Your Jiu-jitsu Cheat Sheet : Little Reminders to Improve Your Game
Back in high school, nervous exam taking students would scribble “cheat sheets” with the formula for calculating physics or math problems and hide them up their sleeves. When they got stuck, …
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Tips to Finding your Jiu-Jitsu Style
In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu there are many types of Jiu-Jitsu styles. Some practitioners enjoy playing closed guard, and others prefer to focus on the passing game. As a result of these …
Sponsorship Part 2
Finding the right sponsor is a tough one. But there are processes. Now, let’s dig deep into some good ideas of how to land that awesome sponsorship! Word of warning, …
A Basic How-To Guide for Brand Name Sponsorship PART 1
Taking your passion to the next level is a noble thing to do. And it’s quite fascinating (and envy-some) to find athletes being able to live off of doing the …
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Is Your Jiu-jitsu Efficient? You need Seiryoku Zenyo!
I was delighted with the positive response to last week’s article Got “Jiu”? What is the “Jiu” in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu? In fact some students of bjj told me that for the …
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Flow With The Go: how flow rolling can help you develop your game
If I told you that there was a training method that could help you develop both the weakest and strongest areas of your game at the same time would you …
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Surviving and Excelling through the Plateau
No matter the rank, no matter the skill, the plateau can seem unavoidable or inescapable. Eventually the amount of skill begins to level and the improvements taper off. I’ve seen …
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Get Your Game On
As the entire gracie barra family prepares for the compnet, there are however things that a competitor must know. Although training (or lots of it) does a lot to fighters, …
Interview: Braulio Estima on his Upcoming Match!
Prof. Braulio Speaks about his Bout in Metamoris Pro As what we’ve promised, we’re putting Professor Braulio back in the pages of Gracie Barra. More than a week ago, …
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