What is Jiu-Jitsu for Everyone?
Another year is over and with it many achievements, training and realizations. Our GB family, as usual, remained within what we aim for our team: a constantly evolution to take …
Are You Ready For Your Blue belt?
An Instructors Opinion After a student has been training for at least a year they have started to look pretty good on the mats. No longer making newbie mistakes like …
Advice for New Students on How to Roll
For the new student to brazilian jiu-jitsu, starting to spar can be an overwhelming experience. Trapped on the bottom, an opponent’s weight pinning you to the mat and defending a …
Advanced Methods: Limit Your Training
For some more experienced belts, finding training partners of the same level in some academies can be difficult. Not all academies have a variety of training partners of beginning through …
5 New Years Resolutions Jiu-Jitsu Students Should Make
2015 is upon us. People often make resolutions. For Jiu-Jitsu students I’d recommend not making a general resolution like “get better at Jiu-Jitsu.” After all, you’re going to want to …
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Your 2015 Plan and Values
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” How planning really works and how we can apply in BJJ. Our art is dependent on a clear path to becoming …
Your Bjj New Year's Resolutions
After the holidays have passed – and with it all of the rich foods, Christmas desserts, drinks and sleeping off the big meals on the couch, it is time to …
The Blue Belt Blues
At the year-end academy photo and promotions day your professor called you up to the front of the class and tied a brand new blue belt around your waist. Congratulations! Your …
Your hindsight in competitions
We’ve all lost competitions. Whether it is coming up 2nd or 3rd, we have all been there. Unless you can choke anyone using “the Force,” or sweep someone over by just …
5 Tips On How To Care For Your BJJ Kimono
If the samurai wore armour on the battlefield, then the student of brazilian jiu-jitsu wears their kimono when they step on the mat. Most kimonos for bjj are priced at $100 USA …
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