Video: Michael Liera Jr. teaches the omoplata from closed guard used at 2014 Worlds
Brown belt world champion Michael Liera Jr. of Atos under Andre Galvao has documented one of the successful techniques he used at the 2014 World…
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Video: Watch Rafael Lovato Jr.’s pressure passing in action at the 2014 Worlds
If you've attended any of Rafael Lovato Jr.'s seminars recently, you'll recognizes a few of the techniques in this video. The great American BJJ player…
Bernardo Faria talks Worlds and his blue belt half guard against Rodolfo Vieira
A lot of times we remember Jiu-Jitsu athletes in terms of their accomplishments or better yet, their signature moves. For the Mendes brothers it's the…
Medical student Janni Larsson: “I will enjoy it for now and in the future winning a world championship will be a good story to tell.”
As if winning the 2014 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship during her first year at black belt wasn't enough for Swede Janni Larsson, she…
Video: Learn the cartwheel armbar that helped earn the brown belt world title for Marcos Silva
The brown belt middleweight world champion of 2014 has put together a video featuring how to complete one of the crazy submissions that led him…
Brown belt world title for 36-year-old Ram Ananda: “I am proof that it’s just a self imposed limiting belief”
Ram Ananda of Cobrinha BJJ is proof that age is just a number. At 36 years young, he won the brown belt light-featherweight division at…
New black belt Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner on winning Worlds: “when I got on the mat, everything clicked”
One of Atos and Andre Galvao's newest black belts is Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner. After three matches at the 2014 World Championship in the brown belt featherweight…
Worlds 2014 female black belts: Bia double gold, Nicolini, Cordeiro, Bandeira, Correa and more champions
The female black belts at the 2014 World Championship completed their matches on Sunday, June 3. The finals came with some calm moments and some…
Worlds 2014: See which female black belt finals are set for Sunday
The last day of the 2014 World Championship will unfold on Sunday, June 1 and the female black belts will determine their champions. On Saturday…
Worlds 2014: Erberth Santos and Monique Elias earn double gold for the brown belts
The brown belts at the 2014 World Championship finalized their divisions on Saturday, May 31. In the open weight divisions, the Alliance members took home…
Worlds 2014: Black belt female open weight final to be Beatriz Mesquita vs. Michelle Nicolini
The third day of the 2014 World Championship has brought the black belts to the competition mats inside the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. The female…
Worlds 2014: Female roosterweights finally earn their world title in their new division
For the first time in the history of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships, the females had a roosterweight category. On the second day of the 2014…