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Avoiding Fatigue In BJJ
Many times I’ve seen relatively well-conditioned BJJ guys exhausted on the mat after a tough roll and pant “Must….*pa...
Cop Applies Perfect Armbar On Much Larger Suspect
This cop obviously knows a thing or two about BJJ. He applied what Gracie Breakdown described as a “PERFECT” (yes, th...
Sandbagging In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
In this video, “sandbagging” simply means “holding a people back in rank so they have a competitive edge.” Let’s say ...
The Most Important Sequence In BJJ
BJJ has a glossary of hundreds of individual techniques. It is useful to chain the individual techniques together int...
Why Do People Quit Jiu-Jitsu?
Why do people quit Brazilian jiu-jitsu? On the Grappling Central podcast, Renzo Gracie black belt Shawn Williams gave...
Required Reading And Viewing For Jiu-Jitsu
Somehow you got exposed to BJJ and now you want to know all about it. You could never watch all of the YouTube videos...
A Tip For Rolling With Higher Belts
If you’re a white or blue belt, you will more often be the proverbial “nail” rather than the “hammer.” Is your best s...
How To Tire An Opponent Out
In my previous article for the Jiu-jitsu Times we looked at some of the factors that fatigue a fighter. Today let’s l...
How Hard Should You Roll?
How hard should you roll? This is a complicated question because obviously it depends on whom you’re rolling against ...
Gassing Out In A Fight
One of Grandmaster Helio Gracie’s fight strategies was to play a tight defense and allow the opponent to tire himself...
Rickson Gracie On Breathing
Have you seen the Rickson Gracie Seminar video where he gives his philosophy of the importance of proper breathing? H...
Quit The Gi And Do 10th Planet?
This week, 2nd-degree black belt Nick “Chewy” Albin got a question from a viewer about quitting gi BJJ and going to 1...