Congratulations to Kahala Jiu Jitsu, who celebrated its grand opening last Saturday. The facility is located within Kahala Crossfit. “We have the back section of the building,” explains owner Daynin Dashefsky, who has been training in the sport for 13 years.

We recently looked at using your shin to break the opponent’s grip on your wrist. Simply lift your knee up and drive your shin down on his wrist while pulling your arm away.

Earlier this week, two former boxers, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.), welcomed representatives of the world’s two premiere boxing and four mixed martial arts organizations to announce support for a study to understand the effects of repeated blows to the head.

Star Elite Cage Fighting and Man-up & Stand-up has some great matches set up for Feb. 7 at the Waipahu FilCom Center.

The single leg is one of the most common takedowns in wrestling and is often used in MMA. You must be able to counter it to avoid being taken down.

White still believes the UFC can’t be solely in charge of eliminating steroid users from its bouts, saying government athletic commissions should close the TRT loophole permanently.

By BURTON RICHARDSON

BY NICOLE KATO

It turns out one of the reasons Georges St-Pierre vacated his UFC welterweight title last month was the lack of drug-testing support he received from the UFC leading up to his fight against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167.

BY NICOLE KATO