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The Most Dangerous Throw in Judo & BJJ
There’s a good reason that the extremely effective throw Kani Basami has been banned in all Judo and most BJJ competi...
2014 Pan Kids: Atos Jiu-Jitsu tops podium; other results
The 2014 Pan Kids took place at the Cal State Dominguez Hills University, this Sunday, Feb. 16th in Carson, CA. The m...
Self Defense, Competition, and Performing In High Pressure Situations
Performance under pressure is always tricky. In fact a lot of martial arts practitioners worry about whether they’d ...
Podcast EP19: Clark Gracie on Training, Competing, and Growing up Gracie
This is a great interview with 2013 Pan Am BJJ Champion Clark Gracie. He shares a ton of cool info. You can listen t...
Gracie Barra launches new website to integrate the Jiu-Jitsu experience
Gracie Barra has launched a new website. The idea of the new page is to integrate all sides of the Jiu-Jitsu experien...
IBJJF opens registrations to multiple events in 2014
It’s already 2014 for the IBJJF. The calendar for the next year is already in full swing. If you want, you can regist...
Lapeloplatas, Feet on Lapel Spider Guards, & Other Gi BJJ Tricks
My friend Ostap Manastyrski and I recently shot a video about the evolving trend in the competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jit...
Keenan Cornelius’s Inverted Spinning Armbar Explained…
In the No Gi super fight at the 2013 BJJ Expo between Keenan Cornelius and Lucas Leite there was an absolutely specta...
Watch the highlights of the Gracie Barra Compnet Nationals
Gracie Barra held its National event last October 19, in Irvine, California. Watch the highlights with interviews fro...
Master Carlos Gracie Jr. talks about the importance of the GB Compnet
The Gracie Barra Compnet American Nationals happened Saturday, Oct. 19th in Irvine, California. GB internal tournamen...
NY Pride Championship XVIII on Dec. 7 ends early registration on Oct. 15!
The next NY Pride Championship event is set for Saturday, Dec. 7 at York College in Jamaica, NY.GMA members Milton Al...
The Easiest Way to Do the Berimbolo
At the bottom of this post is a Youtube video I just created to show the easiest way to do the Berimbolo.
Now if you’...