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Guard pass and two tapouts for two-time champ
Rio Open champion Guga teaches two ways to get to side control and finish.
Coach to beasts like Dan Henderson, Pantcho wins another in MMA
CheckMat black belt Ricardo “Pantcho” Feliciano won his third endeavor in MMA. This time, the fighter overcame Nick M...
Cavaca moves to Florida and gets ready for MMA debut
Jiu-Jitsu super-heavyweight world champion Rodrigo Cavaca is getting ready for a new endeavor. Besides making a defin...
Rodolfo, Durinho and Nicolini win in São Paulo
The eleventh installment of the São Paulo International took place this past weekend and some of Jiu-Jitsu’s biggest ...
Apotheosis of Jiu-Jitsu in Shanghai
The undeniable Jiu-Jitsu boom in Asia can be gauged by a number of barometers. For example: the ever-stronger Asian J...
CheckMat from Brasilia to China
After stopping through Brazil’s federal district, at the academies of professor Cesar Calouro and Maycom Araujo, who ...
Guga returns home from trip and celebrates 2nd Rio Open title
2009 Rio Open champion Luis “Guga” Gustavo of CheckMat had a repeat performance this season. Last Saturday at the Tij...
Ary Farias gives Worlds run-down and speaks his mind
Ary Farias, who was tipped by GRACIEMAG.com as one of the big names to make noise in 2010, lived up to expectations b...
Sweep with Rodrigo Cavaca
Learn from the ultraheavyweight world champion on the chess board at CheckMat academy.
CheckMat in mourning
Team CheckMat started the day in mourning this Saturday. One of the team’s black belt teachers, Felippe Porto passed ...
Bochecha’s destiny in the absolute
To compete at the Jiu-Jitsu world championship has become synonymous with two things for Marcus “Bochecha” Almeida: w...
Cavaca and the secrets behind his deadly footlock
There were a lot of standouts at the 2010 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, one of the most hotly-disputed since the inau...