5 Lessons to Get You Started in Jiu-Jitsu in 2013
If you’ve got it in your head that next year’s going to be totally different from the outgoing one, don’t fool yourself: you’re going to…
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Learn to Pull Guard from Ferocious Joãozinho, and Have a Happy 2013
Jiu-Jitsu’s an art that’s only for professional fighters, like the ones in the UFC and that bulked up neighbor of yours with the cauliflower ears.…
Too intimidated to do Jiu-Jitsu?
There are a lot of folks who like Jiu-Jitsu, have plenty of yearning to learn acrobatic moves and holds like the rear-naked choke and armbar,…
Another 5 Can’t-Miss Tips for Jiu-Jitsu White Belts
Our readers requested it, and GRACIEMAG.com went out and dug up another five positions for beginners. After the success of the first article (refresh your…
You a White Belt? Check out 5 Positions You Need to Master
If you’re just getting started in the gentle art and plan on some day making it to black belt, as a competitor or not, you…
Unhappy about your size? A Jiu-Jitsu school is where you belong
Bullying only afflicts those children, teenagers or adults who aren’t sure about themselves physically, who feel vulnerable to getting pushed around or humiliated. If they…
Why is Jiu-Jitsu so important for your kids? Alan Belcher clues us in
While the websites 100% focused on the burly behemoths of the UFC multiply, GRACIEMAG.com is tirelessly producing and posting Jiu-Jitsu videos targeting the little ones,…
“Juggler” Bráulio Estima offers pointer on getting your BJJ to progress
Current ADCC superchamp Bráulio Estima is one of the stars of the latest issue of GRACIEMAG lighting up news stands, bookstores and academies across Brazil…
Heading into your first Jiu-Jitsu tourney? Here are 6 pointers
Every UFC champion has been through it—dealing with their first amateur competition. Entering a gymnasium awash with Jiu-Jitsu fighters and the deafening ruckus of cheering…
You a BJJ white belt? Get the nitty-gritty on the half-guard
In Jiu-Jitsu, when your opponent opens your guard guard he tends to end up landing in your half-guard, with a leg trapped between your legs.…
Jiu-Jitsu from father to son
This Friday, already warming up the engines for the weekend, GRACIEMAG.com dug through the YouTube treasure chest and unearthed some of our favorite videos of…
André Galvão comments on Abu Dhabis final with Rodolfo: “I lacked guile”
The under-88 kg champion of the Abu Dhabi WPJJC, Jiu-Jitsu black belt André Galvão came up short against Rodolfo Vieira in the final of the absolute…