GB Training Plan – Week3
GB TP Week 3 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes is built by over 600 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
Belt Promotion: Feeling unprepared?
Annual School photo day and promotions days are an exciting time for many students. The entire group comes together and the sense of team and community is strengthened. Those students who …
6 Guard Technique Videos from Gracie Barra
Do you have a dangerous guard that is difficult for your opponent to pass? This week Gracie Barra brings you some new ideas for some creative attacks from your guard. …
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E-Book: Building a Competition Team
Establishing a successful academy means going above and beyond expectations. As a Gracie Barra Professor or School Owner you will have to consider the idea of developing a competition team. …
Stuck In A Training Rut?
One of the most common questions that Jiu-jitsu instructors get is that a student feels like they are stuck in a rut. They feel that their learning has plateaued and their …
GB Training Plan – Week2
GB TP Week 2 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes is built by over 600 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
5 Techniques From The Butterfly Guard
If there is a single style of guard that trasnfers from g1 to no-gi the best, it might be the butterfly guard. In addition to being great defensively to keep an …
3 Reasons Your Friends Should Try Jiu-jitsu
Most of us students of Brazilian jiu-jitsu can not imagine our lives without going to the academy several times per week. At a social gathering some of your friends will ask …
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The GBK Class Structure
As we’ve been discussing in other articles on the vHQ, in order to effectively build our schools and a strong future for Gracie Barra, we must develop and follow systems, …
Gracie Barra – Pan Am 2016
Gracie Barra has a long history with jiu-jitsu competition and the red shield is represented at every major jiu-jitsu tournament around the world. For the last several decades Gracie Barra …