A Tip To Improve Your Guard – Make Your Opponent Uncomfortable
Observing a roll between two students of similar experience, I could see that one student had a far more dangerous and difficult to pass than the second. The second student knew …
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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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BJJ for the Un-"Ideal"
Tailor your game to your body. You cannot wear clothes that don’t fit. =) If you are struggling with your own growth and find yourself wishing that you got them legs as long as a …
5 Obstacles to Overcome in Your BJJ Training
In a perfect BJJ world, every training session would see new breakthroughs, energetic rolls where you submit every opponent and leave the mat without a scratch, already eager for the …
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A Tale of a Self-Confessed Bad BJJ Athlete
The word “bad” may come in a bit too strong if we are talking about the awesome world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but the goal of this article is to expound …
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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 to Help Your Guard Passing
In recent weeks Gracie Barra Blog has published several articles on developing your guard. Perhaps the greatest innovations in sports bjj in the last several years have come in the number …
My Guard Doesn't Work!
The BJJ guard is as essential in learning Jiu-Jitsu as breathing is to a human being. You need to master it. It has to be automatic! It has to be …
Learning the BJJ the Hard Way
Scenario at Point Being an spectator at BJJ matches can be frustrating at times, right? You say these things: “I can’t believe he didn’t get to pass that guard!” and the …
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 …