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Check out this article, published originally at: graciebarrabirmingham.com: **** LSD for BJJ – Is it such a bad thing? Firstly , the answer may be ‘no’. And secondly, I should probably mention that we’re talking about Long Slow Duration training… not the hallucinogenic drug! In recent times, many combat sports athletes have moved away from any form of [...]
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 Ihave to be honest – I wasn’t completely aware of the significance of Francisco Mansor in the whole history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu until I started really getting into it. “Mansor” just isn’t a name that’s bandied around the casual MMA fans, like “Gracie” or even “Machado” (largely due to Eddie Bravo’s friendship with Joe Rogan). Mansor appeals largely to the BJJ purists, though. After starting training under Helio Gracie at age 17, he later became a policeman in Rio De Janeiro, eventually becoming Chief of Police for the entire city, a job he held for 35 years. During that time, he continued to train under the Master. Mansor developed a relationship with the Tijuca Tennis Club, the historic site where some of the first modern BJJ tournaments were held.
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 Last month, I sat down with a group of friends to watch the latest pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event.
The host of the party was a major fan, and he laid out a nice spread for us with plenty of food and cold beer. The fights started and all seemed to be going well until my host started acting as if he knew something about fighting.
Oh, he knew plenty about the UFC athletes, but not much about an actual street fight.
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