Techniques
Defense and BJJ: Ryan Gracie’s favorite side mount escape
Famous for his aggressive style in BJJ and MMA, Ryan Gracie had not just courage, determination and physical strength, but also an array of often…
ABCs of the mount
[We're updating this with another free video. You can check out individual programs here or get All-Access here.] In another week packed with learning at…
Learn to adjust the knee on the stomach as taught by Carlson Gracie
Does your knee-on-belly lack the pressure you wish it had? As Carlson Gracie Jr. taught us, the trick may be a little higher up --…
Training Program: Outrageous attacks your opponents will underestimate
[First published in 2013.]
Felipe Preguiça teaches how to pass the spider guard in one swoop
In 2014, Felipe Preguiça taught some students from Team Moraes, in Rio, how to pass the spider guard in one swoop, and Graciemag was present…
Mission: open guard
[We're updating this with another free video. You can check out individual programs here or get All-Access here.] In another special week of Renzo Gracie…
Video: Sergio Capella’s detail so you don’t lose the hook sweep
Do you usually have trouble hook-sweeping? Today our friends from Laranjeiras Jiu-Jitsu Club, in Rio, bring you quite the gift, then: a detail for when…
Practical lesson: Learn how to control the back, with Rogério Poggio
Do you still have trouble attacking from the back and stabilizing the control with both hooks? Then check out this blitz by Prof. Rogério Poggio…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu takedown counter-attack with two chokes
From GFTeam Colonia, nowadays representing RioJitsu in Minnesota, USA, Diego Brito showed that his willpower and his dreams of living for Jiu-Jitsu would be much…
Rodolfo Vieira teaches how to get from side control to the triangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9oEaHVNN4 Back in 2013, Rodolfo Vieira, the 2011 absolute BJJ world champion, made a video teaching Graciemag readers a no-gi technique. Enjoy it with…
Demian Maia’s detail for easily opening the closed guard in BJJ
Widely regarded as one of the most skillful users of jiu-jitsu inside an MMA cage, Demian Maia has an exclusive lesson for Graciemag readers. In…