About FiveStripe
Why We Built FiveStripe
Made with love by Alex and Ken
FiveStripe aggregates free lessons from YouTube, social media and the web and makes it easy for you to find relevant content and discover new BJJ creators.
2,182 lessons (1,969 on YouTube) across 26 positions, 206 topics and 234 techniques, from 347 instructors.
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Meet Alex and Ken
Alex
Blue belt · Summit Grappling Academy, Isle of Man
I’ve loved martial arts since I was a kid. My first love was Wado Ryu karate, which I trained for four years before moving cities.
I moved around a lot in my twenties, training in more than ten martial arts and teaching now and then.
I took a long break for health reasons, but rediscovered my passion when my son began training BJJ at Summit Grappling Academy. I joined shortly thereafter, eventually earning my blue belt in January 2026.
That’s where the name FiveStripe comes from. With my age, my health and a busy work and family life, I thought I’d probably never make blue belt. Even as a four-stripe white belt, it felt out of reach.
Ken
Co-creator of FiveStripe
Ken’s bio is coming soon.