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European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2012: day one
The 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship kicked off this Thursday morning in Lisbon, Portugal. The street thermometers were showing a temperature of around 15 degrees Celsius, meaning an unbearable frosty feeling for the bundled up Brazilians who flew in to compete from the South American summer. The wind chill was met quite differently by the competitors [...]1 comentário
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The boss went batty: subscribe to GRACIEMAG cheaper and easier over Facebook
The world won’t end in 2012, but even so the bosses at GRACIEMAG broke down and decided to let it all go. Now, completely free of charge, you can subscribe to our online newsletter and get the hottest news and most exclusive positions a good Jiu-Jitsu practitioner in constant pursuit of knowledge could hope for. [...]comente!
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Ex-Baywatch star accepts challenge of 5th American Cup
Rickson Gracie used to say that Jiu-Jitsu is a vast ocean, so you’d better try and be a shark, even against opponents who hardly know how to swim. Or something like that. So the actor Jeremy Jackson, once on the hit TV show “Baywatch,” took up the challenge of diving into this ocean by signing [...]1 comentário
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“The mouth is a good Jiu-Jitsu practitioner’s first line of defense”
The latest issue of GRACIEMAG is on its way to a bookstore near you, bringing with it, in the midst of a whirlwind of teachings and tricks for bettering your Jiu-Jitsu, a rare lesson from Grandmaster Carlos Gracie. “My grandad would say a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner’s first line of defense is his mouth,” our interviewee of [...]comente!
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In California, lessons from a day of Jiu-Jitsu and football
It all started at 4:30 in the morning on Sunday, January 22, when I pulled myself out of bed to hit the road to extract lessons at the maiden All Star Jiu-Jitsu tourney promoted by our GMA Cláudio França. Lesson number one: if your reason for going wasn’t to watch the NFC conference final between [...]2 comentários
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Subscribe to GRACIEMAG and warm up your Winter!
Getting the finest Jiu-Jitsu magazine on the planet at home just got easier and more economical. Subscribe today and find out all the latest and greatest from the world of Jiu-Jitsu, the most cutting-edge techniques, and all the goings-on behind the scenes at the UFC and in MMA, focusing on the athletes gentle art fans [...]comente!
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Top 10 Jiu-Jitsu Photographers
In February of 1996, photographer Ricardo Azoury changed my Jiu-Jitsu perspective, when he handed me a few photographs of the inaugural World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Azoury was the late Rolls Gracie best friend, and was curious about the tournament. So he went to Tijuca Tenis Clube without any assignment and, with his fixed 135mm lenses and [...]comente!
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Acrobatic Jiu-Jitsu
Can Jiu-Jitsu be basic and at the same time be daring? Can it be elaborate and still be classic? That’s what GRACIEMAG is exploring this month in an intriguing article featuring the brothers Guilherme and Rafael Mendes. Being the first cover story showcasing the bros, Gui and Rafa went to great lengths to get it [...]comente!
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Lessons from recent Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gene Pace, 78
Gene Pace, a good-natured 78-year-old grandfather, has been training Jiu-Jitsu at Gracie Barra Costa Mesa, California, for the last 15 years. Upon earning his black belt last Wednesday, Gene was featured in the “Daily Pilot”, newspaper in an article by Sarah Peters with photos by Don Leach, and with the story came some lessons. Gene trains at [...]3 comentários
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Jon Jones leaves 6 lessons and 1 controversy on trip to Brazil
Jon “The Man” Jones got himself a special in the upcoming issue of GRACIEMAG, where the strengths (copious) and weaknesses (few) of the light heavyweight champion of the UFC are broken down and laid out. Be sure to get your hands on it as soon as it hits a bookstore near you, and to make [...]4 comentários
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