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Video: Renzo Gracie on how to tailor BJJ to your body
Although he’s not very flexible, Renzo has found ways to make his guard into a nightmare. That is just one example of...
The time Flavio Behring summed up the essence of jiu-jitsu for us
At the age of 82, the red-belt Flavio Behring continues to be quite an inspiration to our team, as well as to the ent...
Ginástica Natural: Complete breathing
[First published in 2010.] By Álvaro Romano The first thing to learn when starting to exercise is proper breathing. T...
Training for Warriors: Become an impenetrable fortress
[First published in 2008. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] Impenetrable: Incapable of bei...
Ginástica Natural: The secrets to abdominal breathing
[First published in 2009.] By Álvaro Romano In this sequence of breathing work we advance further in our objective of...
The ‘busted theory’ on the X-guard, with Marcelo Garcia and Vinicius Draculino
In a recent phone call with Prof. Vinicius Draculino, the Graciemag team learned some interesting details about the m...
3 lessons I learned from sparring with great MMA idols
Minotauro and Damasceno after high-impact training in the mid-2000s. Personal archive. For ten years working as a Ji...
What do you, Jordan, Pelé and Bustamante have in common?
By Marcelo Dunlop In a live interview with @Graciemagoficial in April, Murilo Bustamante, the MMA and BJJ champion, r...
Ginástica Natural: Control your breathing
[First published in 2009.] By Álvaro Romano Starting this month, we’ll touch on the subject of greatest importance ...
Training for Warriors: Attention to detail
[First published in 2010. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] “A mountain is composed of t...
Amaury Bitetti comments on his brand-new coral belt
By Carlos Cobrinha A BJJ training video recently posted to @graciemagoficial on Instagram caught fans by surprise. Am...
The 7 capital sins of training, with Rafael Ribeiro — part 2
By Rafael Ribeiro * 3- All practice, no theory Theoretical training is the hours invested in studying the sport. Th...