10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu is a non-traditional system of Brazilian jiu-jitsu developed by

Eddie Bravo Edgar Bravo (Birth name, né Cano; born May 15, 1970) is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and musician. After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed styl ...

. It is a no-gi based style so the fighters use

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as their main fighting wear. 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu fighters are known to employ unorthodox guard positions and a distinct focus on leg lock attacks.

History

In 2003, after earning a black belt under Jean-Jacques Machado,

opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in

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, California. Bravo's system emphasizes developing students for submission-only grappling competition rather than points, he focused his jiu-jitsu training without the traditional gi, becoming one of the first jiu-jitsu schools in the US to do so. The idea behind this was to try to implement as many of the techniques as possible in

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(MMA) competitions. Bravo worked for the

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(UFC) during this time and felt high-level jiu-jitsu practitioners weren't winning as much as they should have, mainly attributing this to them wearing a gi when training jiu-jitsu, but competing in MMA without one. 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu has been controversial since its inception; abandoning the gi drew some backlash from other jiu-jitsu schools and there has been a debate as to how many 10th Planet techniques, most notably its iterations of the rubber guard, translate to MMA. In addition to the original 10th Planet headquarters in Los Angeles, there are over 100 schools worldwide. Some are established jiu-jitsu training facilities that have adopted the system as an expansion of the art. The style has spread overseas to Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, and Korea.

Notable students

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* Ben Saunders * Tony Ferguson * Michael Chandler Jr. *

Carlos Condit Carlos Joseph Condit (born April 26, 1984) is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He previously competed in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Welterweight Ch ...

Vinny Magalhães Vinicius "Vinny" de Magalhães (; born July 2, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he was a finalist in '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mi ...

* Raul Rosas Jr. * Ilima-Lei Macfarlane

Ranking system

While 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu uses the standard

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, its practitioners most commonly train without gi and the belt. 10th Planet used colored rashguards to help visually denote belt rank.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations