Learn By Teaching? How teaching beginner's basics will deepen your learning!
In some academies, the instructor will often pair a new student with a blue belt or student who has been around the mats a while. Especially in larger academies, more experienced …
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The Almost-Blue Belt Mistake – Don't Be in a Hurry!
Take your time. Get your control first. Then go for submission.” I teach bjj classes in two different academies and have a large number of students of different belt ranks …
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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 …
How to Be an Effective Coach
This is for the coaches that we have in Gracie Barra. So far, you have done a great job in promoting and spreading the love for the art. Our art. …
7 Jiu-Jitsu Lessons Learned Only From Experience
In life there are some things you will learn on your own. No one will be able to teach you certain things. In Jiu-Jitsu there are things you will have …
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Info for Newbies on Keeping Training Sessions Safe for Your Training Partner
It is better to be safe than sorry. And we can all be certain that accidents do happen in bjj, but there are ways of preventing injuries and keeping our …
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What is to be "GB" for you?
In 1986 – the year Gracie Barra was founded – the jiu-jitsu team was being born that would revolutionize the gentle art scene around the world. We started climbing step …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: The jiu-jitsu as a character builder.
Those who have never been in contact with the gentle art cannot imagine how this sport can transform – in all respects – an individual. Initially, the learned techniques, some …
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ICP4 REVISITED: Is It Worth It?
It’s the event that Gracie Barra leaders have been toiling and spending endless hours preparing for. It’s the ICP4. And most may not know this but the ICP4 is designed …