How Do You Ward Off Jon Jones’ Elbows? Durinho Shows the Way
If you were Chael Sonnen, what would you do to keep Jon Jones's elbows at bay? The best thing to do, of course, would be…
Worlds 2011
He proved Miyao’s guard can be passed
Nobody is 100% unbeatable. No guard is 100% insurmountable, however dangerous it may be. That’s what Felipe “Preguiça” Pena proved at the 2011 Worlds, in a…
Rodolfo Vieira back in competition this weekend
Following a marathon of seminars around the United States, GFTeam ace Rodolfo Vieira will be defending his academy’s honor this Saturday in the heavyweight brown/black…
Positions, pointers, matches… see what the Jiu-Jitsu world champions do
The 2012 World Championship is going off in Long Beach, California. Last year, the aces below made it atop the podium. While we wait to…
What we can learn from the female BJJ world champs
All of the mat wizards below made it to the top of the World Championship winners podium in 2011. This Saturday, some of them stepped…
TUF Brazil and Jiu-Jitsu: Fabio Gurgel comments on Moraes’s RNC on Pé de Chumbo
For the first time ever, Brazil's television powerhouse Globo broadcast a Jiu-Jitsu world champion performing a submission. During the final leg of the TUF Brazil…
What might Ben Henderson get up to at UFC Japan with his Jiu-Jitsu?
A complete fighter is one who likes testing himself in different situations. That's one of the main reason is a worthy challenger to Frankie Edgar's…
Use your weight for the finish in side-control, with Ary Farias
A many-time Brazilian national champion and runner-up at this year's Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, having closed out with Guilherme Mendes, Ary Farias is one of the…
Double-attack adapted to No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu by Marcelo Garcia
Let the five-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion and four-time ADCC winner show you how to use the butterfly guard to control the distance by using your…
5 recipes for returning to Jiu-Jitsu from injury even better, by Tanquinho
Jiu-Jitsu champions and stars of the UFC are human just like you and me, and evidence of how that is true is the fact that they…
Gui Mendes comments on new rules and “main strategy” for 2012
You won the world light featherweight title upon shutting out the final with Ary Farias, and Rafa had a stellar season both with and without…
Rodolfo Vieira’s joy-filled year
The 2011 season saw the young Rodolfo Vieira run rampant in the gi. At 21 years of age, the GFTeam black belt won the absolute…