The BJJ king took to social media on Thursday, revealing that his truck was stolen in the middle of the night. According to Ryan, the culprits ransacked multiple vehicles in the immediate area and made off with a variety of guns as well as knives and a heap of ammunition he had stored in his ride.
A frustrated Ryan then offered a $5,000 reward for anyone who could direct him to the truck or provide a tip leading to the recovery of his property.
He also managed to somehow place the blame on U.S. President Joe Biden, but that’s an entirely different issue to unwrap.
“Here in Joe Biden’s America, someone just stole my f*cking [RAM] TRX out of the driveway last night at 3:30 a.m.,” Ryan told his Instagram followers. “They also stole a bunch of stuff from other people’s cars — guns and stuff like that. I had a couple of John’s knives in there, probably a thousand rounds of ammunition.
“I’ll be offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can point me to this truck. If you can get me this truck back, I will send you $5,000. If you actually give me a piece of information that allows me to get this truck back, I’ll send you $5,000.”
Fun fact — the world’s very first car theft was committed by Bertha Benz all the way back in 1888. A whole 131 years before Biden was sworn into office.
The BJJ king took to social media on Thursday, revealing that his truck was stolen in the middle of the night. According to Ryan, the culprits ransacked multiple vehicles in the immediate area and made off with a variety of guns as well as knives and a heap of ammunition he had stored in his ride.
A frustrated Ryan then offered a $5,000 reward for anyone who could direct him to the truck or provide a tip leading to the recovery of his property.
He also managed to somehow place the blame on U.S. President Joe Biden, but that’s an entirely different issue to unwrap.
“Here in Joe Biden’s America, someone just stole my f*cking [RAM] TRX out of the driveway last night at 3:30 a.m.,” Ryan told his Instagram followers. “They also stole a bunch of stuff from other people’s cars — guns and stuff like that. I had a couple of John’s knives in there, probably a thousand rounds of ammunition.
“I’ll be offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can point me to this truck. If you can get me this truck back, I will send you $5,000. If you actually give me a piece of information that allows me to get this truck back, I’ll send you $5,000.”
Fun fact — the world’s very first car theft was committed by Bertha Benz all the way back in 1888. A whole 131 years before Biden was sworn into office.
If you follow the martial arts meme pages on social media, there’s a lot of jokes about BJJ blue…
If you follow the martial arts meme pages on social media, there’s a lot of jokes about BJJ blue belts. While it’s funny to poke fun at blue belts, earning a BJJ blue belt takes hard work and dedication.
That’s why we’ve put together a full breakdown of the BJJ blue and everything you need to know about it. Check out below to find out what it takes to earn the rank and tips for earning the belt.
What Is The BJJ Blue Belt
The BJJ blue is the second adult rank within the adult BJJ belt ranks. It is the first promotion that Jiu-Jitsu practitioners receive within the adult ranks, which makes it rather special.
Earning a blue belt shows that you were dedicated to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and displayed basic grappling knowledge.
How Long Does It Take To Get A BJJ Blue Belt?
On average, it takes around a year to earn a BJJ blue belt. It’s not a hard task, but it does take some dedication to achieve.
To earn a blue belt within a year, you should try to make between at least 2-3 classes per week. If you consistently attend class, you will earn your blue belt.
Must Know Techniques A BJJ Blue Belt Must Know
All accredited Jiu-Jitsu academies have a prerequisite of techniques that a student must know to earn a BJJ blue belt. Below is a rough guideline of techniques a potential blue belt must know in order to earn the rank.
There’s an unfortunate fact about the BJJ blue belt and that it’s the rank where most students quit. For whatever reason, a BJJ student will either lose confidence, interest, or become disenchanted with the martial art.
When a BJJ student gets promoted to blue belt, some think that they’re getting some type of new superpower. The reality is that the only thing that changes is the color of the belt thy wear.
If a new blue belt keeps getting smashed by upper belts or lose to a new white belt, it might break them.
To avoid becoming a statistic, you have to understand that it’s all part of the process. You’ll have good training days and bad training days.
The important thing is if you love training is that you try your best and stick with it. You’re in no competition with anyone but yourself.
Tips For Earning A BJJ Blue Belt
There aren’t many tips that you can give someone for earning a BJJ blue belt. For our white belt readers, we’ll give you three important tips for earning your BJJ blue belt.
Train
Put In Your Time
Earn The Belt
The key to earning anything in BJJ or any other martial art is consistent training. If you put in the time and dedicate yourself to your training, you will earn a blue belt within a year.
This doesn’t only go for the BJJ blue belt, but also for the ranks after blue belt. If you put in your time and train, you will earn the rank
Ways To Earn A BJJ Blue Belt Faster
For those that are curious if there are ways to earn a BJJ blue belt faster, there is. There are specifically two factors that could lead a student to earning their blue best faster.
Prior Grappling Training
Talent
Prior Grappling Training
If you have previously trained in another form of grappling like Judo or wrestling, you may not start at white belt. In most BJJ academies, a Judo black belt will automatically start at at least the blue belt rank.
This rule also goes for highly-touted wrestlers, who are obviously more advanced than a normal white belt student. If you have this level of previous training in another form of grappling, you will probably start at blue belt.
Talent
There’s an old saying that you can’t teach talent and there are some students that are just really good. These outliers may have an intense dedication to their training and do really well at competitions.
If this is the case, an instructor may decide to promote this student earlier than their average beginner students. This rarely happens, but if a student’s talent is undeniable, they might get an early promotion.
What Factor Could Prolong Earning A BJJ Blue Belt
A year is the average time it takes to get a blue belt, but it could be longer for some students. Students who earn their blue belt in a long time frame usually had to wait longer for one of two reasons.
Not Training Consistently
Injury
Inconsistent Training
Some BJJ students are just not as dedicated to training as other students. They take weeks off in between training and barely make it to class.
This type of student can expect not to earn their blue belt within a year.
Injury
Injuries are an unfortunate part of grappling training and sometimes, they unfortunately happen. If you’re an unfortunate white belt, who suffers a significant injury, this will probably increase the time of your promotion.
Don’t let an injury get you down and get back to training when you can.
Is Competing A Requirement For A Blue Belt Promotion?
A common question from white belt BJJ students is do they need to compete in order to be promoted? It’s a tricky question, because it depends on the academy they’re attending.
Some BJJ schools make it a prerequisite to compete in order to earn a blue belt and others don’t. Check with your instructor and see if you have to compete in order to get promoted.
However, we will say that every BJJ student should compete at some point just for the experience alone. Competing is the best way to test and improve your skills.
Try competing at least once and see if it’s for you or not.
The Importance Of The BJJ Blue Belt
While a lot of us poke fun blue belts, the ranking is an important one. It is the first promotion within the adult ranks and shows that a student is dedicated to their training.
To continue developing your grappling skills, you must keep this mindset and stay dedicated to training. If you remember this important lesson as you pursue the BJJ blue belt, your skills will continually grow and develop.
Gordon Ryan’s health has taken another turn for the worse. The BJJ ‘King’ had a dominant year on the…
Gordon Ryan’s health has taken another turn for the worse.
The BJJ ‘King’ had a dominant year on the mats in 2022, racking up nine straight victories including an ADCC world championship. The following year, Ryan was shelved as his health issues caused him to lose a significant amount of weight. Miraculously, he bounced back in 2023 and looked as strong as ever, though he only competed once, earning a win over Patrick Gaudio.
It looks as though Gordon Ryan is once again bedridden and struggling daily with his stomach issues. Despite being “malnourished and dying” the submission specialist is still looking fit as a fiddle, something he credits to having built “real” muscle before admittedly cycling on and off steroids.
“For those of you close to me, you know I’ve been bedridden almost completely for the last month or so with my stomach,” Ryan revealed on social media. “Haven’t been able to eat hardly anything or exercise at all. Today is the first day I’ve been able to push more than a light workout (I did legs) in over a month. I’ve lost 20 lbs (currently around 206), yet I still feel strong and look, well, I’m probably the best looking human being to have ever existed, but that’s besides the point.
“No matter how many steroids you take, you won’t maintain size off cycle or through sickness if you haven’t built ‘real’ muscle,” Ryan continued. “It’s why you see guys go from 235 to 170 on vs. off cycle. Even though I’m malnourished and dying, I’m still me. You can’t cut corners and expect proper results. This is something [Nathalia Santoro] taught me seven years ago, and I finally get what she means. More to come and fingers crossed these new meds keep helping.”
Ryan, 28, was scheduled to compete at a UFC Fight Pass Invitational event on December 9 but withdrew from the contest due to a popped rib injury. He still intends to compete at the 2024 ADCC tournament which kicks off this March in New Mexico.
Reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci is known for being one of the nicest individuals you’ll…
Reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci is known for being one of the nicest individuals you’ll ever meet in the world of combat sports. But his switch will flip real quick when it comes to dealing with bullies.
Recently, the five-time IBJJF champion delivered a scathing response to Sneako, a popular yet controversial Rumble streamer who made some disparaging remarks about jiu-jitsu and Musumeci himself.
“So today I’m going to talk about bullies,” Musumeci said in a video posted to Instagram. “Bullies are weak people that make fun of others around them to give themselves relevance and make themselves feel good. They pick on the differences of humans, which is the most beautiful part of humans, their uniqueness. I really don’t like bullies, guys.
“There’s this guy named Sneako, making fun of me, making fun of my friend, making fun of jiu-jitsu. He calls himself a boxer, I’m a jiu-jitsu guy. Let’s have an MMA fight. I challenge Sneako to an MMA fight. I’m going to shut his mouth and take the bully’s lunch money.”
So what exactly did the influencer say that drew the ire of perhaps the best BJJ practitioner in the world today? Reacting to a clip of Musumeci’s win over Japanese MMA icon Shinya Aoki, Sneako crassly commented that “jiu-jitsu is for autistic people.” He added that Musumeci “looks like Mark Zuckerberg” and that “he shouldn’t be winning.”
Sneako has since responded to Musumeci’s call out, conceding that he would lose whether they competed in BJJ or mixed martial arts.
“You would make me tap in Brazilian jiu-jitsu,” the streamer said in a video response. “You would win. In MMA, even with striking, you would go, this is what you would do, grab my heel and do the same sh*t you did to master. You would win. You’re a world champion, I train boxing sometimes.“
He also denied the narrative that he’s a bully, claiming that making jokes is just what he does and that it’s not meant to be malicious.
“I make jokes,” he added. “I’m a streamer. I joke about everybody. Me, chat, everything, all day, every day.“
Sneako responds to BJJ world champion Mikey Musumeci challenging him to an MMA fight pic.twitter.com/7QdVQ0onR4
BJJ icon Gordon Ryan was very impressed with the grappling skills of undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones during…
BJJ icon Gordon Ryan was very impressed with the grappling skills of undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones during their week of training.
Originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5 on December 10, Ryan was forced to withdraw due to a rib injury. Still, that didn’t stop the greatest grappler on the planet from taking in the action live inside The APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event of the evening, Nicholas Meregali defeated Felipe Pena via a rear-naked choke while Nicky Rod added another win to his resume, besting Yuri Simoes on points.
Following the festivities, Gordon Ryan spoke with media members at the post-fight press event. While there, he opened up about his training sessions with Jon Jones in October.
“With Jon Jones, he’s very similar to GSP (George St. Pierre) in that he’s not the best in any one area, but the way he combines everything is just on another level,” Ryan said. Even just grappling. Like, his ability to intuitively change his gameplay from, you know, the start of the roll to the end of the roll, from round to round, is incredibly impressive.
“So the most impressive thing is, obviously, his ability to put everything together, but his ability to adapt as the match goes on and change the game plan per what you’re doing. I was very impressed with him as a person and as an athlete all around.“
Gordon Ryan Heaps Praise on Jon Jones’ Ability to Pick Things up quickly
Jon Jones was in the process of preparing for a heavyweight superfight with former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic at UFC 296. Sadly, ‘Bones’ was forced to withdraw after suffering a pectoral tear weeks before fight night.
He recently underwent surgery and is expected to be out for six to eight months, putting his potential return around summer 2024 at the earliest.
“You always go in and you don’t know what to expect from you’re training with athletes from other sports,” Ryan added. Obviously, he doesn’t focus on jiu-jitsu, but his wrestling is top-notch. His jiu-jitsu is tough and he’s good from everywhere. He learns incredibly quickly. Most of the time, you see guys… Young athletes usually learn a lot faster. It’s like the old saying, you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but he’s nearing 40 now, and everything I taught him…
“If I taught him five things and he instantly picked up three, he’d instantly put those three things into his game and he was hitting them 100 times better from the start of the week to the end. He was a really impressive person to be around.“
Gordon Ryan has not competed in BJJ since scoring a victory over Nicky Rod at a Fight Pass Invitational event in December 2022. He is expected to be back on the mat in 2024.
If you follow the martial arts meme pages on social media, there’s a lot of jokes about BJJ blue…
Gordon Ryan’s health has taken another turn for the worse. The BJJ ‘King’ had a dominant year on the…
Reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci is known for being one of the nicest individuals you’ll…
BJJ icon Gordon Ryan was very impressed with the grappling skills of undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones during…