Whoa… it’s been a while. But we’re back. The Budo Brothers Podcast has been reinvented and rebranded as Underneath the Kimono. This time around, we’re stripping things down, taking ourselves a little less seriously, and giving you more of a behind-the-scenes look at what’s actually going on in our world—what we’re building, what we’re thinking about, what’s challenging us, and what’s inspiring us. This is a place for us to connect and catch up. We’ll talk entrepreneurship, martial arts, creativity, innovation, new ideas, the ups and downs of building Budo Brothers, and, of course, plenty of jiu-jitsu. We don’t know exactly what the cadence of the podcast will be yet—and that’s kind of the point. We want to keep it loose, genuine, and fun. In this first episode back, we catch you up on what we’ve been doing over the last couple of years, where Budo Brothers is headed, some of the new products we’re working on, and the concept of Sutemi—full commitment with no turning back.

Hey Everyone! Just a heads up that we have moved our monthly giveaway to tomorrow. Good luck to everyone. I believe we are giving away a set of Ipes.

We’ve been burning the midnight oil getting ready for tomorrow’s launch of the Ipe Hybrids. Also known as Ironwood, Ipe has one of the highest Janka hardness ratings of any hardwood making it incredibly hard and durable. The coolest part about this batch is how much variance in color and woodgrain there is. There’s everything from super light, to really dark, and even some two-toned which is super rare. These will be launching first thing tomorrow morning and when they’re gone they’re gone as Ipe has been incredible hard to come by lately. We’re even launching a small batch of Ipe Stubbies too in this round - our first ever wooden Stubbie 🙌 Quantities are limited, so be sure set that alarm for 6:00am MST to snag a pair of :) Thank you for your continued support! 🙏

Round two of revisions on the Kobō Krusher Trainer, and we think we've finally dialed it in. Guess Erik's favorite number, and we'll send you a sample to product test! ⚠️ Only ONE guess per person.