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Posted on July 31, 2015

Do You Think You Are Ready For Your Blue Belt? An instructor's 4 Points checklist

Bjj students are generally a pretty high energy, motivated lot. It takes a certain type of mind set to show up at the academy week after week and learn what …

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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 22, 2014January 10, 2018

What Sports Can Teach Your Kids

Kids: our future. And everyone knows that their development is crucial to a lifetime full of potential; everyone needs to agree that at some point, exposing our young ones to the right …

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Posted on November 19, 2014January 10, 2018

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 …

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Posted on July 31, 2014

Why I Wear a Mouth Guard

Why I Wear a Mouth Guard Safety should be a top priority at any Jiu-Jitsu academy.  This means having safe training partners, a clean training environment, and protective gear when …

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Posted on June 25, 2014

Social Media and the Evolution of Jiu-Jitsu

The popularity of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has grown substantially in the past couple of decades.  Factors such as the rise of Mixed Martial Arts can explain how the world was exposed …

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Posted on May 19, 2014March 8, 2020

Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle: Women and Jiu-JItsu

Jiu-Jitsu is for everyone. And women have been equals of men, or even better, for a long time. The good thing about Jiu-Jitsu is that it recognizes no gender or …

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Posted on January 14, 2012

Gene Pace earns his Black Belt at the age 78

“The best way to describe Gene is that he just executes what you teach him to do,” Buckels said. “If you show him a move, he will go after that …

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Posted on January 12, 2012

Renzo Gracie visiting the HQ

We were pleased to receive a visit from Professor Renzo Gracie last night in the HQ. Renzo is one of the first Black Belts promoted by Master Carlos Gracie Jr …

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