6 Things Your Coach Yells at You During Your Match
During tournament matches, and even in rolls in bjj class, your professor will often yell out instructions to you (often in thickly Brazilian accented English). At a tournament in a hotly …
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Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: How to control anxiety?
In the pre-championship stage, on those days preceding graduation or, the most common of all: that strange feeling just before stepping on the competition mat. What all these situations have …
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Position Before Submission
3 Ways this advice can help your submission game. This is one of the pieces of jiu-jitsu wisdom that is communicated to new students at the bjj academy early in …
BJJ Quotes: 10 more pieces of BJJ wisdom to inspire and instruct
The first Blog post on BJJ quotes was very popular, so here are 10 more pieces of BJJ wisdom to inspire and instruct. 1) “Discipline and consistency. I owe these two factors …
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The Evolution of Skill – From Fundamentals to Advanced
Sitting at the edge of the mat while watching students roll, I had a conversation with a newer student of bjj who was already a black belt in a traditional …
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5 Tips on how to create pressure and be heavy on your opponent.
How To Weigh 500 Lbs! One of the almost miraculous aspects of grappling with a high level blackbelt in BJJ is how heavy even a 150lbs. opponent can feel on …
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17 Great Quotes for Jiu-Jitsu Inspiration
1) “Discipline and consistency. I owe these two factors all have attained in my life. Things have never happened overnight. Results have appeared as a consequence of decades long toil. It …
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The ABC’s of Jiu-Jitsu
Jiu-Jitsu can be overwhelming to a newcomer. There is so much to know and be mindful of when training. Hopefully simplifying things to the ABC’s can help newcomers. “A” is …
A 4 Point Checklist For Troubleshooting a Position
When learning a new position in jiu-jitsu, initially one must learn the proper mechanics. The student must decipher “My right hand grips where?” and try to understand the direction of …
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GB Learning: Lapel Chokes From Side Mount Control
On this video Professor Marcos Barros teaches you how to apply two lapel chokes from the side mount control. The techniques demonstrated in this videos are effective for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu …
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