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Posted on November 18, 2015

Bjj Tournaments: Do You Have a Gameplan to Prepare?

At last nights class where I was guest instructor in the academy (with no black belt head instructor) several of the students were asking about preparing for an upcoming competition. …

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Posted on December 17, 2014January 10, 2018

"You Are Using Too Much Strength!"

What does this mean and why is it wrong? Most of us who have trained bjj for any length of time have both given and received the advice: “You Are …

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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 4, 2014January 10, 2018

The Perfect Week: 7 Straight Days of BJJ

I have a typical 9-5 job and go to school at night.  Like so many people I love Jiu-Jitsu enough to make time to train about 3 times a week.  …

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Posted on August 25, 2014

Do I Still Need To Build Muscles?

Ok. So there are a lot of heated debates about building muscle mass vs. building muscle by only relying on BJJ. Interestingly enough, there are also those who say that …

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Posted on August 6, 2014

5 Extra Things That You Can Do to Help Your BJJ

What can I do outside of the regular jiu-jitsu classes to maximize my progress?1) Green Smoothies Athletes having to eat well is not exactly news to most students of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. …

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Posted on March 20, 2014

Aerobic and Anaerobic Benefits

When we speak of good cardio, most only think of the typical, ever plain running. It’s good that people do that. Keep the heart healthy, and well more gas for …

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Posted on December 30, 2011

Improve your conditioning.

As the year winds to a close it’s hard to keep up a diet, and the body takes it easy and relaxes. Nevertheless, Professor Marcio Feitosa  (Gracie Barra America) and …

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