Check out Jiu-Jitsu champ Rodolfo Vieira at 2012 Brazilian Team Nationals
GFTeam black belt Rodolfo Vieira helped his team win both the heavyweight and overall contests at the Brazilian Team Nationals. Alongside Igor Silva, Leonardo Maciel,…
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Watch brown belt absolute champ Keenan Cornelius’s choke win
Last week at the IBJJF Atlanta Open, two rising stars locked horns in combat twice in the same tournament: Lloyd Irvin standout Keenan Cornelieus and…
Watch João Miyao’s choke win at Natal WPJJC Trials
João Miyao tapped two purple belt adversaries out in winning the Abu Dhabis tryouts yesterday in Natal, Brazil. Today he’ll be competing in the purple…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu, crossed arms and armbar, by Otavio Sousa
Otavio Sousa is becoming something of a boogeyman at IBJJF Open tournaments. Keeping an enviable competition pace, last Saturday the Jiu-Jitsu black belt who teaches…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu, pointers, north-south defense and life lessons from Carlson Jr.
The son of the late Grandmaster Carlson Gracie (1933-2006), Junior was in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco last weekend to teach a highly sought-after seminar…
Use the lapel to finish in Jiu-Jitsu!
Winner of the Southern Brazilian Championship and runner-up at the Rio Open, Hugo Brito is in Europe to teach a series of seminars. Alongside Max…
Nab that neck with Hannette Stack—warm-up for Dallas seminar
Our GMA and one of the leaders of the Chicago chapter of team Brazil 021, black belt Hannette Staack will be teaching a seminar at…
Our GMA shows how to be comfortable in the mount
When you make it to the supreme Jiu-Jitsu position, the mount, are you able to stay there? Are you aware of the proper positioning…
Rani celebrates victorious return and fine Jiu-Jitsu
Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Shogun weren’t the only Brazilians who came up spades at Saturday’s UFC on Fox 4 event. Not having fought since August…
A complete lesson on keeping calm in Jiu-Jitsu, with Luiza Monteiro
From your first Jiu-Jitsu class on, you have to keep calm, concentrated, confident and be able to recover. The black belt Luiza Monteiro demonstrated all…
Watch Rômulo Barral getting the choke at Rio Open
“There isn’t a tough guy around who can withstand oncoming sleep; everyone passes out,” said the unforgettable Helio Gracie about the choke hold, considered by…
How Jiu-Jitsu can be useful at the Olympics
Jiu-Jitsu isn’t yet an Olympic sport, but one of the style’s signature moves, the rear-naked choke, reared its head in London this Wednesday. In the…