Gigi and Worlds: “The kids don’t try winning from the top anymore”
Team Alliance, under the captainship of Master Romero Jacaré, won the World Championship yet again this year, but not all the school’s teachers are 100%…
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Is winning the Worlds brown belt absolute as tough as winning at black?
In the recent history of the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, not too many winners of the brown belt absolute didn’t go on to become superstars of…
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…
Bochecha and the art of not folding in Jiu-Jitsu
Do you recall Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha's” first wave-making win in Jiu-Jitsu? The masterful guard player from team CheckMat of Santos, São Paulo, first came to the…
Check out 2012 Worlds brown belt absolute champ João Gabriel’s style
The brown belts João Gabriel Rocha of Soul Fighters and Felipe Pena of Gracie Barra put on a first-rate final in the absolute division of…
Stay calm and focused in BJJ, preaches American Cup champion
Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Inácio Neto of team Gracie Barra snapped up gold in the medium heavyweight division at last weekend's American Cup. The Piauí, Brazil-Omaha,…
American Cup 2012: Diego Herzog wins absolute gold in California
Day two from the 5th American Cup in San Jose, CA started out with the white belt competitors. And what they lacked in experience in…
Pan 2012 revelation Renato Cardoso, efficient brown belt absolute champion
He got the tapout in all nine of the matches he was in at the 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Irvine, California, snapping up gold…
Alliance loses champion hit by car in Brazil
A fast Audi, a drunk driver, and young Kaio César on the way. The 23 year-old Alliance Campinas athlete with a brilliant future in the…
The sponsor who sports a gi
GRACIEMAG.com sat down for a conversation with Brett Collins, the heading of marketing and sales at VersaClimber, a brand of exercise equipment investing heavily in…
Las Vegas Open “worth the drive”
Northwest Martial Arts Team Megaton's Brent Primus drove 15 hours from Eugene, Oregon, to get to the Las Vegas International Open, and it was definitely worth…
Brazilian Team Nationals to feature master division starting September
The September 24 Brazilian Team Nationals 2011 in Rio will bears some news that will please academies and fans: there will be a new master…