Mo’ Free Jiu-Jitsu Wallpaper
One of the many things I love about Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the respect for history and lineage – photos of the masters hang prominently on the wall. One of those founders is Mitsuyo Maeda, aka “Conde Koma” (“Count Combat”), the judo master who landed in Brazil in the early 1900′s and took li’l Carlos Gracie as a student.
There are few photos of him but I wanted to draw him, and did my best with those few fuzzy photos and a few questions to my Prof. (“What is he doing with his hands??”) And then, why not more wallpaper? So here you are, another wallpaper option, for when your desktop needs to be more simple and sleek. (Original splashy BJJ wallpaper here.)
1680 x 1050:
iPhone:
2 comments
Howdy Ellen,
I like this one a lot… and other obsequious comments.
See you in class,
– long hair Matt
Cool – always enjoy new wallpapers.
If you’re interested in the history of BJJ, I’ve got a big fat post here.
For the more recent past, Google handily has a whole bunch of Black Belt magazines online. Although the quality has really gone down (lots of dodgy Dillman ads, for a start) it did use to host columns by both Royce and Rickson, along with some fascinating reactions to the first UFCs and the initial influx of Gracies to the US.
I knocked up a spreadsheet to act as an index for all the BJJ related stuff, here.
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