Further your studies to sweep from half-guard more efficiently
Stuck on bottom playing half-guard? Well, what you need to do now is make sure your opponent doesn’t hug your head and weigh on you.…
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Know how to escape mount when the pressure rises?
Ricardo Cavalcanti is a GMA of ours and the leader at Carlson Gracie Las Vegas, Nevada. “At every seminar I teach, I learn as well. Everyone has…
UFC fighter lets slip formula for winning Brazilian No-Gi Nationals: “I’m going to bluff”
A Jiu-Jitsu black belt who fights in the UFC middleweight division, Caio “Hellboy” Magalhães is one of the favorites to win gold at the Brazilian…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu’s about using your hips wisely
GRACIEMAG #185 is now in bookstores the world over, bringing you all you need to know about the hips. The issue is packed with pointers…
Are UFC fighters neglecting the Kimura? David Avellan thinks so
A Jiu-Jitsu black belt and veteran ADCC competitor, David Avellan has a theory. To him, Jiu-Jitsu offers a heck of a shortcut for reversing out…
Learn a sweep taught by Ricardo de la Riva and Minotauro in Rio
Held last July 30 in Copacabana, the Gi and No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu seminar taught by Rodrigo Minotauro and Ricardo de la Riva was an instructive…
Comprido black belt gets knockout; check out his style against ex-UFC fighter
A black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and owner of a number of IBJJF titles, Jonatas Novaes saw MMA action this Saturday, June 16, at SF Shofight…
Are you wise to the armdrag in Jiu-Jitsu and MMA?
The other day two 15-year-old boys were having a conversation at a restaurant in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza when one asked, “What's an armdrag?”…
Defend like Chael Sonnen’s favorite Jiu-Jitsu champion
The next challenger to Anderson Silva's middleweight strap, Chael Sonnen dropped his guard in an interview on Brazil's Sportv network, pointing out the five Brazilian…
A guard passer-foiling counter-attack, by André Pederneiras
The opponent is pressuring strong and close to passing your guard in a bout of Jiu-Jitsu. What now? What to do? Relax! GRACIEMAG.com's got you…
As Jeff Glover teaches, the scissor sweep is handy in the modern Jiu-Jitsu half-guard game
Few aspects of Jiu-Jitsu have gone through such great evolution as the sweep, a maneuver where the practitioner starts out on bottom and ends up…
Seize the moment and rally back!
It's a Jiu-Jitsu lesson that can also serve as advice for the year 2012, now just around the corner. As our GMA in Texas João…