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Posted on February 6, 2015January 10, 2018

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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Posted on November 26, 2014January 10, 2018

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 …

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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 August 27, 2014

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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Posted on August 8, 2014

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 …

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Posted on July 5, 2013

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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Posted on July 3, 2013

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 …

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