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Monique Elias and the purple open class gold: ‘Being the wife of Mario Reis doesn’t facilitate anything’
Student and wife of two-time world champion Mario Reis, purple belt Monique Elias, 23, competed in an almost perfect ...
Berimbolo Time: Samuel Braga explains his role in the newest sensation
In efforts to shed light on the berimbolo technique and in honor of our most recent print issue, #194, we give you an...
2013 Pan: Middle weight females dominate the purple belt open class
The open class for adult female purple belts went underway late Friday night as the last division to begin with eleve...
2013 Pan: the perfect blue belt and more on day 2
Day 2 of the 2013 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship lasted over 13 hours. From 9AM to almost 11PM, hundreds of blue belt and...
In Recife, Brazil, Efficient Jiu-Jitsu that Never Gives up
GRACIEMAG.com has already introduced its readers to the hard-nosed purple belt Hugo Leonardo, a competitor on CheckMa...
João Miyao Promoted to Brown Belt in Jiu-Jitsu
A hero to guard players, the diminutive João Miyao was deservedly promoted to brown belt this Tuesday at the academy ...
Fatal car crash ends the life of young champion of Gracie family
Purple belt Rulivan Gracie suffered a fatal car crash this Saturday, in the town of Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, in the...
Check out the slick skills of top brown belt Keenan Cornelius
Hawaii’s Keenan Cornelius started turning heads by accomplishing one of the rarest of feats: shutting down the berimb...
Has a Nova União purple belt solved the riddle of the berimbolo?
Seventeen-year-old Nova União purple belt Marcio André is one of those Jiu-Jitsu competitors who gets down to the nit...
On a tear-drenched mat, Jiu-Jitsu’s essence
It wasn’t just in the elite, adult black belt, division that the Brazilian No-Gi Nationals delivered euphoria and exc...
He proved Miyao’s guard can be passed
Nobody is 100% unbeatable. No guard is 100% insurmountable, however dangerous it may be. That’s what Felipe “Preguiça...
Luke Rockhold, the Strikeforce champ who sees childish pleasure in Jiu-Jitsu
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, 27, is respected for his aggressive style standing and on the ground...