A world-renowned jiu-jitsu master who was attending a friend’s wedding in Italy’s Lake Como fell off a seawall and plummeted to his death over the weekend. Octavio Couto Da Silva of Dallas, Texas, was ...

A Brazilian-American Jiu-Jitsu master who was attending a friend's wedding in Lake Como died after falling off a wall and into Lake Como over the weekend. Octavio Couto, 52, was in Italy for a wedding ...

ST. LOUIS -- Continuing on his mission to prove jiu-jitsu, aggressive submission-seeking jiu-jitsu, is a mighty fine and effective way to win a fight, Jake ST. LOUIS -- Continuing on his mission to ...

In 1996, American-based Mixed Martial Arts was a quickly growing sport. While the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) had been founded in the name of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the defining martial art of ...

A young man from Dallas is making history in the world of martial arts. Steffen Banta started Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a teenager only six years ago. It's a fighting sport and self-defense discipline ...

American submission grappler Tammi Musumeci started in jiu-jitsu at an early age and has never looked back since. The elder sibling of ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci ...

Following complaints from biological female competitors having to face trans women in matches, a prominent American Brazilian jiu-jitsu league banned "male-to-female" gender transitioners from ...

George Andersch has been involved with martial arts nearly his entire life. "I've done karate, tae kwon do, judo, boxing, kickboxing, everything, since I was little," he said. Brazilian jiu jitsu is ...