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The Importance of Stretching to Reduce Muscle Damage
Stretching is often something that people forget to do at the beginning or end of a training session, because they ar...
The Miracle Benefits of Ginger to Muscle Health
Nowadays, most devoted Jiu Jitsu athletes do extracurricular activities to complement their BJJ training, whether to ...
Gracie Diet: Pan-Roasted Halibut with Pea Puree
Looking for a healthy and low calorie meal to vary your lunch and dinner menu? GRACIEMAG suggests this delicious fish...
Lifestyle: Power Punch Vegan Chocolate Shake
Did you know that in the Aztec society, Cacao or chocolate was known as “food of the gods” and, it was recognized as ...
Learn 8 stretches to open up your hips for the gentle art
The most important part of a fighter’s body is his or her core. Strengthening your hips, abs, back and lower back is ...
Gracie Diet: Optimize your performance in Jiu-Jitsu with a complex carbo-load
Jiu-Jitsu practitioners looking to improve athletic performance or every active person who would like to have more st...
Roll: a documentary on the Jiu-Jitsu community in SoCal
They are out there and their numbers grow every day. You see them at the check-out lines of every organic foods marke...
Do you know “Ginastica Natural”?
The “Natural Gymnastics” was developed 25 years ago by world-fitness Professor Alvaro Romano. Living in Rio de Janeir...
Gain more flexibility on the mats with these top 3 stretching exercises for martial artists
Improving flexibility will lead you to a better movement on the mats, amplifying your range of motion, and a more acc...
Need new strength and conditioning exercise ideas for Jiu-Jitsu?
Need some innovating strength and conditioning exercise ideas to improve your Jiu-Jitsu game? So, check out the video...
Lifestyle: Black Belt Champion Monique Elias reveals her secrets to an award-winning performance on the mats
Monique Elias debuted in the black belt on Jan. 18th at the Brazilian National Pro championship (competition that qua...
Need a simple and effective conditioning workout for Jiu-Jitsu?
Learn a quick 3-exercise conditioning routine for Jiu-Jitsu with Roger Gracie’s black belt Nicolas Gregoriades. These...