GB Technique: The Golden Rules Of Escapes
Escaping from bad positions is probably the number one problem for most GB white belt students. Well, we at Gracie Barra blog are here to help with some techniques and …
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GB Technique: Pass The Open Guard with GB Jupiter
A huge challenge for Jiu-Jitsu students is passing any of the variations of the open guard. You are battling the strength of the guard player’s legs, their controlling grips, and …
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GB Student Question : What To Eat For Competition?
Our questions this week come from students from GB Iran. A shout-out to all the students training hard there! ㅤ 1. Shall we use any kind of supplement for doing …
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“Working on something different that you are not used to making you leave your comfort zone. We need to get comfortable being uncomfortable.”
Fresh off of his victory in the WNO light heavyweight championship against one of the top bjj fighters in the world, Craig Jones, Prof. Pedro gives us a peek inside …
GB Technique: Sweep A Standing Opponent
Standing, distance guard passing is a very common tournament strategy that we see. The standing guard passer has a speed and mobility advantage to move around the guard player’s legs …
GB Technique: The Art Of The Single Leg
Out of all of the various takedowns we practice in Jiu-Jitsu, perhaps the technique that is most successful between both gi Jiu-Jitsu and No-Gi is the single-leg takedown. There are …
Red Shield Competitor: Prof. Rafael Pinheiro
There are a lot of competitors within the Gracie Barra Network. Jiu-Jitsu fighters who like to test themselves in the GB Compnet and open Bjj competitions under a variety of …
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GB Student Question “What do I need to be a blue belt?”
Following the end-of-year promotions and some belt graduations at the Jiu-Jitsu school, one student asked about the criteria for someone to become a blue belt. ㅤ This is a common …
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GB Technique: Submit Your Opponent with Jefferson Moura
Meet Prof. Jefferson Moura, a 6th-degree black belt who previously was head instructor at GB Matriz, the original Gracie Barra in Rio, and is now teaching at his GB schools …
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Set Your Jiu-Jitsu Goals for 2022
At the end of the year of training at Gracie Barra, many of you reading this post will have enjoyed a new stripe or even a new colored belt at …