10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu is a non-traditional system of

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developed by

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. It was one of the first Jiu-Jitsu school systems to avoid using a gi.

10th

In 2003, after earning a black belt under

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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 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

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, translate to MMA. In addition to the original 10th Planet headquarters in Los Angeles, there are over 100 schools worldwide. Some are established

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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, and Korea.

Publications

Victory Belt Publishing released three manuals covering techniques of the 10th Planet system: Mastering the Rubber Guard, Mastering the Twister, and Advanced Rubber Guard. The first and third books cover the system's signature

, while the second tackles the

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, another integral position in the system. The books were written by Eddie Bravo, Glen Cordoza, and Erich Krauss. Eddie Bravo also airs an hour to two-hour online series every month on his website.

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 offers colored ranked rashguards to help visually denote belt rank.

References

External links

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