Flavio Almeida breaks down the butterfly guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip307iR7pUc Learn from one of the most skilled Gracie Barra black belts. Flavio Almeida teaches the secrets of his favorite guard style. Here's what…
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Video: Flavio Almeida defines an easy butterfly guard sweep variation
GMA member Flavio Almeida of Gracie Barra Dana Point is continuing his series of technique videos with a sweep this time. The black belt shows…
Opponent blocked your sweep? Flavio Almeida teaches you how get to the back
Black belts Flavio Almeida and Philipe Della Monica are on the cover of GRACIEMAG #210 this month. They are teaching all you need to know…
Video: Learn tips to defend and attack the no-gi butterfly guard
In no-gi, the butterfly guard is a go-to move. It sets up many options from sweeps to submissions, back-takes and more. Here are two ways…
Video: Gustavo Dantas & Bruno Bastos offer two ways to pass butterfly guard
GMA members Bruno Bastos of Bastos BJJ Midland and Gustavo Dantas of GD Jiu-Jitsu have come together to show you two ways to pass the…
Video: Learn from a no-gi session between Marcelo Garcia and Marcos Torregrosa
When one GMA member visits another GMA members academy, great things happen-- especially if you're Marcelo Garcia and Marcos Torregrosa. Traveling from his Sacramento, CA…
Neutralize the underhook and pass butterfly-guard with our GMA
With over 30 years of Jiu-Jitsu under his belt, Professor Marcio Simas is one of our more than 250 GMAs spread around the world. Living in…
5 videos for making your guard a lethal weapon
In the early days of the UFC, Royce Gracie took the world by storm with his Jiu-Jitsu and guard, leaving a string of bigger, heavier…
Pass guard like the NY Open absolute Jiu-Jitsu champion
Otávio Sousa was the big name at the New York Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship last Saturday. The relentless teacher at team Gracie Barra put in a…
How do you get the reversal and land on top? Ricardo Cachorrão does it like this
Nearly a decade teaching Jiu-Jitsu in New Jersey, retired UFC star Ricardo “Cachorrão” Almeida is big on training both in and out of the gi.…
Double-attack adapted to No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu by Marcelo Garcia
Let the five-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion and four-time ADCC winner show you how to use the butterfly guard to control the distance by using your…
Check out No-Gi Worlds brackets
The brackets for the No-Gi Worlds, coming up this Saturday, are up at the IBJJF website. Take a look, see who faces who, and then get to…