Tech Tuesday: Kurt Osiander teaches a lapel choke from half-guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxhzVJ_6tsc Kurt Osiander joins forces with Anthony Bourdain for a special edition of his famous Move of the Week video series. If you watched…
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Breakdown: Matheus Diniz teaches surprise wrist lock he used to win at the Pan No-Gi
The 2015 Pan No-Gi black belt open class champion reveals his secret weapon. Matheus Diniz teaches the submission technique he used to defeat Garry Tonon…
HOW-TO: Tererê teaches a knee slicer to inverted half guard pass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvpSwq3Oi7o One of the most creative black belt of all times, Fernando Tererê is our Professor for this week at the HOW-TO Series. Watch…
Learn from GMA Mark Plavcan a creative way to get to the opponent’s back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0MW8C1Sc Black belt Mark Plavcan is the leader of GMA member academy Twisted Fitness/Alliance, in Madison, WI. He took a break in his classes…
Video: Smash and pass the half-guard with 5th degree black belt Renato Tavares
Fifth degree black belt GMA member Renato Tavares shows how to smash the half-guard and pass to get to the back in his new instructional…
Video: Augusto Tanquinho presents a pass from half guard that ends in ezekiel choke
One of the best ways to use techniques in Jiu-Jitsu is to combine them. Once you've created one situation, keep the momentum going. In the…
GM #211: The riddle of the half-guard
Caroline Gracie presents another issue of the best Jiu-Jitsu magazine in the world. This time, we went after world champion Celsinho Venícius for a class…
Video: Five ways to shut down and pass a nasty half guard
The half guard is a move that can be a position of strength for both the bottom player and the top player. Some people use…
Bernardo Faria talks Worlds and his blue belt half guard against Rodolfo Vieira
A lot of times we remember Jiu-Jitsu athletes in terms of their accomplishments or better yet, their signature moves. For the Mendes brothers it's the…
Video: Learn how to escape side control to a single leg with Oliver Geddes
Go back to basics with a twist. Half guard lover Oliver Geddes, black belt under Roger Gracie, demonstrates a technique that gets you out from…
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…
Learn a half-guard sweep from Eduardo Carreillo of GB London Bridge
Watch GMA member Eduardo Carreillo of Gracie Barra London Bridge teaches a half-guard sweep during his visit to the Gracie Barra HQ in Irvine, CA.…