BJJ Life Lessons: What Shark Tanks Can Teach You About Financial Debt Cristiano Del Giacco August 19, 2017 Cris' Blog We’ve all heard coaches talk about how BJJ can be a powerful tool for teaching lessons on life, morals and becoming a better person. BJJ can teach you the importance of hard work; however, ...
Garry Tonon V Dillon Danis: Polaris 5 Breakdown Cristiano Del Giacco August 6, 2017 Cris' Blog, Events On Saturday the 19th of August (the 20th for those of us living through the worm hole in Australia) the two figureheads of social media's biggest rivalry will face off, yet again, to see which one has the chu...
Refereeing – Missing the Forrest for the Trees Cristiano Del Giacco March 31, 2016 Cris' Blog 1 Comment Recently I had my first experience refereeing at a Jiu Jitsu tournament. The tournament was the Grappling Industries sub only event held in Brisbane. Earlier in the week I had contacted the organiser asking if ...
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Alto Leblon, Rio de Janeiro Cristiano Del Giacco January 24, 2016 Cris' Blog During my BJJ journey through Rio de Janeiro I found myself at the door step of one of the famed Alliance founders Alexandre ‘Gigi’ Paiva. I was looking forward to visiting as Gigi had been the man to prom...
Gordo Jiu Jitsu, Barrinha Rio de Janeiro Cristiano Del Giacco October 5, 2015 Cris' Blog The very next day after arriving in Rio de Janeiro I ventured to the first academy on my itinerary; Gordo Jiu Jitsu. This was to be my first session after abdominal hernia surgery so as you can imagine I was fairly nervous about stepping back onto the mat.
Fightzone Checkmat Academy, Copacabana RJ Brazil. Cristiano Del Giacco September 27, 2015 Cris' Blog One of my favourite matches ever to watch is the match between Ricardinho Vieira and Robson Moura from the 2001 Mundials at the Tijuca Tennis Clube in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. For at least three years I po...
Drilling to the Death with Dennis Asche Cristiano Del Giacco August 31, 2015 Cris' Blog Living in the cradle of Jiu Jitsu has many perks to be taken advantage of. The beautiful sites, the beaches, the many beautiful people and of course the Jiu Jitsu. Staying at the Connection Rio hostel in Ba...
A Fist Full of Hernia – Part 3 Cristiano Del Giacco August 10, 2015 Cris' Blog By now, if you have been following along with this series, you know how I suffered my herniation and some of the expected recovery times for BJJ practitioners and other people in a selection of daily activi...
A fist full of hernia: returning to BJJ after hernia repair Part 1 Cristiano Del Giacco July 9, 2015 Cris' Blog 1 Comment Recently I found it difficult to source useful and relevant anecdotal information on the Internet regarding Jiu Jitsu and hernia repair. So, as I am currently going through this procedure I thought I would writ...
A lesson learned from Andre Cristiano Del Giacco September 19, 2012 Cris' Blog Not long ago I had the great pleasure of hosting Andre Galvao during his stay in my adopted home state of Queensland, Australia. I experienced the company of a man who had a subtle level of higher than average ...
Training with Michelle Nicolini Cristiano Del Giacco September 9, 2012 Cris' Blog Driving to the airport, early in the morning, to catch a flight to Sydney I started to think how lucky I was. Twenty four hours earlier I had been driving in a car to the same airport with Andre Galvao, now...
Andre Galvao in Australia Cristiano Del Giacco September 4, 2012 Cris' Blog I was to pick up Andre Galvao from Brisbane domestic airport. This airport is roughly a one-hour drive from where I live on the Gold Coast. Since loosing the peripheral vision in my left eye, caused by a co...