GB Training Plan – Week 7
GB TP Week 7 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes is built by over 600 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
GB Interview: Professor Draculino on Competition
This week Gracie Barra Blog brings you a terrific Interview with Professor Draculino on Competition “Competition is fundamental for athletics in general, and this is also very true for Brazilian …
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The Turtle Position
This week Gracie Barra Learning will feature some videos on submitting the “turtle position”. Instead of accepting a guard pass (and giving up the 3 points) many jiu-jitsu fighters prefer …
Learning From Videos
The best way to learn jiu-jitsu is from attending classes with a black belt instructor with a structured curriculum. The instructor can correct the mistakes that you make while drilling …
GB Training Plan – Week 6
GB TP Week 6 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes is built by over 600 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
Why is Jiu-Jitsu So Addictive?
Usually the word “addiction” has a negative connotation attached to it – but as students of jiu-jitsu we know that jiu-jitsu is a POSITIVE addiction for many of us. Why …
GB Learning : Straight Armlock Variations
This week Gracie Barra Learning will feature some variations of how to attack the straight armlock. If you don’t know the straight armlock, you dont know Brazilian jiu-jitsu! This submission …
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Help, I'm In A Slump!
Help, I’m In A Slump! Most students of jiu-jitsu feel like they encounter the dreaded training slump at one time or another in their study. Progress seems painfully slow and …
GB Training Plan – Week 5
GB TP Week 5 Gracie Barra is a Global Jiu-Jitsu Team. Our community of instructors, students and athletes is built by over 600 schools in the five continents. Since 1986 …
My Favorite Quote on Jiu-jitsu by Master Carlos Gracie Jr.
Many Gracie Barra instructors like Head Instructor Marcio Feitosa – a multiple time World Bjj Champion – tell how they would enjoy sitting around the side of the mat after …
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