Fighting Matters
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Fighting fascism and the far-right in combat sports like MMA and BJJ.
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A Man Broke Into My Apartment at 4 AM (feat. Andrea Tang)
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May 14, 2026 |
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How YOU Can Clean Up Jiu-Jitsu
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May 05, 2026 |
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Why BJJ Camps Need Less Jiu-Jitsu
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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How to Identify "Active Clubs" in BJJ
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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How HEMA Pushed Out White Supremacists (And What BJJ Can Learn)
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Jiu-Jitsu in the Face of War and Economic Disaster
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Jiu-Jitsu Isn't Therapy
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The Invisible Heart of BJJ (w/ Valerie Worthington)
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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How MAGA is Using Religion to Go to War
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Gordon Ryan & The Epstein Fallout
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Martial Artists Should Get Political
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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How the USA is Trying to Steal Canada's Oil
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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How Hate Found a Home in Jiu-Jitsu & MMA
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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The collapse of Atos (and what comes next)
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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You Can’t "Keep Politics Out" Anymore
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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The Minnesota Shootings and What Comes Next
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Racism Can’t Be Ignored in Jiu-Jitsu Gyms (w/ Deon Thompson & Stephen Hall)
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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This moment feels like the 1930s
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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We Must Never Forget January 6th. — Jeff Shaw, Fighting Matters
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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BJJ's Best and Worst of 2025
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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The relentless bullying of trans athletes
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The True Villain in The Boys (And It's Not Who You Think)
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Craig Jones trolled his way into the NYT
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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How bad BJJ coaches trap you with rank
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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MAGA Needs an Exit Strategy
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The UFC Betting Scandal, with Luke Thomas
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The SNAP & ACA Shutdown Could Choke Jiu-Jitsu Gyms
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Fashion, Fitness, Fighting: How Hate Groups Attract Young Men
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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2025 Feels Like a Conspiracy Theory (w/ JimmyTheGiant)
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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You should attend the No Kings rally.
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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When Jiu-Jitsu Coaches Stay Silent (w/ Sonia Sillan)
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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The Washington Post Is Silencing Journalists (w/ Karen Attiah)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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It’s Happening Too Fast: The News Cycle Is Out of Control
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Memes: The New Face of Propaganda
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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This was an American tragedy.
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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What Charlie Kirk's killing says about us
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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How RFK Jr. is Actually Making America SICK Again, w/ Conspirituality Podcast’s Derek Beres
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Fighting vs. Violence: What’s the Difference? (w/ Jay O’Shea)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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"Jane" Speaks: Allegations Against Adam Zugec & ZUMA Martial Arts
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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⚖️ The Left’s Purity Trap: Why We Keep Losing
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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How "active clubs" use MMA to spread white supremacist hate
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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How Donald Trump Turned Politics Into WWE
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Martial Arts as Tools of Russian Propaganda
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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We CANNOT allow this to be normalized.
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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"It's Not Fascism, Except in Every Single Way"
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Derek Moneyberg, Jiu-Jitsu black belt? My thoughts… — Steve Kwan, Fighting Matters
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Antisemitism has no place in Jiu-Jitsu. — Jeff Shaw, Bellingham BJJ
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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A statement on Josh Saunders
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Teddy Roosevelt Was a Jiu-Jitsu Badass
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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America is still worth fighting for. — Jesse Walker, Fighting Matters
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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July 4th Meditations on Being American. — Mike Mahaffey, Old Bastard BJJ
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Cripple BJJ
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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🧬 Real Talk: What Science Says About Gender Differences
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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⚖️ BJJ, Law, and the First Amendment
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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🎙️ Giles Garcia Unleashed: Jiu-Jitsu's Voice of Reason
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Is the USA Becoming a Handmaid's Theocracy?
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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What Jiu-Jitsu Gets Wrong About Masculinity
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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🥋 Jiu-Jitsu Is a Platform. Use It.
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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It's time for the Jiu-Jitsu community to speak up.
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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🦠 Why MRSA is so dangerous for grapplers
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Extremist “Active Clubs” Are Infiltrating Jiu-Jitsu
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Jordan Klepper's Investigation into the MMA and MAGA Connection, with Luke Thomas
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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☠️ The Dangerous Rise of Bro Science in Jiu-Jitsu
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Jiu-Jitsu and Intimate Partner Violence, feat. D'Juan Owens
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May 28, 2025 |
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💬 The BJJ Community Is Split on Jay Rod
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May 22, 2025 |
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Fascism from Mussolini to Trump, with Daniele Bolelli
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May 19, 2025 |
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🔥 Why the UFC Became a Right-Wing Arena
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May 14, 2025 |
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🚨 B-Team Bans Jay Rod: Our Reaction
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May 07, 2025 |
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🏳️⚧️ Molly Reis: Life as a Trans Black Belt in BJJ
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May 05, 2025 |
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"Get Up and Fight", MMA Fighter Nate Quarry vs MAGA and the UFC
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May 02, 2025 |
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🇨🇦 Canada Just Rejected MAGA
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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How Gyms Can Survive Trump’s Tariffs
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Identity Politics Is Killing the Martial Arts
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Why Women Quit Jiu-Jitsu
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The UFC’s Fascism Problem
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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What is Fascism (aka The 10 Pillars of Fascist Movements and Governments)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Joe Rogan, Jiu-Jitsu, and the Manosphere
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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BJJ, Politics & Helping People: What Can One Person Really Change? | Fighting Matters Podcast
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Conor McGregor, Dana White, Andrew Tate, Hero Fantasies and More
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Fighting for Our Values: Politics, Fascism & the Future of Jiu-Jitsu
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Mar 31, 2025 |