Since my stroke in 2017, my mission is to spread awareness to the BJJ community surrounding the potential damage to the carotid and vertebral arteries often caused through BJJ training and competition. Whether a hobbyist or a professional fighter, being aware of this issue is vital to your well-being. Many…

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It was Saturday night and the room was packed with coaches. Not ordinary coaches. These men and women, all black belts, knew thousands of ways to subdue, disable, and even kill an attacker with their bare hands. But they were about to learn about a new attacker, and what they…

On June 19th, 2019, I received an email from an emergency room doctor who has just begun Jiu Jitsu. He found my blog about strokes in relation to Jiu Jitsu and had some great questions that I wanted to address for the entire BJJ community. “Hi Chris, “I’m a BJJ…

Part 8 of this series. For over nine years, Dwane Stover has been training in Jiu Jitsu, even after suffering from a stroke while on the mat during a triangle escape drill. A triangle escape drill teaches individuals how to properly escape a triangle choke. On May 2, 2018, this…

Throughout the month of May (Stroke Awareness Month), I spent much time reflecting on the accident that caused my stroke. I specifically reflected on how I could become more effective with getting in front of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) community, where many coaches and students are not aware of the…

On April 27th, 2019 with the help of the Marquette University and Northern Illinois Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Clubs we made history and successfully launched the first ever Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (college versus college) team duel. This event marks first of many collegiate jiu jitsu competitions as we continue to recruit new…

Part 7 — By Chris Martin Shane reached out to me by email after he discovered my stroke story online earlier this month: Shane’s stroke happened in 2016 and came with some serious complications as he wrote about…

Part 6 — By Chris Martin May is stroke awareness month so I was featured on the BJJ Brick podcast that launched in May of 2018 which was almost one year after I had my stroke on the BJJ mats. In that episode we talked about how training BJJ caused…