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Posted on January 12, 2018

Drilling : How To Do It Right

If you want to make a certain technique part of your game you can not learn it once in class and have it instantly ready for rolling. It is going …

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Posted on December 7, 2017

The 3 Types Of Training Partners We Need

A Gracie Barra Blog reader messaged me and had the following question : “Hi, I’ve been training a little over a year. I heard that the best way to get …

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Posted on September 25, 2017January 10, 2018

"How Do I Know If I'm Getting Better?"

To get good at jiu-jitsu is a long process. Between moments of success (ex. A gold medal in a tournament or new belt promotion) there are many periods where the …

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Posted on June 16, 2017January 10, 2018

Get a Grip! Some important points about grip fighting in Jiu-Jitsu

If you watch some of the world class level competitions you will see that a significant part of passing the guard / defending the guard is about grip fighting. Hand fighting …

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Posted on March 6, 2017January 10, 2018

3 Tips To Improve Your Sweeps

The ability to reverse position and come to the top position against a tough opponent is one of the things that makes jiu-jitsu different than most other martial arts. There …

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Posted on December 7, 2015

The Guard – 6 Building Blocks for Your Guard

Often when discussions of different grappling styles come up – sambo, judo, catch wrestling etc – we are reminded that many key techniques in bjj are also contained in these …

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Posted on August 24, 2015

How Your Black Belt Professor Can Help You Build Your "A Game"

In my previous article What Is The Role of Your Professor in Your BJJ Training? I outlined some of the less obvious ways your black belt professor helps you develop your bjj. This …

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Posted on January 28, 2015January 10, 2018

A Great Training Method For Your Takedowns

Many bjj students also supplement their training with judo, and many bjj blackbelts also hold advanced ranks in judo. During my last training trip to Gracie Barra in Rio de Janeiro, …

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Posted on January 13, 2015January 10, 2018

Are You Ready For Your Blue belt?

An Instructors Opinion After a student has been training for at least a year they have started to look pretty good on the mats.  No longer making newbie mistakes like …

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Posted on December 8, 2014January 10, 2018

What does the name "jiu-jitsu" mean?

Have you ever wondered why we have this different name for our sport? Despite the history of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – developed by Great Master Carlos Gracie, the name “jiu-jitsu” has …

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