I first met Paquetá on my first adventure to Brazil to train Jiu Jitsu back in 1999. I already knew who he was, because my instructor Kurt Osiander had lent me tapes of his to study of the old Mundials and Brasileiros. The tapes were black-and-white with some patches of green in between the fuzz. This was long before DVD's and these tapes were often 10th generation copies, but they were the best thing in the world to watch. We all watched them at Ralph Gracie's like they were the gospel for us.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — This weekend, OTM's longtime friend and sponsored fighter Rafael Lovato Jr. will be inducted into the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri. Once a year, some of the biggest names in every discipline of martial arts gather "to recognize and honor those who have sacrificed to make the martial arts better for us all."

BURBANK, California — On Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 at 9:36 p.m. at 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu in Burbank, California, UFC commentator, Hollywood actor, and stand-up comedian Joe Rogan received his Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu from 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu founder and Jean Jacques Machado student Eddie Bravo.