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5 moves using the lapel for you to surprise everyone at Jiu-Jitsu training today
Have you been using your gi properly in Jiu-Jitsu? Lapel chokes, collar, sleeves, the possibilities are numerous. How...
5 counter-attacks for you to dazzle your master with in training
In Jiu-Jitsu, as with any sport, champions are possessed of a great defense. See the NBA, Eurocup 2012, etc. As a tri...
How do you escape side-control in Jiu-Jitsu?
In GRACIEMAG issue 182, our team compiled all there is to know about side-control in Jiu-Jitsu. The underlying concep...
Why keep your head free in Jiu-Jitsu? GRACIEMAG explains
Every Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, in training or competition, has heard shouts of, “Grab his head!” Grabbing the head whe...
Stopped at side-control? Finish with classic Jiu-Jitsu double attack
In Jiu-Jitsu there’s a plethora of attack variations from side-control. Thiago Maia, a black belt on SAS team, took t...
Submission trap from side-control in Jiu-Jitsu
GRACIEMAG.com previously posted some valuable lessons for escaping side-control in Jiu-Jitsu (reread the article here...
What do you do to get out of side-control in Jiu-Jitsu?
When you let a Jiu-Jitsu fighter make it to side-control,it’s an indication that he’s heading in the right direction—...
The position that made Ronaldo Jacaré Jiu-Jitsu and MMA champ
There isn’t much of a secret to the victorious Jiu-Jitsu career of Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza. A regular on the pages of ...
How’s your choke arsenal coming along?
Direct from the academy of our GMA in Texas João Crus, here’s a neck hold stemming from side control. Besides squeezi...
Use your weight for the finish in side-control, with Ary Farias
A many-time Brazilian national champion and runner-up at this year’s Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, having closed out ...
Minotauro coach “Captain America” teaches counter-takedown to side-control
The wrestling coach at Team Nogueira, Eric Albarracin, better known as “Captain America,” is already considered prett...
Maintain control before, during and after the year-end festivities
Those our GRACIEMAG.com and four-time world champion Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” Maciel’s wishes for all. As a present ...