Maintain control before, during and after the year-end festivities
Those our GRACIEMAG.com and four-time world champion Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” Maciel's wishes for all. As a present to our readers, Rubens sent in a position…
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The day Jon Jones beat a Cachorrão
Last October 28, Kumite MMA Combate took place in in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Carlos Eduardo "Cachorrão" took it to Ecuador's Raul Jimenez, submitting him with…
Get out from below and pass guard!
Another week of grueling training is underway, and GRACIEMAG.com brings you an effective move for catching your training partners by surprise in the academy. Ricardo…
Home alone? Here are five positions to polish up your Jiu-Jitsu
Got to the academy early? Got some free time at home? What follows are five basic exercises recommended for you to do to strengthen your…
Apply more pressure and don’t miss an armbar, with Rickson
From the Youtube treasure trove, a seminar with Master Rickson Gracie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6b7Ypba80
Knee on belly and finish with style
Learn from Carlos Machado – this choke suggested by TXMMA.com's Mike Calimbas via Facebook. This move is based on the same principle as the baseball…
Got side-control? Then how about a triangle?
Lúcio Rodrigues, aka Lagarto, is one of this season's standouts. Learn this submission, and smoothly put away your partners in training. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2oWfHB_QFw
You need to control your opponent to finish him
“Don't put your cart in front of your oxen,” as they say in Brazil. First comes control. Then comes offense and the submission. Review the…
Got side control? Then choke him!
Marcelo “Arroz” Souza, the teacher at Gracie Barra in Austin, Texas, demonstrates a choke with an interesting twist from the side-control position so common in…