GRACIEMAG 187 is chock full of teachings for improving your Jiu-Jitsu and life, and it’s already available at better bookstores around the world. In the cover story, your favorite Jiu-Jitsu magazine shines a spotlight on the subject of bullying, listing the eight main reasons why Jiu-Jitsu is the best medicine there is when it comes to combating mistreatment in everyday life. However, we didn’t stop at the painless antidote for bullying.

Below you’ll find 5 lessons to relish from the magazine for gentle-art practitioners of all ages, from 7 to 70 years of age or more.

1. Naïve is he who thinks he can evolve alone

The coolest thing about Jiu-Jitsu is how in training we always “create the snake that’s going to try and bite us.” In one of this month’s exclusive articles, GRACIEMAG teaches how to constantly flee your comfort zone—a task for the body and especially for the mind. “If you start tapping out a training partner with certain ease you have two options: to teach him to defend against the move or to stop evolving. When we feel too comfortable in a determined situation, it’s time to scramble the board to move the pieces out of place,” teaches Jiu-Jitsu professor Halisson Santos.

2. What can you learn from BJ Penn?

This month, we serve up 12 lessons derived from the career of the UFC’s beast from Hawaii. What’s one of them? “To this day, no one has managed to tell that a given method of training is the right one, the only one.”

3. “Steal with your eyes” at the academy

In this month’s White Page, Professor Federico Tisi addresses the importance of stretching before and after Jiu-Jitsu training, not neglecting self-defense and knowing your roots; as well as teaches us to steal with our eyes when training at the academy.

4. The nitty-gritty of the overhead sweep

GRACIEMAG # 187 features Professor José Henrique Leão Teixeira teaching the ins and outs and variations involved in successfully executing one of the most eyeful sweeps in the Jiu-Jitsu playbook. “Zé Beleza prefers grabbing the enemy gi at the elbows. He also prefers not to use the sole of his feet against the enemy hips,” says a certain snippet from TRAINING PROGRAM.

5. Coffee, herbal teas and the Gracie Diet

Grandmaster Helio Gracie recommended substituting sugary coffee with caffeine-free teas. Now that coffee has been linked to glaucoma and other illnessses, it shows that the original Jiu-Jitsu professor was at the very least on the right track. Read more about Helio Gracie and his behavior and diet tips, through lessons recounted by Grandmaster Francisco Mansur.

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A GRACIEMAG #188 já está à venda nas melhores bancas do país. Com uma fornada quetinha de ensinamentos para melhorar seu Jiu-Jitsu e sua vida. O artigo principal é sobre o Bullying, onde sua revista preferida da arte suave lista as oito principais razões pelas quais o Jiu-Jitsu é o melhor remédio contra as humilhações do cotidiano. Porém, não ficamos só com um antídoto indolor para o bullying.

Abaixo listamos 5 lições que voce vai se deleitar nas páginas da revista que é para todos os praticantes e fãs da arte suave, de 7 a 70 anos ou mais.

1. Ingênuo é aquele que crê evoluir sozinho

O grande barato do Jiu-Jitsu é, nos treinamentos, sempre “criar a cobra que vai tentar nos morder”. Num dos artigos exclusivos deste mês, GRACIEMAG ensina você a fugir constantemente da zona de conforto – uma tarefa para o corpo e em especial para a mente. “Se você passa a finalizar um companheiro de treino com certa facilidade, só existem duas opções. Ensiná-lo a defender o golpe ou parar de evoluir. Quando nos sentimos confortáveis demais em uma determinada situação, é hora de sacudir o tabuleiro para mudar as peças do lugar”, ensina o professor de Jiu-Jitsu Halisson Santos.

2. O que você pode aprender com BJ Penn?

Oferecemos, este mês, 12 lições tiradas da carreira do mostro havaiano do UFC. Uma delas? “Até hoje, ninguém conseguiu me dizer que tal forma de treinar é a forma certa, a única forma”.

3. “Roube com os olhos” na academia

Na Página Branca, o professor Federico Tisi fala da importância de alongar antes e depois do treino de Jiu-Jitsu; de não negligenciar a defesa pessoal; de conhecer suas raízes; e ensina o que é roubar com os olhos enquanto você treina na academia.

4. As engrenagens do balão

Na GRACIEMAG #188, professor José Henrique Leão Teixeira ensina detalhes e variações para você aplicar com sucesso uma das raspagens mais belas de toda a cartilha do Jiu-Jitsu. “Zé Beleza prefere dominar o kimono inimigo na altura dos cotovelos. Também não usa a sola dos pés contra os quadris do oponente”, diz certo trecho do PLANO DE AULA.

5. Café, chás e a Dieta Gracie

Grande mestre Helio Gracie recomendava a substituição de café açucarado por chás descafeinados. Em tempos em que o café tem sido apontado como agente causador de glaucoma e outros males, isso demonstra que o professor, no mínimo, estava na pista certa. Leia mais sobre Helio Gracie e suas dicas de comportamento e alimentação, em lições desfiadas pelo grande mestre Francisco Mansur.

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GMA member Federico Tisi invites all for the 2012 Italian BJJ Open.

It will be held on Saturday the May 12^th 2012.

The registration deadline is midnight May 5th, Central European time.

Tisi just released the medals for the event.

BJJ is finally regulated and promoted by the newly born UIJJ (Unione Italiana Jiu-Jitsu) under request of the IBJJF (Internationl BJJ Federation).

UIJJ has chosen Rome and Palatiziano as location for the first Italian Open ChampionshipPalatiziano, the Palazzeto of the Sport in Rome will be the arena hosting this major event.

With its 3500 seats for the odeon, journalists spots with internet connection and a very powerful audio/video system with 120 linear meters of led displays and 2 huge video wall of 6 meters by 4 meters, this location with an historical value will be the perfect environment for a great event.

In this first edition of the Italian BJJ Open 2012 the winners of the open division will be awarded with a Voucher for a free registration at the European Championship 2013, in Lisbon.

All the first, second and third positioned in their categories will receive gold, silver and bronze medals conceived and realized for the event.

Master Jean Jacques Machado is coming to Italy and will attend the Championship awarding the most important prizes.

For more info, go to bjjopen.com.

Rome is going to host the first edition of the Italian BJJ Open Championship.

It will be held on Saturday the May 12^th 2012.

BJJ is finally regulated and promoted by the newly born UIJJ (Unione Italiana Jiu-Jitsu) under request of the IBJJF (Internationl BJJ Federation).

UIJJ has chosen Rome and Palatiziano as location for the first Italian Open ChampionshipPalatiziano, the Palazzeto of the Sport in Rome will be the arena hosting this major event.

With its 3500 seats for the odeon, journalists spots with internet connection and a very powerful audio/video system with 120 linear meters of led displays and 2 huge video wall of 6 meters by 4 meters, this location with an historical value will be the perfect environment for a great event.

In this first edition of the Italian BJJ Open 2012 the winners of the open division will be awarded with a Voucher for a free registration at the European Championship 2013, in Lisbon.

All the first, second and third positioned in their categories will receive gold, silver and bronze medals conceived and realized for the event.

Master Jean Jacques Machado is coming to Italy and will attend the Championship awarding the most important prizes.

For more info, go to bjjopen.com.

GMA member Federico Tisi will be doing a seminar next November 12th.

The leader of the FT Jiu-Jitsu network, with academies all over Italy, will be in Reggio Emilia.

The cost of the class30 Euros.

For more info, go to letsdance.it, federicotisi.com