Learn the Baseball Choke from Revelation Magid Hage
In competition Jiu-Jitsu as in chess, your main weapon for outdoing your opponents is tactics and a good trap. That’s what Gracie Barra’s Magid Hage…
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Copa Pódio: Watch the Heavyweight GP Final, between Rodolfo and Léo Nogueira
On January 13, Copa Pódio treated Rio de Janeiro to another explosive Grand Prix event, where Rodolfo Vieira beat the likes of Xande Ribeiro, Léo…
Video: The Submission that Earned Bochecha his Trip to Abu Dhabi
Last Sunday, Marcus “Bochecha” Almeida returned to competition for the first time since winning the absolute at the 2012 World Championship. The CheckMat black belt…
Explosive Exchange: Rodolfo, Leandro Lo and Preguiça Train Together in Rio
Stars of the Jan. 13 Copa Pódio event in Rio, the black belts Rodolfo Vieira, Leandro Lo do Nascimento and Felip “Preguiça” Pena continue to…
Familiar with the Half-Guard Jelly Roll? Marco Piu-Piu Teaches It
If you’re looking for a position for practitioners with deft hips and creativity, today’s your lucky day. To carry out the half-guard sweep known as…
Know How to Neutralize the Opponent’s Hook Guard? Learn from Draculino
If Jiu-Jitsu is a bona fide game of human chess, it’s important that you have a command of the game. For practitioners or fighters with…
Know how to “Berimbraço” in Jiu-Jitsu?
Jiu-Jitsu is a culture, and culture is a process of constant evolution and motion. One sign proving this theory is the de la Riva guard,…
Pass, Mount and Finish with Ricardo Cavalcanti
When the opponent closes his guard around you, your best option is often to get to your feet to pass. The problem is that, if…
Copa Pódio: Learn to Battle till the Final Seconds, with Leandro Lo and Felipe Preguiça
Last Sunday, Copa Pódio was proof that Jiu-Jitsu goes well beyond just technique. To be champion, there's one ingredient you can't do without: heart. What…
A Tribute to the Monsters of the 1st Jiu-Jitsu Worlds, of 1996
At the time the first ever Jiu-Jitsu World Championship came around, in Rio de Janeiro in February 1996, GRACIEMAG was still a newspaper, the UFC…
Learn an Efficient Sweep to Surprise from Half-Guard
In Jiu-Jitsu, when the opponent manages to get your guard open, he then seeks to advance to half-guard, where only one of his legs is…
Learn 5 Half-Guard Sweeps to Mistreat Those Passers
There’s a simple formula for getting good at sweeps: lots of repetitions. To become effective with reversals, you have to combine grip-work with a varied…