How do you catch a staller of guard in Jiu-Jitsu?
In training or in competition, there's always that moment when your opponent wears out. Winning or losing, he wants to rest in your closed…
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Like the ABCs, you have to learn the de la Riva before the berimbolo
Jiu-Jitsu, as GRACIEMAG readers know, is like learning the alphabet. First the vowels, the A before the U, then the consonants and so on and…
Watched Guilherme Mendes against Pablo Santos at Houston Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship yet?
Check out the battle of world champions that transpired this past Sunday in Texas. Guilherme Mendes of Atos Jiu-Jitsu and Pablo da Silva Santos of…
Want to compete in Jiu-Jitsu and learn? Go west, and to Chicago
Parents, professors and practitioners, it's almost time to test your Jiu-Jitsu and have some safe, clean fun at the next IBJJF tournaments on the calendar.…
Use your weight for the finish in side-control, with Ary Farias
A many-time Brazilian national champion and runner-up at this year's Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, having closed out with Guilherme Mendes, Ary Farias is one of the…
The position that made Tererê Jiu-Jitsu champion
The latest issue of GRACIEMAG is especially savory for Jiu-Jitsu practitioners aiming to evolve. One of the highlights is a tribute to one of the…
Learn to exit the berimbolo and finish from back mount, with Jiu-Jitsu ace Paulo Miyao
In Jiu-Jitsu, winning's great. But what really makes the effort worthwhile is putting on a great show, giving it your best shot, and etching your…
Jiu-Jitsu’s for ladies too
The grandmasters Carlos and Helio Gracie Helio Gracie always preached about how Jiu-Jitsu did not come to be as a weapon for the strong, but as…
Euro champ Michelle Nicolini: absolute gold shouldn’t overshadow mistakes
The black belt Michelle Nicolini (CheckMat) won the women's absolute division at the IBJJF European Championship this past weekend, outdoing two opponents. In her first…
Learn from Ricardo de la Riva to use the hip and add acrobatics to your Jiu-Jitsu
Professor Ricardo de la Riva, one of over a hundred black belts produced by the late Grandmaster Carlson Gracie, became famous for creating his own style…
5 or 6 details for you to land a helicopter sweep
The helicopter sweep is a position as surprising as it is efficient, and the whole world marvels when they get to see one carried…
Watch how JT’s Jiu-Jitsu had Lo “unprepared” at Copa Pódio
Copa Pódio, which in December wrapped up last Jiu-Jitsu season in the Southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, bore a number of lessons for us practitioners.…