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Posted on March 3, 2017January 10, 2018

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 …

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Posted on October 28, 2016

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 …

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Posted on March 3, 2016

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 …

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Posted on July 31, 2015

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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Posted on April 16, 2015January 10, 2018

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 …

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Posted on March 5, 2015January 10, 2018

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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Posted on February 11, 2015January 10, 2018

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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Posted on January 13, 2015January 10, 2018

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 …

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Posted on December 31, 2014January 10, 2018

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 …

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Posted on October 23, 2014January 10, 2018

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 …

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