Jiu-Jitsu on TMZ: Michael Jackson’s son is training Jiu-Jitsu
Online celebrity gossip site TMZ has reported that Michael Jackson's son Prince is a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu. He has been training at the Gracie Academy…
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A guide for watching the 2013 Jiu-Jitsu World Championships
Taking on the BJJ Worlds is no beginner’s task. And I don’t mean only for athletes, but for spectators as well, both on the stands…
2013 Pan: the perfect blue belt and more on day 2
Day 2 of the 2013 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship lasted over 13 hours. From 9AM to almost 11PM, hundreds of blue belt and purple belt competitors…
VIDEO: President Barack Obama Earns His Blue Belt? You Make the Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPUW34upJKM Well, it's not really Barack Obama, but it sure does look like him. Gracie Barra Burbank Professor Alberto Crane holds court as he awards…
5 basic concepts to enrich your jiu-jitsu!
In Jiu-Jitsu, learning is an ongoing process. You learn a move, then you fine-tune it, and finally you mold it into a finish. If you…
You a White Belt? Check out 5 Positions You Need to Master
If you’re just getting started in the gentle art and plan on some day making it to black belt, as a competitor or not, you…
Luke Rockhold, the Strikeforce champ who sees childish pleasure in Jiu-Jitsu
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, 27, is respected for his aggressive style standing and on the ground. On Saturday, it was the native of Santa…
“I convinced Chris Leben that Jiu-Jitsu’s essence is in the gi”
Last week in Hawaii, UFC middleweight star Chris Leben was promoted to blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu by his teacher Sidney Silva, as GRACIEMAG.com previously reported,…
Got a new Jiu-Jitsu belt? Not even UFC fighter’s escape the “ceremony”
At 31 years of age, the heavy-handed Chris Leben got promoted to blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu this week. The fighter proudly posted a photo of…
Bruno Bastos and the art of producing a juvenile world champion
How do you polish up a young blue belt to the point of putting him atop the winners’ podium at a Jiu-Jitsu World Championship? Bruno…
In tribute to blue belts at Worlds, the Jiu-Jitsu basics you need to know
At the 2012 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, which ends this Sunday in Long Beach, California, some blue belts hit their marks, with patience and plenty of…
2012 BJJ Worlds: Rodolfo Vieira’s agony… from the stands
Monsters suffer too. That's what our reporter Ivan Trindade taught us, having recorded 2011 absolute world champion Rodolfo Vieira agonizing during the middleweight final of…