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Posted on September 28, 2016

The White Belt No-Nos! 5 Things You Need Know Before You Start to Roll

In Gracie Barra schools, students start their introduction to live rolling through specific training. The students start in a certain position and have specific objectives (ex. escape the half guard …

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Posted on August 19, 2016

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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Posted on October 29, 2015

GB Interview: Professor Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães.

Prof Draculino is one of the most well known Gracie Barra instructors who started training at the original Gracie Barra Academy in Barra de Tijuca, Brazil. Gracie Barra caught up with …

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Posted on September 21, 2015

The Correct Attitude to Roll (Especially with your Instructor!)

One of the universal complaints among more experienced students of bjj is of the mythical “spaz”. Aka known as: “Let’s just go easy Guy” until the roll starts and he leaps …

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Posted on September 9, 2015

The White Belt No-Nos! 5 Things You Need Know Before You Start to Roll

In Gracie Barra schools, students start their introduction to live rolling through specific training. The students start in a certain position and have specific objectives (ex. escape the half guard …

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Posted on August 3, 2015

The 6 worst white belt rolling mistakes

Renzo Gracie, one of the most successful and respected black belts famously said “Sometimes you are the hammer, and sometimes you are the nail!” No where is that more true …

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Posted on July 29, 2015

Gassing Out? – 3 Tips How To Not Get Exhausted During Training

How often have you heard this statement from a newer student of bjj, exhausted after a roll: “Oh man! I need to get better cardio!” The specific student may or may …

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Posted on July 27, 2015

Invisible Progress – You May Be Improving And Not Know It!

Following a roll with one of the white belt students at the end of class (white belt 3 stripes vs. black belt instructor) the student seemed slightly discouraged. Read also: 3 …

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Posted on May 11, 2015January 10, 2018

Your Role in learning to Roll – The Bjj student's responsibility in self learning

I read one black belt quote that by the time to student reaches purple belt, they should have seen nearly all of the techniques they need to become a black …

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Posted on April 8, 2015January 10, 2018

Safety on the mats: How to be safe and minimize training injuries!

It is a reality of combat sports that training injuries are a risk. It happens to the best blackbelts in the world, and it can happen to you also. Also, …

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