The sacrifice (and sweep tips) of an Abu Dhabi champion
Flying in under the radar, the Jiu-Jitsu black belt Samuel Canquerino routed Raphael dos Santos by 15 to 0 in the under-70 kg-division final at…
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A counter to Rodolfo Vieira’s trademark guard pass
USE THE HOOK TO SWEEP IN JIU-JITSU One of the most powerful weapons of heavyweight kingpin Rodolfo Vieira is his half-guard pass by putting pressure…
Learn a position to use at Jiu-Jitsu Pan 2012
The 2012 Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Championship is set for late March in Irvine, California, but the pre-registration discount sign-up rate ends this Friday, which is why…
Young Rodolfo Vieira’s mount on bold Bernardo Faria
In the spaghetti western that was the 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Rodolfo Vieira and Bernardo Faria had a late-afternoon showdown, a repeat of their duel…
As Jeff Glover teaches, the scissor sweep is handy in the modern Jiu-Jitsu half-guard game
Few aspects of Jiu-Jitsu have gone through such great evolution as the sweep, a maneuver where the practitioner starts out on bottom and ends up…
3 reasons Bernardo trusts he’ll beat Rodolfo
Settled in at a table at Bibi Sucos juice bar in Rio de Janeiro, his T-shirt slung over his shoulder, Bernardo savors a cup of…
Learn 2 or 3 details for improving your half-guard
Brown belt Pete Roberts (Ethos Jiu-Jitsu) knows his stuff. Evidence of this is how the co-proprieter of the brand Origin BJJ reads GRACIEMAG and has…
Seize the moment and rally back!
It's a Jiu-Jitsu lesson that can also serve as advice for the year 2012, now just around the corner. As our GMA in Texas João…
Don’t get pushed around in half-guard anyomore
This end of the year, Gracie Barra launched its new website (check it out here), and with it comes a section devoted to positions vital…
How’re your half-guard attacks coming?
If you dig the half-guard game, you won't want to miss the DVD Professor João Crus is unleashing on the market this week. Check out…
If your opponent falters, go from half-guard to back mount
In No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu, half-guard can be an indecisive moment, or it can be one of opportunity. In this video by our GMA Toronto BJJ, learn…
Apply more pressure when passing, Roger Gracie style
One of the greatest attributes of champions like Roger Gracie and Rodolfo Vieira, in becoming the current best, is to put on the pressure the…