Your First Major Goal : Blue belt
As goal oriented people starting to learn the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, one of the first questions that new students ask is “How long does it take to get a …
GB Techniques: 5 Blue Belt Techniques
This week Gracie Barra Techniques brings you some videos on 5 of the most important techniques for the Blue belt student. Subscribe to the Gracie Barra YouTube channel to be …
Your First Major Goal : Blue belt
As goal oriented people starting to learn the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, one of the first questions that new students ask is “How long does it take to get a …
Do You Think You Are Ready For Your Blue Belt? An instructor's 4 Points checklist
Bjj students are generally a pretty high energy, motivated lot. It takes a certain type of mind set to show up at the academy week after week and learn what …
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Submission Advice to a Blue Belt
One of the blue belt students at my academy asked my advice on what he should do to improve his submissions. He said that he felt that his submission success …
The Almost-Blue Belt Mistake – Don't Be in a Hurry!
Take your time. Get your control first. Then go for submission.” I teach bjj classes in two different academies and have a large number of students of different belt ranks …
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The Inspiration You Get From a New Stripe or Belt
It is a cliche of martial arts that many practitioners say “I don’t care about belts!”. Their point is valid: your training should primarily be about having fun and acquiring skills. …
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Are You Ready For Your Blue belt?
An Instructors Opinion After a student has been training for at least a year they have started to look pretty good on the mats. No longer making newbie mistakes like …
The Blue Belt Blues
At the year-end academy photo and promotions day your professor called you up to the front of the class and tied a brand new blue belt around your waist. Congratulations! Your …
Be a Dragon Slayer
This is inspired by one of the conversations I had with a Gracie Barra purple belt. I hope this story also touches you and set your soul on fire as …