Give a great experience to everyone who enters your school.
Course 1, Gracie Barra Essentials, has been one of the most acclaimed ICP courses of 2022. Course 1 has innovated the ICP in every manner and contributed to everyone’s understanding …
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What people are saying ABOUT the ICP 2022!
This year we provided a link so that the ICP 2022 certified instructors could share what they thought of the course. Check out the opinion of Kevin Johnson from GB …
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A Little Helpful Advice For White Belts
This post is for all of the enthusiastic first-year Gracie Barra students out there. Starting Jiu-Jitsu is both an exciting and frustrating time. ㅤ You have gotten a taste of …
GB Technique: Troubleshooting The Knee Slice Pass
The Knee Slice or Knee Cut guard pass is one of the most popular and effective guard passes in both gi and No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu. Yet, there are some details that …
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GB Student Question: “Is it okay to ask questions in class?”
This question comes up fairly often despite seeming to be an obvious “yes, of course, you can ask questions”. ㅤ Why should there be any questions about…well… questions? ㅤ There …
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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 …