Attack-and-defense class in semifinal won by Kron in San Diego
The black belt Kron Gracie didn't manage the gold at the San Diego tryouts for the WPJJC last Sunday. Rickson's son and brown belt Beneil…
Sweep
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…
Revisit an old Jiu-Jitsu meeting between Bruno Frazatto and Isaque Paiva
The stars of the most splendid Jiu-Jitsu display of the Gramado leg of the WPJJC Trials, featherweights Bruno Frazatto and Isaque Paiva had already met…
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…
He got up to pass guard in Jiu-Jitsu? Sweep and finish him
Check out the trick brown belt Alvaro Fontes (SAS) keeps up his sleeve to catch opponents who stand to pass off guard. Besides getting the…
San Francisco Open absolute champ Vitor Henrique’s Jiu-Jitsu tips
Uncle Paleco's nephew made it. GFTeam middleweight black belt Vitor Henrique Oliveira assumed his throne as the very first absolute king of the IBJJF San Francisco…
3 or 4 Jiu-Jitsu tips for you to sweep or footlock, with Lucio Lagarto
In the following video, Gracie Barra athlete and teacher at Roger Gracie Academy Lucio Lagarto teaches some tricks a good guard player can use to…
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…
Want to improve your Jiu-Jitsu? Modernize your guard!
The berimbolo, an odd position that places fighters in advantageous positions, is a card up the sleeve of anyone who can use it at championships.…
Best brown belt at Houston Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship with escape from bottom lesson
Team Gracie Elite brown belt Gianni Grippo put in a stellar showing at the IBJJF Houston Open this past weekend. The Renzo Gracie student put…
How do you get the reversal and land on top? Ricardo Cachorrão does it like this
Nearly a decade teaching Jiu-Jitsu in New Jersey, retired UFC star Ricardo “Cachorrão” Almeida is big on training both in and out of the gi.…
A guard passer-foiling counter-attack, by André Pederneiras
The opponent is pressuring strong and close to passing your guard in a bout of Jiu-Jitsu. What now? What to do? Relax! GRACIEMAG.com's got you…