Why doesn’t your armbar work? Rudson Mateus may have the answer
Brazilian Nationals champion Rudson Mateus, 23, is known amongst fans and commentators for a strong game of closed guard -- a position which, honed since…
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Training for Warriors: How to stop adrenaline from screwing up your performance
[First published in 2008. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] Fool your instincts -- How to stop adrenaline from screwing up…
10 tips to change your eating habits and improve your jiu-jitsu
Breakthroughs in technology and medicine have brought a disastrous side effect: People eat all sorts of garbage, confident that chemical drugs will cure whatever they…
Training for Warriors: Anatomy of the armbar
[First published in 2006. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] * Martin Rooney is the founder of the Training for Warriors system…
Do you train your neck for BJJ? Neiman Gracie shows you how
Physical training is important to serious athletes of BJJ and other martial arts -- not just for strength, but also to prevent injuries. Making yourself…
Video: Bráulio Estima teaches how to better tape your fingers
In BJJ, you have to get the little things right. With that in mind, today we remember a video by instructor Bráulio Estima teaching his technique…
Interview with Cláudia do Val, the world’s No. 1 female BJJ fighter
Gold in the black belt may seem like the pinnacle of the career of a BJJ fighter, but to other, hungrier competitors, it goes beyond…
Ryan Gracie exclusive: Learn his favorite attack in jiu-jitsu
There aren't many recordings out there of lessons taught by Ryan Gracie, the fearless BJJ and MMA competitor who died an early death. But our…
Five ways Brazilian jiu-jitsu is helping soldiers on the war front
By Andre Almeida of Gracie Barra Simi Valley Jiu-jitsu is becoming increasingly used as a training tool by the Armed Forces. Its characteristics of control and…
Training Program: A thorough look at Xande Ribeiro’s guard system
[First published in 2016.]
A BJJ blue-belt is a white-belt who…
In BJJ, as a wise man once said, it's not the student who receives the belt; it's the belt that receives the student. A graduation…
Profile: Antônio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira
[First published in 2008.] Jiu-jitsu to the limit Celebrating ten years of his MMA career, Rodrigo Minotauro passes on to readers the best of what…