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BJJ Concepts: Otavio Sousa Helps You to Build a Strong Closed Guard Game
In a new series, we bring you some of the best black belts in the business to explain basic concepts of some of the m...
Make 2017 Better Than Ever With Advice from these 5 Superstars!
The new year is hours away. It’s time to evaluate what we’ve done in the past 12 months, but also start planing for w...
5 Jiu-Jitsu Accomplishments That Surely Made Your Life Better in 2016
Another year is coming to an end and we naturally look back to see what we were able to accomplish in the past 12 mon...
Gui Mendes Teaches You How to Counter the Leg Weave and Finish From the X-Guard
The Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy, in Costa Mesa, California, is one of the best sources to learn Jiu-Jitsu in the USA. Br...
Roger Gracie Teaches How to Transition From the Collar Choke Setup to the Armbar
10X black belt world champion Roger Gracie is known for his simple but extremely efficient style of Jiu-Jitsu. If it’...
5 Matches We Would Like to Ask Santa to Make it Happen in 2017
The holidays are here, so it’s time to ask Santa for our presents. As we think about Jiu-Jitsu 24/7, we thought it wo...
Free fight: watch Tererê vs. Shaolin at Polaris 4
It’s one of the biggest Jiu-Jitsu classics of all times. Black belt world champion Fernando Tererê and Vitor Shaolin ...
Keenan Teaches You How to Give Your Opponent No Chance to Escape Side Control
Keenan Cornelius needs no introduction. The young men who shocked the world in 2012, when he won the double grand sla...
Got Your Opponent’s Back? Felipe Pena Teaches Two Ways to Finish It Fast
Black belt Felipe Pena has said multiple times that attacks from the back are his speciality. This Saturday, once aga...
Tech Thursday: Jean Jacques Machado Teaches a Rolling Collar Choke
Red and black belt Jean Jacques Machado is one of those guys you wish we had the internet like we have today to be ab...
Cyborg: “Jiu-Jitsu runs in my veins. As long as I’m healthy I will be ready to fight anyone.”
Roberto Abreu, aka Cyborg, is back. After having to deal with a series of injuries in the past two years, the 2013 AD...
Lesson of the Day: Join the Class and Learn a Guard Pass From Otavio Sousa
Join the class at Gracie Barra Huntington Beach, California, in the first video of a new series. The Lesson of the Da...