Roger Gracie vs. Saulo Ribeiro and the steps in a Jiu-Jitsu match
So your Jiu-Jitsu will flow like a well-oiled machine, you have to get all the gears fitting together perfectly. That's what this match between Roger…
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Zé Radiola student teaches Jiu-Jitsu through animal movements
A black belt now training under the Gracie Barra banner, Bruno Ramos won yet another Jiu-Jitsu outing this past weekend. A newly acquired pupil of…
Rafa Mendes out of Abu Dhabis, comments on Pan: “I let my game flow”
Winning the 2012 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship after catching Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” in an unexpected armbar was a unique moment in the career of Rafael…
Watch the Pan final between Rafa Mendes and Rubens Cobrinha
The grand finale of the featherweight division in Irvine, California, last Sunday at the IBJJF Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Championship was, once again, a clash between slight-framed…
5 tips for picking and purchasing your first Jiu-Jitsu gi
Time to buy your first gi is an occasion marked with doubts not just for Jiu-Jitsu practitioners, but for athletes from all martial arts. This…
6 warmups to start revamping your Jiu-Jitsu today
Although it's often forgotten or neglected, the warmup is an important part of Jiu-Jitsu class. Warmed up and stretched out, athletes avoid injuries, pick up…
Para Kyra Gracie, o que no Jiu-Jitsu vale mais que todas as medalhas?
Kyra Gracie, 26 anos, adotou uma missão como faixa-preta de Jiu-Jitsu. Para retribuir tudo que o Jiu-Jitsu deu a ela, a campeã quer ser um…
What’s Jiu-Jitsu got to do with capoeira?
Before the career that netted him four Jiu-Jitsu World Championship titles, Rubens “Charles” Cobrinha was a msaterful capoeira stylist, having gotten his start in the…
Samuel Braga reclaims berimbolo paternity and offers 3 Jiu-Jitsu pointers
Jiu-Jitsu world champion Samuel Braga (Gracie Barra-BH) has been a bit peeved about this business of the “berimbolo” belonging only to the Mendes brothers(Atos). “That's…
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…
7 Jiu-Jitsu aces teach effective mount escapes
In Jiu-Jitsu, whether in or out of the gi, the main mount escape is pretty much always the same: trap a foot, grab an arm…
Helio versus Kimura, sixty years on
By the Valente Brothers Sixty years ago, on October 23, 1951, arguably the most important fight in Jiu-Jitsu history took place in Rio de Janeiro.…