3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (844+ words) Aaron Pierre spent years chasing raw strength before he decided that longevity mattered more, and that single shift now shapes almost everything about how the 32-year-old British actor trains for his role as John Stewart in HBO’s “Lanterns.” At 6ft 3in and…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (400+ words) When Henry Akins sat down with Josh McKinney for a podcast, the conversation turned toward a question every aging grappler eventually faces: how do you keep improving when your body stops cooperating? Akins, a black belt under Rickson Gracie, offered…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (382+ words) Erik Paulson‘s martial arts education did not follow a single lineage. By his own count, he trained under roughly 45 different coaches over the course of his career, a list that includes figures such as Royce Gracie, Rickson Gracie, and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (941+ words) Bernardo Faria spent over a decade collecting titles on the biggest mats in the world, the kind of career that comes with two or three training sessions a day and a plate that matches that workload. Then in 2017 he stepped…...