3 Reasons Your Friends Should Try Jiu-jitsu
Most of us students of Brazilian jiu-jitsu can not imagine our lives without going to the academy several times per week. At a social gathering some of your friends will ask …
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The GBK Class Structure
As we’ve been discussing in other articles on the vHQ, in order to effectively build our schools and a strong future for Gracie Barra, we must develop and follow systems, …
Gracie Barra – Pan Am 2016
Gracie Barra has a long history with jiu-jitsu competition and the red shield is represented at every major jiu-jitsu tournament around the world. For the last several decades Gracie Barra …
Private Lessons or Group Classes: The Best Way To Learn Bjj?
I had a brand new student to bjj (How new? I had to demonstrate how to tie the white belt!) who started taking private classes as his introduction to jiu-jitsu. Most …
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The Gracie Barra Class Structure
We’ve been discussing many of the central elements of our organization, and at the heart of many of those is the GB Method. You might recall that the foundation of …
GB Blog: CHILDREN x COMPETITION
Recently, GB won four trophies – 3rd place overall, 1st place Children, 1st place Junior and 2nd place Teenagers – in one of the largest children’s competitions in the world, …
6 Takedowns Demonstrated By Gracie Barra Instructors
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Compnet: 30 Years of Gracie Barra
The world 30 years ago was a very different place. People didn’t have iPhones or Siri to answer their questions. People were only exposed to martial arts through movies, word …
"Am I Too Old To Start Bjj?"
As jiu-jitsu continues to grow all over the world, more people (outside of the 20 something male demographic) are becoming interested in starting to train jiu-jitsu. Many questions about training come …
The Role of Competition at Gracie Barra
It is absolutely true that not all of the students at your school will compete. That is also absolutely OK. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is an amazing way for people from all …