“Jiujitsu is for everyone,” is a well-worn phrase within the Jiujitsu community, but a new chronicle of this martial art’s adaptive side shows that it’s far from just a slogan. Para Jiu-Jitsu Magazine launched online in January and will publish stories and news about the growing para jiujitsu community on a quarterly basis.
If you’ve ever watched the UFC, you’ve surely seen jiujitsu. It’s the grappling art that leads to arm and leg locks, choke holds, and eventually, tap outs
The popularity of jiujitsu as a whole has increased over the past few years, and along with that, more and more people with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities have joined the community as athletes and competitors. Para Jiu-Jitsu Magazine has arrived to record the wave of interest in the sport.
The brainchild of graphic designer, Brazilian jiu-jitsu purple belt and T5 complete paraplegic Maximiliano “Max” Ulloa, Para Jiu-Jitsu Magazine is just his latest attempt to inspire the newly injured to get involved in the sport while supporting the burgeoning para-jiujitsu scene and the athletes who are already a part of it.