The Evolution of Skill – From Fundamentals to Advanced
Sitting at the edge of the mat while watching students roll, I had a conversation with a newer student of bjj who was already a black belt in a traditional …
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Tournament Mistakes That You Can Avoid
A tournament is a culminating activity where BJJ artists get to test their strengths against other competitors. The excitement built up can be unnerving. After all, there is no way …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: JIU-JITSU WITHOUT PREJUDICE
“Are you crazy? What kind of grappling fight is this?”, “I do not get that close to another guy, man!”, “This thing is crazy.” Hearing these phrases from people who …
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Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: A shot can hit the body but not the spirit of a GB warrior.
Jiu-jitsu lovers or not, we all know that sport has the power to transform lives. But when it comes to Jiu-jitsu and Gracie Barra, we are not talking about a …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Winning is overcoming yourself, even when everything seems to be lost.
Who has never felt like life was being unfair? Everything seems to be going so well, then things change suddenly, from one moment to another, and you have no idea …
GB Interview: The newest black belt – Inácio Neto
Inácio Neto, the newest GB black belt, discovered the joy of living in Jiu-Jitsu and has been representing the GB family for years on the sports scene. A very dear …
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The Jiu-Jitsu journey :From the white belt to the black belt, students share their stories on what got them started, and why they keep going.
“Jiu-jitsu for Everyone.” We see this around in many memes and in photos, we hear it sometimes from our coaches and teammates, but what does this mean? I interviewed several …
Let Jiu-Jitsu Change Your Life
Jiu-Jitsu practitioners all around the world can tell you many different stories on how their lives crossed paths with the gentle art. Some got into it to lose weight, some …
Swept Off Your Feet: Transitioning from Striking to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting is communication through the act of combat. There are as many different types of martial arts as there are languages in the world. Learning a new martial art is …
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GB Interview: Marcelo Rezende and the 'Jiu-Jitsu for Everyone' expansion.
“When it comes to Jiu-Jitsu related projects, I always followed Master Carlinhos’s advices. He is a person that makes your dream, and shows you that there is a way to …
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