Look Mom…No Hands! A Great Drill to Develop Your Open Guard
One of the students in my bjj academy had recently injured one of his hands and was forced to miss several days of training. When he returned, he had a hand …
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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 …
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 …
Bluebelt – Advice on Developing your Guard
If the focus of the 1st year of training for any new student of Brazilian jiu-jitsu (see related articleThe Evolution of Skill – From Fundamentals to Advanced) is to learn …
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Tips to Finding your Jiu-Jitsu Style
In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu there are many types of Jiu-Jitsu styles. Some practitioners enjoy playing closed guard, and others prefer to focus on the passing game. As a result of these …
Offensive Game Friday: Omaplata from the Spider Guard
Who Doesn’t Love Professor Draculino? Seriously! He’s gotta to be one of the most well-decorated, respected and best instructor in the west. Fast talking, direct, and very amiable at the …
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Learn the Triangle from the Spider Guard
Spider Guard Attack The Spider guard is most effective if done with the gi. Essentially, the technique relies on your legs to keep your opponents attack at bay. By utilizing …