Ladies and gents, the belle taking a stand against closing out, Mackenzie Dern
The young Mackenzie Dern was the big name in the female brown belt division at the 2012 Worlds, which ended this past Sunday. At the…
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Worlds females: the lady winners of the 2012 BJJ Worlds
At the 2012 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship the female black belt finals materialized on Saturday, with at least one big-news result. Marina Ribeiro defeated Kyra Gracie…
Letícia Ribeiro’s lessons in BJJ, workout and grit: “Victory is a consequence”
Do you know anyone who's been in 14 Jiu-Jitsu World Championships? Apart from Wellington Megaton, we mean. Well that feat figures on the résumé of…
Royler Gracie leads his Gracie Humaita team to 2012 Worlds
At the Gracie Humaita Del Mar, California location run by black belt João Faria, a very focused Royler Gracie walks into the academy to lead…
Surprise from half-guard and finish with clock choke
Last week GRACIEMAG.com unearthed the perfect half-guard position for getting you out of that nasty situation of having an opponent bear his weight down on…
In Toronto, Jiu-Jitsu black belt in memoriam
Our GMA Jorge Britto, a Jiu-Jitsu professor living in Canada, got slammed with one of those losses that cause even the thickest-skinned athletes to break down.…
10 champions promising to shine at BJJ Worlds
It's a formality by now, at the start of each season we point out the revelations of the fledgling year, those less celebrated athletes promising…
Rafael Lovato’s Worlds chances: “It’s do or die”
Rafael Lovato, Jr. is no stranger to competition. The black belt from Oklahoma is the second-only American to ever win a Worlds Gi Jiu-Jitsu title,…
Jiu-Jitsu from father to son
This Friday, already warming up the engines for the weekend, GRACIEMAG.com dug through the YouTube treasure chest and unearthed some of our favorite videos of…
Zak Maxwell’s Jiu-Jitsu tips that caught Kron by surprise
Jiu-Jitsu black belt Zak Maxwell (Gracie Humaitá) caught his teammate Kron Gracie off guard in the under-74 kg final of the San Diego tryouts for…
Learn the calf crunch that shocked the UFC, from Tanquinho and Megaton
The calf crunch, a weapon of surprise in Jiu-Jitsu, finally had its moment in the sun last Saturday in Chicago, when Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira…
Red-and-black belt Royler Gracie’s lessons in Jiu-Jitsu, grit and love
There's no journey involving greater patience and determination than that of a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. Maybe just getting across the city of Rio de…