Use your weight for the finish in side-control, with Ary Farias
A many-time Brazilian national champion and runner-up at this year's Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, having closed out with Guilherme Mendes, Ary Farias is one of the…
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Learn to exit the berimbolo and finish from back mount, with Jiu-Jitsu ace Paulo Miyao
In Jiu-Jitsu, winning's great. But what really makes the effort worthwhile is putting on a great show, giving it your best shot, and etching your…
3 key Jiu-Jitsu tips for avoiding subs from back mount
Another European Jiu-Jitsu Championship comes to a close, and yet again the most oft-used finishes were chokes from back mount, as basic as they are…
Photos from day one at highly competitive Europeans 2012
Take a look at the first photos showing the mood and scenery at day one of the European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2012 in Lisbon. Plenty of…
How about using a Carlson Gracie-forged choke?
Gutenberg Melo, one of the 109 black belts produced by late Grandmaster Carlson Gracie, was in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, last weekend. In that…
8 lessons from the best Jiu-Jitsu fighter at UFC 141
If you're an MMA fan, you surely watched the frolic the young featherweight Jimy "The Kid" Hettes (Almeida BJJ) had in the octagon against deft-fisted Californian…
Double attack à la Zé Radiola
Gracie Barra Pernambuco leader José Olímpio da Rocha, better known as “Zé Radiola”, has produced grappling-arts beasts of the caliber of brother Bráulio and Victor…
Adjust your back attack
The new GracieBarra.com website is going off, with loads of information and positional videos. Below, Professor Rodrigo “Farol,” one of the instructors at GB Campinas,…
Pass the De La Riva guard and take the neck with Barral
Here, Rômulo Barral (Gracie Barra) shows how to pass the De La Riva guard and attack with a choke from the knee on belly. Check…
Start on the guard and go for the back
Have you seen Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” moves at the featherweight finals, during No-Gi World Championship? Against Justin Rader, the Alliance’s black belt worked on the…
Use the lapel more often!
Learn in this video how to use the lapel to back attack or go for the armbar. Good training! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3AeerWulHU
UFC 139 “reveals” new submission ace
Jiu-Jitsu didn’t only appear at UFC 139 as a plastic finalization by Urijah Faber over the former champion Brian Bowles. The art was in evidence…