi from Padilla & Sons, to be shipped when they receive their new inventory in January
- An autographed copy of The Gracie Way
from Kid Peligro
- A one year subscription to Gracie Magazine
- Any photo you want of the amazing BJJ and Grappling photos at AliciaPhotos.com printed at 8 inches by 10 inches
- A copy of the newly released DVD, Renzo Gracie Legacy
Second Place:
- A copy of the newly released DVD, Renzo Gracie Legacy
- A Brazilian jiu-jitsu t-shirt from Southeast Asia courtesy of BJJ Asia
HOW TO NOMINATE A JIU-JITSU BLOG
Simply post a comment on this page with the link to the blog(s) that you think should be considered for Best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blog of 2008 before December 11. After that, the judges will look things over and return a list of the final candidates. Shortly thereafter we will post the poll for everyone to vote on the winner. Final voting will end December 29!
If you are a BJJ blogger, feel free to ask your readers to nominate your blog here!
UPDATE DECEMBER 11: NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED! THE BLOGS NOMINATED BELOW HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO OUR JUDGES FOR REVIEW! STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO VOTE FOR THE FINALISTS!
Comments
49 Responses to “BJJ Blog of the Year 2008 Contest”
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Elsewhere:
Slidey’s Training Log: http://slideyfoot.blogspot.com/
Slideyfoot keeps his blog updated regularly with some great info on his BJJ training. He has great articles for beginners along with some great reviews
Martial Farts: http://martialfarts.fightlinker.com/
I read and enjoy so many blogs, but Martial Farts has a good mix of humor and real BJJ content. I always enjoy his posts.
John Will’s log: http://bjj-australia.blogspot.com/
I’ve learned a ton and been given much food for thought from this blog.
And finally BJJGRRL: http://bjjgrrl.wordpress.com/
I really get a kick out of her posts. It’s interesting to hear many of the same challenges from a female perspective, as well as the things that she has to deal with that I never did. It’s another take on the situation.
lIke many of you, I subscribe to dozens of BJJ blogs and enjoy them all. These are just a few that jump to mind this morning.
Steve
http://www.stevebjj.com
always a good read - updated regularly
Love this blog. He always has so much to say that is so philosophic that makes you think afterwords. From talking about his many travels, to talking about goals he trying to accomplish. You can tell he really working hard to follow his dreams. This on just stands out to me.
Jennipher
I enjoy reading pesadelotriangulo’s blogs, for the most part, because it’s current and always up-to-date. He keeps his reader’s informed on not just the art of brazilian jiu-jitsu, tournament dates, photos, various techniques to use (very helpful tool and very informative), and the high’s and lows of the art, future goals, etc…
Keep updating your blog and remember that…”A good coach will make his students see what they can be rather than what they are.”
Steve’s blog posts seem relevant for the Martial Artist who is not only training for jiu jitsu mastery, but one who is continually allowing himself to be transformed so that his character fits hits level of mastery. Through his blog, he shows a great respect for the Art and his mentors. I like the fact that he remains humble, even after great victories, but also shows tremendous strength of will, tenacity and focus.
Active blog with a good writer
Definitely a great blog. Very informative, and you’ve just got to love that even though he has a great many victories, stays as humble as ever.
Mine, just started.
I read the pasadelo triangulo blog by Steve Austin and it teaches me more about the art than I already knew great blog.
http://www.pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com
http://pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com/
Great writer and active blog.
Last 7 comments seem a bit strange, no?
I enjoy http://murasakibjj.wordpress.com . Quality over quantity.
This is a great blog: http://www.gringabjj.com/
Great blog, active and lots of cool BJJ info
Philippine BJJ community site: rollapalooza.tv
I read Steve Austin’s blog (Pasedelo Triangulo) and it is the bomb. He gives not only a glimps into bjj, but also a view of the tournament scene and more importantly a real life look at the strugles on continuing training and life in general. It is good to get a clear look at that side of someone’s life in order to help you through your own struggles, especially while training.
http://www.pasedelotriangulo.blogspot.com
http://rollapalooza.blogspot.com/index.html - The best blog chronicling the Philippines budding grappling scene. Nuff said
http://www.bjj-asia.com
No doubt about it. One of the most active blogs on the web. Contributes a lot to growth and cohesion of the growing BJJ scene asia in general and South East Asia specifically.
Ones I’ve enjoyed over the past year, starting with the obvious big contenders:
http://www.aesopian.com (who I would expect to win again this year, though Val came close)
http://jiujitsubrotherhood.blogspot.com (the addition of video is very promising)
Then there are some lesser known ones which deserve a mention, as they’ve been consistently interesting:
http://chasingtheblue.blogspot.com (I especially liked the thing Al did on Rickson a while ago)
http://www.georgetteoden.blogspot.com (the quadruple female specific gi review was especially cool)
http://bjjgrrl.wordpress.com
http://jadonbjj.blogspot.com
Some old favourites:
http://fraquellibjj.blogspot.com
http://www.stevebjj.com
http://martialfarts.fightlinker.com
http://www.bjj-asia.com (those interviews talking about the history of some Asian BJJ academies were great)
And one for the future, if it keeps getting regular updates:
http://www.blogoplata.wordpress.com (already some thoughtful stuff in there)
Also, tried posting that up before, but the Fightworks site doesn’t seem to like my a hreffing. Hopefully that’s not going to result in a huge load of double posts from me. Ahem.
The best by a longshot……
http://www.pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com
steve’s blog indeed truly a great read for BJJ enthusiast
http://www.pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com
Just take a look, and you will agree.
The best BJJ Blog!!!
http://www.stevebjj.com/
always good to read, remains very humble and informative.
I vote for Pesadelo’s site - because - drumroll - I read it. Not to mention, I see him at every tournament I go to, etc. and he’s always friendly - even though he trains with the enemy. We are both older and have messed up backs and neck’s too, so we have something in common.
http://www.pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com
This is a great blog. When I read it, I feel like I was there sharing the experience with him. Whether a jiu-jitsu player or not, it is an enjoyable read and is updated regularly…I love the Pesadelo Triangulo logo too.
http://www.stevebjj.com/
I love his blog. Always well informed, insightful, well written and entertaining.
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I nominate Georgette’s blog for I am certainly learning very interesting things over there - I may even “roll” myself ;0)
http://georgetteoden.blogspot.com/
Oh yeah, I forgot: MyBJJBLog http://mybjjblog.com/ I forgot the older name of his blog.
Jiujitsu365 is one of those Blogs that I look for each day when I log on. It definitely deserves consideration!
http://jiujitsu365.wordpress.com/
i voted for pesadelo cause his blog is the best…he shows the ups and downs of the BJJ life in an out of the gym..He i s a really down to earth cat and cant wait to meet him when he rolls through st.louis…http://www.pesadelotriangulo.blogspot.com
I enjoy a couple of new blogs as of late:
Grappling-With-Life
JiujitsuFighter
Ground Boxer
Some of the veteran sites:
Steve’s BJJ Log
Slidey’s Training Log
Conceptual BJJ
Jujitsu Blog
A vote for http://www.bjj-asia.com
A nice site covering the growing BJJ scene in Asia with sincere effort and no politics.
I can literally feel the pain, and experience the blood, sweat, and tears of J.’s love affair with BJJ. Although J.’s Blog is fairly new, his honest words with trial and tribulations speak to all with the same love of BJJ.
Check him out at http://grappling-with-life.blogspot.com
was Martial Farts mentioned yet? http://martialfarts.fightlinker.com/
great blog about training in Japan
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http://www.bjj-asia.com
Single handedly gives visibility to an entire region’s worth of BJJ (SE Asia + China + Hong Kong + Guam + Japan + Indonesia).
Plus the interviews and general perspective on BJJ make it of interest to those not in the region.
For how to do it, http://www.aesopian.com remains superb, although it hasn’t been as relentlessly updated the last year as it was in the past.
For endless whining and complaining that never ceases to be inspiring (yes, whining and complaining and making it all so human can be inspiring), Valerie’s Vision Quest 2006 blog. It was probably more interesting when it was about her endlessly roaming to visit new academies, but we all gotta grow up and settle down someday.
For the most impish, impetuous, full of newbie enthusiasm blog, with endlessly boring laundry lists of that days techniques (that grrll doesn’t forget a thing!), plus seemingly unrelated articles on death penalty cases, Georgette Oden’s blog.
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Although the blogs already nominated are also at the top of my list, I thought I’d add a few that I check out regularly:
http://shogunhq.blogspot.com/ (Zhoozhitzu do Graugardo)
http://www.roydeanacademy.com/ (Roy Dean Academy)
http://jiujitsu365.wordpress.com/ (Jiu-Jitsu 365)
http://grappledunk.wordpress.com/ (Grappledunk’s Slightly Soggy Blog)
http://punchkickchoke.blogspot.com
Punch kick choke is always a fun one- lots of MMA stuff, but very no-gi BJJ oriented.
Great grassroots blog! Very informative and really entaertaining, it’s a great read. Everyone should definitely check them out.
The usual favourites of course, but I like the blogs which are a bit different from the rest so blogs like:
ConceptualBJJ.com
Aesopian.com
John Will’s blog.
I’d vote ConceptualBJJ, Aesopien and John Will too, plus Jiujitsu356 and Steve BJJ.
Good Luck guys.
http://www.thejiujitsufighter.com. Best blog around!
Thanks for those who have put me forward, it’s massively appreciated
I’ve got to put forward:
Jiujitsu 365
Zhoozhitzu do Graugardo
Martial Farts
Wanna Roll?
Aesopian
John Will
And loads more!!
All the best guys and girls!
Adam Adshead - ConceptualBJJ.com
“On my Way to Brazil” (www.metrobloggen.se/2brazil)
For his dedication, self-distance and because he is my man :).
Thank You!