Founder @guardiangym GM @flograppling
Joined August 2008
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Ben retweeted
Jun 12
You see a trillion dollars.
Gavin sees 3/4 of a mile of high speed rail.
Jun 12
Americans are struggling to pay for groceries and gas while Elon Musk becomes a TRILLIONAIRE.
When the federal government is for sale, the rich get richer and everyone else gets shafted.
The system is rigged.
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Ben retweeted
7 Sep 2025
Guardian Sinaloa leader Mauro Canale shared with us a message on WhatsApp, telling the story of what it’s like to guide kids through training in Culiacán, where jiu jitsu has become a tool to overcome hardship and find a new path forward. #missionsubmission #jiujitsuforall
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Ben retweeted
10 Jul 2025
We’re building a new state-of-the-art home for Guardian Peru to expand in Máncora, Peru. Once complete, it will welcome over 300 local youth to train for free, empowering them through jiu jitsu, mentorship, and a team they can count on. Join us at guardiangym.org
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Ben retweeted
8 Jul 2025
Thank you to our partners Shoyoroll and Sanabul for supporting Guardian for all the right reasons. #JiuJitsuForAll
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Ben retweeted
24 Apr 2025
In Ethiopia, many vulnerable youth turn to huffing glue, the cheapest and most accessible way to escape harsh realities. But this quick high comes at a devastating cost. It kills brain cells, impairs memory and learning, and severely affects judgment and decision-making.
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Ben retweeted
21 Apr 2025
Guardian Punta Hermosa Leader Herbert Fiedler visited local schools for outreach and received over 300 youth applications to join the program. With 20 youth currently sponsored, that’s 20 young lives transformed through access to a community that cares and the power of jiu jitsu.
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Ben retweeted
18 Apr 2025
Violence, abandonment, poverty, hopelessness.
The easy thing would be to repeat history.
But jiu jitsu offers them another possibility — a new language, a discipline, a tribe.
And when someone believes in them, the cycle is broken… and something great is born.
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Ben retweeted
24 Mar 2025
"These kids have a lot more stresses that affluent kids don't have."
Guardian LA Leader - Dominick Haider
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Ben retweeted
20 Mar 2025
Nick Diaz explaining to @guardiangym how finding combat sports helped him and kids that find themselves in troubled situations like him.
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Ben retweeted
15 Mar 2025
Guardian was built on the belief that every kid deserves the opportunity to find a positive life path.
Guardian founder @bskovacs
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Ben retweeted
6 Mar 2025
"You are teaching them something to listen to their heart."
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My buddy Andrew just launched his new AI game today. Pretty incredible how fans are going to be involved in these TV shoes and mysteries now solving their own crimes and creating their own characters
techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/wo…
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Love this kid. Whopping up on his mentors
6 Mar 2025
Nothing builds confidence for a teen like dominating their adult training partners.
📍 Guardian Baltimore
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Situation is so hard for the kids training at Guardian Ethiopia.
6 Mar 2025
Right now, Guardian Ethiopia sponsors 16 "street kids", providing not just jiu jitsu but wraparound support, including meals, clothes, and other necessities.
Join us at guardiangym.org/ethiopia #jiujitsuforall
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