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The holiday season is upon us! There is a lot to be excited about around this time of the year: cooler temperatures, parties, more time with family, and tons of great homemade food. 

But it's also a time when the training gets a little sparse... whether because of holiday gym closures, obligatory family gatherings, or simply because snuggling up with loves ones - or your cat - in front of a warm fire sounds nicer than getting strangled that day. Whatever the reason, it's natural to feel just a teeny bit guilty about not putting in the hours on the mat. 

Here are some tips for making the most of your holiday season... and keeping that guilt at bay...

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You don't have to be an American to take advantage of the biggest sale season of the year... Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become a worldwide phenomenon. 

With the holidays just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start collecting gifts for that special jiu-jitsu player in your life. Or maybe, that special jiu-jitsu player is yourself. No judgement here... if you're not doing the ol' "one for you, two for me" game of gift purchasing, you're doing it wrong. 

We've found that the best way to go about this whole process is by creating a list of items you want, so when that juicy sale drops, you're ready to get it done with. Haven't created your own list yet? Here are some ideas...

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It's that time of year again, and just like last year, you've waited until the last minute to find a Halloween costume. 

Don't worry, you're in good company. 

Now, you can go out and stumble about trying to find a halfway decent costume, or you can do one better. You can combine your love and passion into an actually pretty clever costume. The best part? You probably have most of what you need in your closet already. What you don't have, you can easily find, even among the most depleted of Halloween stock at your local party store. 

Do yourself a solid this year and choose from among our BJJ theme Halloween costume ideas...

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October, the spookiest month of the year. For many, it's a time for cheap thrills in corn mazes and haunted houses, binge watching decades of terrible horror films, scrambling for last minute costume ideas - many of which are "sexy" versions of very unsexy things - and passing out various forms of sugar to small humans that don't belong to you. 

But it's also a time in which we can appreciate that there are some scary things that surround us every day of the year. A few of those exist in our very refuge: the BJJ academy. 

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We've all been there. You've just donned your well-worn, well-loved Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi and stepped on the mat. Five minutes into your warm-up, you get a good whiff of something distinctively funky... Egad! What is it? 

Oh, it's you. Or rather, it's your BJJ Gi. 

If you want to keep your BJJ gi fresher longer, and at the same time keep from being honored with the title of "the stinky guy on the mat," follow these top tips on how to wash your gi: 

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