Bernardo Faria talks Worlds and his blue belt half guard against Rodolfo Vieira
A lot of times we remember Jiu-Jitsu athletes in terms of their accomplishments or better yet, their signature moves. For the Mendes brothers it's the…
Interviews
Flavio Almeida: “Is Jiu-Jitsu something you do or is it a part of what you are?”
Black belt Flavio Almeida, GMA member at Gracie Barra Dana Point and Gracie Barra San Clemente, was recently promoted to the rank of 4th degree.…
Rafa Mendes talks Worlds 2014 final against Cobrinha: “I’m happy my plan worked out”
Rafael Mendes continues his flawless career in Jiu-Jitsu. On June 1st, the Atos featherweight competitor exited victorious from the IBJJF Worlds for the fourth time;…
Brown belt world title for 36-year-old Ram Ananda: “I am proof that it’s just a self imposed limiting belief”
Ram Ananda of Cobrinha BJJ is proof that age is just a number. At 36 years young, he won the brown belt light-featherweight division at…
Cyborg: “I’m sure that a new match with Buchecha will be a brawl”
We made a terrible mistake when we wrote our first analysis of the black belt division for the 2014 Worlds. We left Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu…
Black belt world champion Tammi Musumeci: “I guess I was, am, and will continue to be a big nerd”
At nineteen years old, black belt Tammi Musumeci has made us all look incompetent. Not that she means to, but she definitely stands out as…
Exclusive: Fabricio Werdum on training with Cobrinha, “TUF” vs. Cain
GRACIEMAG: How are you leading up to this decisive clash with Travis Browne at the April 19 UFC in Orlando? FABRICIO WERDUM: I feel in the…
Purple belt Sarah Black on training late in life: “I do everything I can to be as effective as possible.”
A stand-out competitor and instructor at Gustavo Dantas' GDJJ Academy, Sarah Black sets an example for many. She didn't start training when she was a…
Video: Gustavo Dantas’ words have the power to make you “acredite” in your own success
In 1998 Gustavo Dantas competed for the first time in the United States as a brown belt featherweight. A streak of losses back home in…
Pan champion Tim Spriggs conquers at brown belt, sets sights on black belt world title
One of the stand-outs set to make a statement even before the 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship was Tim Spriggs of Crazy 88/Team Lloyd Irvin. The…
Sperry: “We define ourselves by the opponents we choose to face”
Winner of an ADCC superfight on October 20, Zé Mario Sperry had an instructive chat with GRACIEMAG about his win over Fábio Gurgel in China.…
Out of ADCC China, Leandro Lo makes plans in Jiu-Jitsu and moves up to middleweight
Current two-time lightweight world champion by the IBJJF, black-belt Leandro Lo goes through a slower phase in his training. One of the reasons for this…