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Posted on January 16, 2015January 10, 2018

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: What should a white belt learn to be a good black belt in the future?

White belt, the excitement phase, where the control of force is far away from being part of the gentle art beginner’s life. Hours watching video classes of elaborate techniques in …

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Posted on December 18, 2014January 10, 2018

A Few Words on Belt Promotions

I have noticed on my social media at this time of year, my many bjj friends all over the world posting about their graduation to the next belts. The end of …

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Posted on December 3, 2014January 10, 2018

3 White Belt Guard Mistakes

In recent weeks Gracie Barra Blog has published several articles on developing your guard. In the first couple of years of learning to defend the guard, there are certain mistakes that …

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Posted on November 19, 2014January 10, 2018

3 Tips For Your First Year of Training

The majority of students in any brazilian jiu-jitsu academy will be white belt students: those with less than one year of training. And most of them are not initially attracted to bjj …

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Posted on October 31, 2014January 10, 2018

Just Do it!

The Power of Doing So Nike has had the tagline for the past 3 decades. It has proven to be very effective. Those 3 powerful words sum up one of …

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Posted on October 21, 2014January 10, 2018

3 Pieces of Advice for White Belts

90% of his success was just showing up.” Woody Allen  On BJJ related internet message boards there are several popular topics that arise again and again.Two common themes that continually …

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Posted on September 18, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Energy that comes from the love for the gentle art – Inácio Neto

Hyperactive children hold an unique energy. The difference between hyperactive children and the other ones, besides being extremely active, is that they show excessive behavior, agitation, impulsiveness and struggle to …

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Posted on September 8, 2014

Jiu-Jitsu Superstitions: Washing the Belt

Athletes can be among some of the most superstitious people when it comes to playing their sport.  For example, Michael Jordon wore his University of North Carolina shorts under his …

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Posted on August 21, 2014January 10, 2018

The “Art” of Jiu-Jitsu: Artist, Photographers, Filmmakers, and Dreamers

Many artists, photographers, and filmmakers have been able to express their passion for Jiu-Jitsu in their art.  Here are a couple of artists that I feel have done a great …

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Posted on June 19, 2014

The 5 Expressions of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Have you ever thought about how Brazilian jiu-jitsu has many different facets depending on the situation in which one uses the art? The techniques and principles may be the same, but …

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