Know how to escape mount when the pressure rises?
Ricardo Cavalcanti is a GMA of ours and the leader at Carlson Gracie Las Vegas, Nevada. “At every seminar I teach, I learn as well. Everyone has…
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Wore out halfway through a roll? Here’s a position for sweeping yourself free
It’s a situation that comes up frequently in Jiu-Jitsu training. You may be a white belt or black belt, but there are those times when…
Want to finish a heavier opponent? Sweep from half-guard and sink the arm-triangle
The half-guard is a weapon oft-used in competition Jiu-Jitsu these days, and it can come in handy for lighter fighters wishing to flip sides with…
Sharpen up your counters from half-guard, one of modern Jiu-Jitsu’s greatest resources
The half-guard is today a weapon taking front and center at Jiu-Jitsu competitions. It is from there that Marcus Bochecha has won numerous matches on…
The lessons in sweeping, passing and pressuring from Kron Gracie and Otávio Sousa
The two middleweights Kron Gracie and Otávio Sousa were two of the Jiu-Jitsu monsters present on the mat at Metamoris Pro last Sunday in San…
Learn a leglock from Bochecha and tap everyone out at the academy
The current absolute champion of the world, Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha” has been wielding his leg game to good effect in his matches – confounding even…
Rodolfo Vieira teaches how to get past any half-guard there is
Jiu-Jitsu is very much a game of human chess, and what’s important in playing it is that you command the game. That’s what Rodolfo always…
André Galvão teaches back attack in lead-up to Metamoris Pro
Gi-wearing whiz André Galvão will be taking on Ryron Gracie in a 20-minute Jiu-Jitsu match at the October 14 Metamoris Pro event in San Diego, California.…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu sweep “Indiana Jones” style and footlock, with Wagner Galeto
Before shooting to fame in his native Brazil via the “TUF Brazil” reality show, Wagner “Galeto” Campos was a well know entity at Jiu-Jitsu championships…
Bernardo Faria’s tour: “Jiu-Jitsu is all about making friends”
Bernardo Faria has just returned from a series of seminars in the United States. GRACIEMAG.com chatted with the black belt from Alliance, now vice-world champion…
Learn how to hip escape and win with Ronda Rousey
On August 18, in San Diego, California, Ronda Rousey defends her bantamweight belt in Strikeforce. The judo bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics faces the…
4 or 5 Jiu-Jitsu basics we learned from Demian Maia
For the new MMA-fan universe, the only thing that mattered was whether Demian Maia would manage to win at UFC 148, where he made his…