A produção da Gracie Barra, chamada Gracie Barra 3.0, traz o faixa-coral de Jiu-Jitsu ensinando suas melhores tecnicas em DVD. A produção está programada para 2015. Confira abaixo o teaser da produção:

Gustavo Dantas vs. Adriano Santiago

Black Belt Gustavo Dantas launched the BJJ Mental Coach to help competitors have a more balanced mindset for a better performance.

In this video-interview with Budo Videos, he talks about his own example after a tough loss in the 2014 Worlds Masters Championship.

Watch the interview and know more about the program at thebjjmentalcoach.com

You can also pre-order the set of DVDs.

The filming was completed but not without some seriously funny bloopers that were made into this compilation video. Not only will you laugh at the great chemistry between Cyborg and Buchecha but you can learn a lot about what goes into the making of these Jiu-Jitsu technique DVDs and how much much focus and patience is needed.

Enjoy:

The champ at UFC 1 in photo by Master Susumu Nagao / GRACIEMAG archives

Seen the special on Royce Gracie in the UFC yet? Check out this taster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBTOMq-FWI

O campeão do UFC 1, em foto do mestre Susumu Nagao / Arquivos GRACIEMAG.

Em parceria com a Sony Music, o GRACIEMAG.com orgulhosamente apresenta uma promoção para mexer com os amantes de Jiu-Jitsu e fãs do UFC. O prêmio: um DVD oficial com a saga do faixa-preta pioneiro do octagon, o aclamado “Ultimate Royce Gracie”.

São seis horas de material, com entrevistas, cenas de bastidores e batalhas inesquecíveis. E para você ganhar, é simples como os golpes encaixados por Royce.

Primeiro, basta você seguir o GRACIEMAG.com no Twitter (clique aqui) ou curtir no Facebook – sim, pois será pelas redes sociais que vamos localizar o vencedor.

O segundo passo, agora. Responda: por que Royce Gracie virou seu herói?

A melhor resposta será premiada com um DVD. O leitor pode responder normalmente, aqui embaixo no espaço de comentários, ou pode ousar: vale desenhar, fazer uma arte, uma música e até postar um vídeo no YouTube. Não importa o formato da resposta, e sim a criatividade. Para enviar algo para a gente, faça pelo email ultimateroyce@graciemag.com .

O resultado sai no início do dia 16. É só na próxima sexta-feira. Até lá, capriche! E não esqueça de seguir-nos no Twitter e Facebook para acompanhar mais promoções.

Confira um aperitivo do DVD abaixo. Para saber mais sobre os outros filmes oficiais do UFC, clique aqui.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBTOMq-FWI

The wife of Professor João Crus was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer and will soon undergo surgery. At this trying time, Cruz did what all fighters learn to do over the years of Jiu-Jitsu: he pulled up his sleeves and went to battle, seeking the strength and especially the resources to make everything turn out alright.

“I received a number of invitations to teach seminars at the academies of my friends, so as to raise the money needed for her treatment,” recounts João.

The next seminar will be in Houston, on December 4. The complete program is on Crus’s website.

The teachers also released a new DVD to help raise funds. It’s called “Omoplata Game”, and is a four-DVD set teaching the tricks to the omoplata from the closed and open guard, omoplata sweeps, escapes, and finishes.

Hone your game and do a good deed. Get yours by clicking here.

A esposa do professor João Crus foi diagnosticada recentemente com câncer cervical, e será operada em breve. Neste momento difícil, Crus fez o que todo lutador aprende durante os anos de Jiu-Jitsu: arregaçou as mangas e foi à luta, buscando forças e especialmente recursos para que tudo dê certo.

“Eu recebi uma série de convites para dar seminários nas academias de amigos, para levantar parte do dinheiro necessário para o tratamento dela”, conta João.

O próximo seminário será em Houston, no dia 4 de dezembro. A programação completa está no site de Crus. Clique aqui e confira.

O professor lançou, ainda, um DVD novo para ajudar a angariar fundos. Trata-se do título “Omoplata game”, uma caixa com quatro DVDs ensinando os macetes para a omoplata da guarda fechada e aberta, raspagens da omoplata, saída e finalizações.

Afie seu jogo e faça uma boa ação. Adquira já, clicando aqui.

Marcio Feitosa

If you haven’t heard of Carlos Gracie Jr, you probably have no ears. If you have no ears, it’s probably because you’re the first man who ever rolled with Carlos Gracie Jr, and he ground you so deep into the mat you only just now climbed back out.

This advanced curriculum was developed by Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and has been taught at all Gracie Barra Premium Schools worldwide! Volume 01 covers weeks 1-16 and all techniques are demonstrated by multiple-time world champion and Gracie Barra Head Instructor, Professor Marcio Feitosa.

Enough dilly-dallying, go order your copy today from Budo Videos!

Will hoje trabakha como árbitro. Foto: Carlos Ozório

Desde que sofreu um acidente de moto em dezembro de 2008, Will Ribeiro luta pela recuperação. O lutador do WEC, com o apoio do irmão Wladimir Alves, disponibiliza um DVD com alguns dos seus melhores momentos nos ringues para ajudar no tratamento.

“Fiz questão de fazer um projeto de corpo e alma, que lembrasse o filme ‘Menina de Ouro’. Todas as pessoas se emocionaram, principalmente na hora das fotos, ficou realmente emocionante. Abraços e muito obrigado de coração a todos que têm nos ajudado e são fãs do Will”, fala Wladimir.

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The Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Fundamentals, four-DVD set was recently released to the public and I had the chance to sit down and review it for GRACIEMAG.com.

As a blue belt, I’m a self-proclaimed BJJ “addict,” a novice student who asks a lot of questions about the sport and longs to learn how to put all the techniques together efficiently and effectively. I’m always looking for tools to educate myself on the subject so, I was happy to check it out.

Marcio Feitosa orienting other black belts at GB America. Photos: Mike Pesh.

The GB Fundamentals DVD set is a comprehensive, 16-week curriculum that covers 32 classes (two a week) and over 60 BJJ techniques in the series. It’s comprised of BJJ and self-defense strategies that are divided into three phases, which include avoiding strikes, creating tight clinches, performing takedowns, and once on the ground, how to improve your level of control over your opponents through submission moves. The DVD set is geared towards both beginning BJJ students (including those with no BJJ background at all) and advanced students looking to master their BJJ skills.

The instructor in the videos is the Head Instructor of GB America, Marcio Feitosa. Feitosa is a 3rd-degree black belt who became a GB student at the age of 12 and a Jr. Instructor at the age of 14 at GB’s Main School in Brazil. He is a 3-time World BJJ Champion and Abu Dhabi champion, Brazilian Nationals, Brazilian Team Tournament and Pan Ams Champion. He grew up on the GB mats under the guidance of Master Carlos Gracie Jr., so he is an obvious choice to teach Master Carlos’ BJJ methods and philosophies.

I spoke with Flavio Almeida, Director of the GB Association, about the GB Fundamentals DVD to see what he thought I would get out of them, “How cool is it for you as a student to be able to review all the BJJ techniques you practice in class, at home? Regardless of a person’s belt level, there is always something new to learn or revisit. At the same time, you can better understand the history and philosophy of BJJ by watching the Master Carlos Gracie Jr. interview.”

Almeida went on to say, “There are over 300 GB schools worldwide. The majority of these schools use this curriculum to introduce their students to BJJ. But this video is not just geared to GB schools and students. It’s a huge asset that the whole BJJ community now has available to them, so we’re hoping that every BJJ school will use it. Master Carlos is the son of the founder of the art of BJJ. He learned BJJ from the source, including from his brother Rolls and his uncle Helio. This video represents what he defined as the fundamental techniques for BJJ and it’s a contribution from GB to the BJJ community at large.”

After my inspiring interview with Almeida, I went home to watch the video, armed with the knowledge that BJJ is like a puzzle and that each technique I learn is one more piece that will help me put the whole puzzle together. He told me that the purpose of these videos is to compliment my training. There is no order to the GB Fundamentals. Like a puzzle, I can add pieces to my over-all BJJ picture, by choosing whatever set of techniques I’d like to learn more about on any given day.

I started the video set by watching the Master Carlos Gracie Jr. interview. Listening to Master Carlos speak, I was impressed to learn that when he created a new school in Barra da Tijuca, he wanted to give the school an identity more relational to the city itself than to himself, so he called it Gracie Barra. He said that there were so many other Gracies involved in the school, he didn’t want to value his own name only. He wanted to put the focus on the entity as a group and not one person. This selfless, community-oriented vision impresses upon the viewer the true character of this inspirational leader.

After the interview, I moved onto the actual techniques. There are four volumes to the DVD set. Volume 1 covers Defending the Guard, Volume 2 trains on Side Mount Control & Escape, Volume 3 describes Back Control & Escape, and Volume 4 instructs on Passing the Guard. I started with Volume 1 and I have to say, I was instantly transfixed. The videos cover all of the classroom training that we receive during a regular Fundamentals class, but the video is far more descriptive than classroom training. Feitosa spends a lot of time explaining and detailing out each technique.

BJJ fundamentals: from Carlos Gracie Jr's mind to files, and now to DVD.

For example, in instructing on the Front Choke Escape 1 and Ready Stance, Feitosa explains why you’d use this technique – to escape whenever someone grabs our neck. He then instructs on every aspect and detail of the technique from keeping your feet parallel and getting a good stance, to shrugging your shoulders and tucking your chin down because it makes it impossible to be choked, to bending down and making a shield in case of leg strikes to stepping back and circling your head out to prepare your ready stance, along with every aspect of ready stance – what to cover, measuring distance, and learning to walk in your ready stance (he makes a whole drill out of it).

As I watched, I realized that this instruction probably added at least 10 extra minutes to each technique learned in class with extra time spent on the finer points of each technique; things they don’t have time to teach in class, but are very important to learning the overall fundamental technique. For a question-asker like me, the video answered questions I could ever think of asking about each technique. I found myself nodding in assent to Feitosa saying, “OH!  Now I get it. That makes sense to me.” If I had been watching the video with a friend, I would have made her get on the floor with me to practice each technique until I mastered it.

All in all, the GB Fundamentals DVD is a great educational tool for BJJ students to support their learning at home – it’s definitely worth the investment in your BJJ training.

Os DVDs revelam todas as posições e técnicas ensinadas durante 16 semanas no Programa de Iniciantes, desenvolvido para toda a rede de academias da Gracie Barra. Traz, ainda, uma entrevista com o fundador da equipe, Carlos Gracie Jr, sobre a história do Jiu-Jitsu e sua evolução até os dias de hoje.

Para saber mais sobre os DVDs ou adquiri-los, acesse www.graciebarrastore.com.