Caio Terra teaches the armbar that worked at 2012 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship
Caio Terra took silver at the electrifying 2012 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, an IBJJF event held in late May and early June, of which you will…
Worlds 2012
“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…
Bruno Bastos and the art of producing a juvenile world champion
How do you polish up a young blue belt to the point of putting him atop the winners’ podium at a Jiu-Jitsu World Championship? Bruno…
Is winning the Worlds brown belt absolute as tough as winning at black?
In the recent history of the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, not too many winners of the brown belt absolute didn’t go on to become superstars of…
Watched the 2012 Worlds absolute final between Marcus Bochecha and Léo Nogueira yet?
Watch and learn from the riveting absolute black belt final from last June 3 in Long Beach, California. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVq6V0pX58Q
Watch Clayton & Bochecha and 4 more father-son BJJ sessions
To the GRACIEMAG.com team, Jiu-Jitsu is the perfect martial art for a father to pass on to his son. To defend this thesis, last May…
The 4 matches that most impressed André Galvão at 2012 Jiu-Jitsu Worlds
Having been left without the pressure and adrenaline of competition due to forced respite from the 2012 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, André Galvão was free to…
Leandro Lo and the recipe for becoming a world champion in Jiu-Jitsu
At the 2011 World Championship, young black belt Leandro Lo got tapped out. In 2012, the talent lapidated by Jiu-Jitsu professor Cícero Costha was simply…
Bochecha explains part played by camp and Rodrigo Cavaca at Jiu-Jitsu Worlds
Via Facebook, the 2012 absolute black belt champion of the world, Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha” Almeida, recounted a bit of what he went through in the…
World champ Otávio Sousa teaches to lure opponents into your game
Riding a wave of success at smaller-scale tournaments in 2012, Otávio Sousa finally made it to his first World Championship gold medal as a Jiu-Jitsu…
Ladies and gents, the belle taking a stand against closing out, Mackenzie Dern
The young Mackenzie Dern was the big name in the female brown belt division at the 2012 Worlds, which ended this past Sunday. At the…
Bochecha and the art of not folding in Jiu-Jitsu
Do you recall Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha's” first wave-making win in Jiu-Jitsu? The masterful guard player from team CheckMat of Santos, São Paulo, first came to the…