Roger Gracie Promotes His First Female Black Belt in UK
Yasmine Wilson is the newest female Black Belt in UK. She trains under GMA Kev Capel, Roger Gracie in Buckinghamshire. Yas was promoted to…
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Jackson Sousa of Checkmat receives his black belt from Ricardo Vieira
On Saturday, Oct. 12 Jackson Sousa received his black belt from Ricardo Vieira of the Checkmat team. This past June he came to his first…
Video: UFC champ Cain Velasquez gets his BJJ black belt
In addition to being a UFC champion and NCAA Division 1 wrestler, Cain Velasquez is now a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. The American Kickboxing Academy…
UFC’s Diego Sanchez gets BJJ black belt from GMA Roberto Tussa
UFC lightweight fighter Diego Sanchez is a well-rounded mixed martial artist. Now he can beef up his résumé with a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. Sanchez was…
GMA Technique: Christian Uflacker teaches guard pass with armbar transition
Gracie Magazine Association (GMA) member Christian Uflacker of Uflacker Academy in Chicago took some time to show a great guard pass from De La Riva.…
GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis earns another black belt, Jena Bishop
American brown belt world champion, Jena Bishop, was promoted to black belt by Master Royler Gracie on July 13 at GMA Gracie Humaita St. Louis.…
Keenan Cornelius promoted to black belt
The moment many people in the Jiu-Jitsu community were waiting for finally happened this Saturday, Sept. 14. Phenomenon Keenan Cornelius was promoted to the rank…
GMA Technique: Black-belt Carlos Eduardo teaches counterattack to armbar
Gracie Magazine Association (GMA) member Carlos Eduardo of Gracie Barra Placentia took some time to teach us a counterattack technique that allows a practitioner to…
Watch Lucas Lepri & Vitor Oliveira at Atlanta Open in back-and-forth match
The 2013 IBJJF Atlanta Open is in the books with results officially marked. One of the best and most exciting matches of the day was…
GRACIEMAG Video: Learn a pass-to-submission technique with Gracie Barra’s Martin Morachimo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcfRqm466d0 GRACIEMAG stopped by Gracie Barra Santa Ana to chat with resident black belt Martin Morachimo. In this video, Martin teaches a pass-to-submission technique that has…
Checkmat’s Janni Larsson receives black belt after four world titles in two years
We have a new female on the black belt roster today as Janni Larsson earns her final belt rank. The Checkmat team member won double…
Andre Galvao surprises long-time student with black belt promotion
On August 8, GMA member Andre Galvao gave a surprise promotion to one of his students at his San Diego, CA location. This belt promotion…