No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu
By Coach Kevin Aldridge I’ve been practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for eleven years and one area I still struggle improving is my No-Gi game. For those new practitioners, No-Gi is Jiu-Jitsu without the Gi top. Practitioners at Gracie Barra train No-Gi in a ranked GB Rash Guard, and Black GB Shorts, while others prefer a ranked …
Simple Self-Defense
By Coach Kevin Aldridge As a kid, I loved martial arts movies, one of my favorites was Enter the Ninja (1981). Movies are a great form of entertainment; however, they can also portray solutions that aren’t practical in real life situations. Most conflicts can be handled using verbal Jiu-Jitsu or by checking our egos and …
The Pride of GB Uniform
Origins of the Gracie Barra Uniform For centuries human societies have used clothes and other accessories as a form of nonverbal communication to indicate occupation, rank, locality, class or group affiliation. The clothes we wear identify us as individuals within the social circle we move in. It is only natural that being part of several …