Organize your own jiu-jitsu drilling class, part 1
By Erin Herle Sometimes classes aren't enough to refine your technique. A lot of training can and will be done during scheduled classes at your…
Workouts
Three exercises to warm up your guard before training
Eduardo Carriello, the black-belt leader of Gracie Barra Oval in London, never starts a training session without a good dose of warm-up to loosen up…
Márcio André: Learn to strengthen your grips from several positions
After making a splash in the competitive BJJ scene in 2016, Nova União's Márcio André kindly taught a class to viewers of the Graciemag YouTube…
Remastered: The top 3 mistakes even BJJ pros make that can ruin your training
[First published in 2010.] One day, a curious teenage daughter asked her mother, “Mommy, why do you always cut off a third of the loaf…
Training for Warriors: Improve your training management skills
[First published in 2009. Scroll down for plain text. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] For a new training management Small…
Training for Warriors: Better guard? Get a grip!
[First published in 2008. Scroll down for plain text. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] During the last decade of training…
Ginástica Natural: Álvaro Romano teaches two types of push-ups
[First published in 2009.] Hammer push-up A. Start in this position, with one leg extended and the other bent. To start the movement, thrust yourself…
Training for Warriors: How to gain new strength from the old school
[First published in 2008. Scroll down for plain text. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] In training and in life, when…
Ginástica Natural: Three body-weight workouts with Álvaro Romano
[First published in 2009.] A. Start in this position, trying to lay your ankle on the ground and stretching the leg’s posterior musculature. B. When…
Ginástica Natural: The philosophy and the workouts, with Álvaro Romano
[First published in 2009. Scroll all the way down for plain text.] To many, Álvaro Romano, 52, is a genius. To those closest to…
Training for Warriors: Understand how the guillotine works
[First published in 2008. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] February 3rd was a very special day for me. Not only…
Video: Gilbert Durinho’s guillotine-sharpening workout
As the masters of Brazilian jiu-jitsu say, the guillotine is much more a matter of subtlety than force. But, often, we come across really resistant…