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What Do White Belts Need to Learn in Their 1st Year of BJJ?
by guest author Mark Mullen
I’m currently in Rio de Janeiro doing a little training in BJJ. While here I have met a ...
The dangers of slamming and how to prevent your opponent from picking you up
In most Jiu-Jitsu tournaments the list of illegal techniques contains the obvious eye-gouging and punching. The more ...
Happy birthday to Joao Assis; see how he likes to open the guard
Today is CheckMat super heavyweight black belt Joao Assis’ birthday. The big 30, celebrate by watching a video of Joa...
Watch here! Webinar with the Estima Brothers
After a thrilling World Championship last weekend, GRACIEMAG comes back with an amazing live webinar. Braulio Estima ...
How to Counter the Stupidest Closed Guard Break Ever – The Elbow Grind on the Inner Thighs
Grinding away on your inner thighs is the favourite (and often only) closed guard breaking strategy of meathead grapp...
Copa Podio: Xande Ribeiro passes the guard of Braulio Estima and talks about his feat
The superfight between Xande Ribeiro and Braulio Estima at Copa Podio on Sunday, May 5, in Rio represented the City C...
Watch Otavio Sousa vs. Calasans; confirm your presence for our live webinar
Have you confirmed your presence at the exclusive live webinar with world champion Otávio Sousa? The middleweight 201...
What is the Closed Guard?
Here’s a short 1:30 minute video breakdown of me explaining the basics of the closed guard.
And just to keep things i...
My 2 Best Triangle Choke Escapes
Today I want to share my two best triangle choke escapes with you.
I’ve experimented with lots of different triangle ...
The Easiest Triangle Choke Followup
One of my newsletter readers recently had an interesting question for me:
Q: “Hi Stephan, I have this training partn...
Roadmap for BJJ Package Now Available Again!
A few years ago I released the Roadmap for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructional package.
This is a multi-component produ...
4 Tips to Pass ANY Guard
Passing the guard of a skilled opponent is one of the hardest things to do in BJJ.
If you don’t believe me, take a lo...