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| BJJ Today Club Weekly Newsletter - 6 August 2012 | |
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Welcome to the weekly newsletter from BJJ Today. And thank you for your continual support of both the website and the Facebook Fan Page.
The Summer Olympics in London started this week and with the commencement of the Olympics sparks the debate of whether Brazilian Jiu Jitsu should become an Olympic sport. We made a post about that question this week and it fueled a raging number of comments and likes on the article as well as the Fan Page. You can catch the details below.
Provided below are also some of the most popular stories of the week.
Thanks and enjoy your week.
Steven
Senior Editor
bjjtoday.net
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| | | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu As An Olympic Sport | | On the 2nd of October the International Olympic Committee (IOC) met in Copenhagen an awarded Rio the 2016 Olympics. So in 4 years from now, the birthplace of modern Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) will play host the 2016 Summer Olympics. And as such, it is a historic opportunity to showcase the country and its culture that has ingrained into it, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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We also asked at our Facebook Fan Page whether you think BJJ should be included into the Olympics and whilst there were a few "no's", the vast majority wanted to see our beloved Jiu Jitsu in the RIO Summer Olympics in 4 years time.
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| | | How To Omoplata From Guard | | The omoplata is not one of the most utilized submission in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu today. Some practitioners lack the flexibility in their legs to pull it off whilst others just simply don’t understand how to set it up. Well let’s change all of that today. Learn how to omoplata from guard as it’s typically where the technique works best. In this video you will be discover how to set it up from start to end.
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