If you follow gi jiu-jitsu closely, you know one immutable fact about blue belts: the juvenile divisions are where you see the brightest prospects and toughest matches. These are the kids who have been training their whole lives and are already operating at an incredible skill level. Every year at the IBJJF European Championships, we see plenty of exciting young athletes, but a few will rise above the field.

The brackets have finally dropped for the IBJJF No-Gi Pans and they are stacked with talent all descending onto Fort Worth, TX with their eyes set on gold.

The 2024 IBJJF World Championships are kicking off, and while most attention is going to the black belts on Saturday & Sunday, there will be a ton of amazing action in the colored belt divisions.

CheckMat always sends one of the strongest teams to the IBJJF World Championships, and in 2023 they delivered again with two champions in the black belt division. Jansen Gomes had the run of the tournament, beating two defending world champions on his way to gold, and Sam Nagai won his first world title at black belt by defeating two familiar foes. Relive all the best moments from CheckMat below.

Alliance is one of the most historically successfully organizations in competitive Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and every year they crown champions and earn medals in the Pyramid. In 2023, Alliance saw strong results again with black belts like Fellipe Andrew, Melissa Cueto, and Isaac Doederlein, and colored belts like Eduardo Alves and Helena Crevar, bringing home accolades.

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Every year brings a new crop of colored belt world champions and medalists, a group that has won the toughest tournament possible at their current rank and proven ready for higher levels of challenge. Below is a list of the 2023 IBJJF World Champions that have been promoted to the next highest rank since winning their bracket. The list will be updated every few days for the next few months to reflect ongoing promotions.

Day two of the 2023 IBJJF World Championships has concluded and champions have been crowned in nearly every colored belt divisions for male and female athletes. On Friday, juvenile athletes, blue and brown belt women, and purple belt men competed, with a standout performances from double gold medalist brown belt Kauane Ramos da Silva standing as the most impressive feat of the day.

Keep checking back through the 2023 IBJJF World Championships as we update this list to include the wildest, most exciting bouts going on in the Walter Pyramid. From blue to black belt, grapplers around the world are bringing their best as they try to win an elusive World gold medal.

There are only 10 athletes in 2023 who have accomplished the ultra-difficult task of winning the IBJJF Europeans, Pans, and Brasileiros, with a chance to win a world championship in just a few days. Keep an eye on these grapplers as they navigate their brackets and attempt to add to their already impressive resumes.

Tainan Dalpra is one of the most successful products from the Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy: You name it, he's won it.

World Champions Guilherme & Rafael Mendes held a massive seminar today at their famed Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Costa Mesa, California. The seminar was the second of the year and aims to raise money for the 'Believe & Achieve' cause started by the Mendes Brothers. Both are giving back to the jiu-jitsu community in a big way by providing an outlet for star students from less affluent backgrounds an avenue to pursue their dreams. Just as they did years earlier.

Every match the first round of the Royal Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is now free for all to watch. The future of jiu-jitsu is bright -- see it first here.

FloGrappling is excited to announce live coverage of the premier invitational event for kid's jiu-jitsu, Battle 4 The Ages.

The Kids pans went down February 14th and showed everyone that the future of BJJ looks very bright. Whether it was teeny-tots no older than 5, or teens that surely challenge adults in their own academies- the skill level was incredible. A few specific things we noticed: