GB Training Plan 08/31 – 09/06
GB TP Week 03 Since 1986 Gracie Barra has been shattering records, innovating and contributing to the expansion and professionalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We are a worldwide community of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners …
The Best Piece of Training Advice I Ever Got
Very early in my love affair with brazilian jiu-jitsu I attended a seminar by a world level black belt. That instructor was a smaller man and one of the lightest …
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How Your Black Belt Professor Can Help You Build Your "A Game"
In my previous article What Is The Role of Your Professor in Your BJJ Training? I outlined some of the less obvious ways your black belt professor helps you develop your bjj. This …
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GB Training Plan for 08/24 – 08/30
GB TP Week 02 Since 1986 Gracie Barra has been shattering records, innovating and contributing to the expansion and professionalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We are a worldwide community of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners …
What Is The Role of Your Professor in Your BJJ Training?
The best possible way to learn bjj is under the direct instruction of a black belt professor. The black belt has a deep understanding of all of the fundamentals and …
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Jiu-Jitsu is never ending learning
I have been asked by students “Once you are a black belt, is it necessary to continue to try to learn about bjj?” The underlying assumption behind this question is: Don’t …
GB Training Plan for 08/17 – 08/23
GB TP Week 01 Since 1986 Gracie Barra has been shattering records, innovating and contributing to the expansion and professionalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We are a worldwide community of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners …
Don't Neglect This In Your Bjj Training!
Here is the situation: a new student visits your academy for training. They reveal that they have no bjj experience, but have come from another athletic background. Bigger, stronger and heavier, …
GB Training Plan for 08/10 – 08/16
GB TP Week 16 Since 1986 Gracie Barra has been shattering records, innovating and contributing to the expansion and professionalization of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We are a worldwide community of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners …
Why Do You Train Jiu-jitsu?
Whenever a new student comes into the academy I always like to ask a little about their history and reasons that they decided to start training bjj. I learned that you …