Taking care of your mind is Jiu Jitsu – Follow Your Dreams.
The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams . When you have a dream and fight for it many obstacles arise along the way . Sometimes, you feel …
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The Role of Goal Setting at Gracie Barra
In the ICP5 we walk through the Gracie Barra Leadership Development Framework, and one of the first building blocks of this is Goal Setting. Your ability as a leader within …
Your BJJ Training Goals – 4 Questions To Help You
Do you have specific goals in your bjj training? Or do you just show up at the class each day and see what happens? It is certainly possible that one can …
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Eating Well is Jiu-Jitsu: Healthy Appetizers
So finally we get to one of the most desired months of the year: December. The 12th month marks the beginning of summer (in the South hemisphere), Christmas, New Year …
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3 White Belt Guard Mistakes
In recent weeks Gracie Barra Blog has published several articles on developing your guard. In the first couple of years of learning to defend the guard, there are certain mistakes that …
3 Tips For Your First Year of Training
The majority of students in any brazilian jiu-jitsu academy will be white belt students: those with less than one year of training. And most of them are not initially attracted to bjj …
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 …
TIPS on becoming consistent
Jiu-Jitsu is an art that is best done with consistency. Consistency breeds learning, growth, reputation and all that other good stuff! If you are stopping short of success, then, in …
BJJ Lifestyle: Time to Spend in BJJ
Throughout our typical days (and a rather busy ones) we have routines that are specifically designed to make our lives easier and more manageable. And in this sense, at times …
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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