26 Jul 2014


Summary
Generously sized soap bars and liquid soap bottle with strong yet attractive aromas. The products lasted a long time, arguably way longer than previous soaps aimed at MMA/grappling audience. I enjoyed using the soap bars but did not like the liquid soap.


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July 26, 2014

Review: The Arm Bar Soap Company

Summary Generously sized soap bars and liquid soap bottle with strong yet attractive aromas. The products lasted a long time, arguably w...
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23 Jul 2014


Andre Galvao is one of the titans in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (read about him here.) The fightwear brand Kingz asked me to design the rashguard he would wear for the forthcoming Metamoris 4 event. As you can imagine, I jumped at the chance!

The story behind this concept began when Bruno, owner of Kingz, gave me an open brief. He told me to just design anything that would stand out. Heh, that's absolutely my perfect brief. Well, Galvao and his Atos branding is very openly religious so for me, the lion seemed to be an obvious choice for so many symbolic reasons. And not just religious, but historical and culturally, the lion fits in so well.

Early concept sketch


Hopefully you can see in the final product my intention to create a fierce intensity with the facial expression.

Bruno tells me that a retail version of this design will also be available for everyone to buy. It will feature the same lion but minus the sponsor logos. I'll post about it here and on my social media sites as soon as I know more. Below, Andre wearing the koi I designed for Kingz.



Metamoris 4 is on August 9th and the livestream tickets can be bought here.
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July 23, 2014

Meerkatsu art: Andre Galvao rashguard for Kingz

Andre Galvao is one of the titans in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (read about him here .) The fightwear brand Kingz asked me to desig...
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20 Jul 2014


All week on my Facebook page I have been releasing these cool BJJ diet friendly recipe cards put together by the excellent Grappler Gourmet, aka, MacKenzie Arrington from New York.

I first met MacKenzie when he sent me an email in response to a competition prize thing I was running and I was intrigued by one of his emails in which he described what he did for a living. Fast forward to today and I came up with the idea of recipe cards for MacKenzie to show off his culinary expertise within a BJJ athlete friendly context. And here they are!

[At the end of the series of cards is a short interview with MacKenzie]


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July 20, 2014

Grappler Gourmet - BJJ chef MacKenzie Arrington

All week on my Facebook page I have been releasing these cool BJJ diet friendly recipe cards put together by the excellent Grappler Gourm...
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19 Jul 2014


I had the pleasure of training and learning from some of the greats of the sport today at Roger Gracie Academy in London. Igor Gracie, Gregor Gracie and Andre Monteiro [<--click on their names to read about achievements.]


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July 19, 2014

Seminar: Igor Gracie, Gregor Gracie, Andre Monteiro at Roger Gracie Academy, London

I had the pleasure of training and learning from some of the greats of the sport today at Roger Gracie Academy in London. Igor Gracie , G...
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17 Jul 2014


I designed some MMA or nogi style fight shorts with an evil bat drawing on them. I call them the Morcegão Fight Shorts. You can buy them here from my store.



You can read more about how I put together the artwork and design over on my art blog here.

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July 17, 2014

Meerkatsu Brand - Morcegao Vale Tudo Fight Shorts

I designed some MMA or nogi style fight shorts with an evil bat drawing on them. I call them the Morcegão Fight Shorts. You can buy them ...
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16 Jul 2014


I decided to design something that would appeal to my younger audience hence these sparring kittens. They are available through my store only - click here.

Here are more photos and information:-


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July 16, 2014

Meerkatsu Brand - Randori Kittens kids t-shirt

I decided to design something that would appeal to my younger audience hence these sparring kittens. They are available through my store ...
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14 Jul 2014



Summary
Two different gi models from a Brazilian based brand. The 'BJJ Style' offers a sturdy mid-weight pearlweave with super comfortable pants, while the 'Sensei' is an ultra light pearl. Both are decorated with slightly garish skull graphics that may or may not be to your taste.

Information
KVRA Website
Cost: R 389 (BJJ Style)  R$ 299 (Sensei).
Roughly equivalent to: £103 and £79 respectively. Shipping cost not known.
For orders in the UK, the KVRA store will ship internationally. My contact in the UK is Luiz Riberio who runs London Fight Factory. He can be contacted here.

Disclosures
I have no personal or business connection with KVRA. All views expressed in this report are my own.


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July 14, 2014

Review: KVRA 'BJJ Style' and 'Sensei' Kimonos

Summary Two different gi models from a Brazilian based brand. The 'BJJ Style' offers a sturdy mid-weight pearlweave with super ...
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5 Jul 2014


Summary
World Champion Lucas Lepri presents 24 guard passing techniques. These techniques apply to many popular guard positions such as the de la Riva guard, X-guard, spider guard and deep half guard. The production of this set is adequate though the slow-motion replays are tedious and the music annoying. Overall however, a very fine set of techniques from a master guard passer. The very specific nature of this set and the lack of conceptual explanation would mean this is of more use by intermediate to advanced players.


Information
Available from Digitsu website
Cost: $69.95
Length: 180 minutes over two discs
Techniques: 24 (12 per disc)
Language: English
Region code: all regions


Disclosures
I have no business or personal connection with this company.


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July 05, 2014

DVD Review - Lucas Lepri, Championship Guard Passing, By Digitsu

Summary World Champion Lucas Lepri presents 24 guard passing techniques. These techniques apply to many popular guard positions such as ...
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4 Jul 2014


Just a quick little something for my USA readers out there.

Here's a video showing how I created the artwork. It's my first attempt at a progress video. I intend to do more of these and post them up on my newly created YouTube Channel - which you can subscribe to if you like.





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July 04, 2014

Meerkatsu art - Fourth of July

Just a quick little something for my USA readers out there. Here's a video showing how I created the artwork. It's my first att...
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