The White Belt No-Nos! 5 Things You Need Know Before You Start to Roll
In Gracie Barra schools, students start their introduction to live rolling through specific training. The students start in a certain position and have specific objectives (ex. escape the half guard …
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Become A Master Of Escapes!
This week, Gracie Barra brings you Escapes. In the first year of training bjj, most students focus on learning how to escape from bottom positions. Subscribe to the Gracie Barra YouTube …
4 Things That Make Your Bjj Instructor Happy
Following the instructional portion of the bjj class, if three is no set positional sparring, most academies have a free rolling session. If the instructor is not rolling himself, he …
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The 5 Commandments Of Escaping from the Bottom
Ask a group of first year students to brazilian jiu-jitsu “what are you having trouble with in your training?” certain answers will inevitably arise. “I get stuck on the bottom, under …
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The White Belt No-Nos! 5 Things You Need Know Before You Start to Roll
In Gracie Barra schools, students start their introduction to live rolling through specific training. The students start in a certain position and have specific objectives (ex. escape the half guard …
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The Dirty Dozen
The 12 Most Important Techniques For You To Learn When Your Start BJJ Out of thousands of bjj techniques on YouTube, which select few should a student beginning their study …
The Whitebelt Problem – Getting Stuck in Side Control: 3 Pieces of Advice
Sometimes at the academy, when I have a group of less experienced students who show up for class I will ask the students which position they want to learn that …
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My Opponent is Too Strong!" – How To Deal with Stronger Opponents
The water doesn’t stop when it hits the rock. It simply redirects and moves around the obstacle. A student approached me at the end of the rolling and asked me …
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"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 …
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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