Gracie Barra Black Belt Motivation
The path to black belt in jiu-jitsu is a long one (some say average training time of 10 years or more) and involves overcoming many obstacles, training injuries, frustrating plateaus …
GB Technique : De La Riva guard(DLR) and Inside DLR with Flavio Almeida
This week on Gracie Barra Blog we are looking at the very popular and effective guard variations known as De La Riva guard(DLR) and Inside DLR with one of the …
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GB Training Plan – Week 12
GB TP Week 12 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes are built by over 800 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
GB Technique : Better Side Control
Last week on GB Blog we looked at attacking from the bottom of side control. GB Technique : Attacks from Bottom Side Control This week on GB Learning we have …
Student Question : “Is the best way to get really good to get smashed by higher belts?”
A number of students have asked this honest question. They have heard about competitors traveling to train at a big city bjj school and rolling with highly skilled training partners …
GB Training Plan – Week 11
GB TP Week 11 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes are built by over 800 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
GB Technique : Attacks from Bottom Side Control
This week on Gracie Barra Blog we are looking at something that is definitely “outside of the box” when it comes to jiu-jitsu common practice…attacking from underneath your opponent’s side …
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GB Training Plan – Week 10
GB TP Week 10 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes are built by over 800 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
3 Ways To Get A Competitive Edge In Jiu-jitsu
Motivated students training jiu-jitsu are always looking for ways they can improve faster. More specifically, how can they gain an edge over their competitors or the other students they …
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GB Technique : No-Gi Submissions with Prof. Joe Scarola
This week on Gracie Barra Blog we are looking at some techniques that are more popular when training without the gi with Prof. Joe Scarola of Gracie Barra Long Island, …
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