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Managing performance and mind: Bruno Oliveira’s concepts to evolve in BJJ

Bruno Oliveira has been for 10 years a Jiu-Jitsu black belt, but it was in the 2018/2019 season that he decided to in...

Does listening to music before a fight help an athlete perform better?

It’s common to see, matside in competitions, fighters enjoying some music before performing. The playlists are of the...

Here’s some of the best advice to give kids starting out in BJJ

[First published in 2009. Scroll down for plain text.] EMAILS TO A YOUNG WARRIOR Teachers reveal the advice they woul...

Video: Pedro Valente’s TEDx Talk on beating the enemy within

The BJJ philosophy goes far beyond finishing moves and points scored in tournaments. One example of this fact was pro...

Master Leão Teixeira and the art of breaking up a fight with BJJ

Grandmaster Carlos Gracie (1902–1994) used to teach, “The mouth is the first weapon of the BJJ practitioner,” and it ...

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, success and depression

My name is Rodrigo Lima, I’m a dental surgeon, specialized in orthodontics and facial orthopedics. And a good one! I ...

Ten lessons for future champions inspired by the life of Ayrton Senna

1. The three-time world champion (his titles obtained in 1988, 90 and 91, with runner-up finishes in 1989 and 93) vie...

Training for Warriors: Chasing Zen

[First published in 2006. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*]   “The person who comes to con...

How to bounce back from the biggest beating life can hand you, with Rickson Gracie

To practice BJJ is to learn — little by little, day by day — to harden yourself to be able to withstand what life thr...

Some wisdom to help you have a better year in 2009, or whenever

In its last issue of 2008, Graciemag collected the best remarks made by fighters that year in the hope our readers co...

Ruptured ACL? Here’s a specialist’s perspective

By *Dr. Al DeSimone Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture remains one of most devastating injuries to a competitive athl...

Remastered: Raphael Abi-Rihan’s training routine for BJJ competitors

[First published in 2012.] Coming up on the 10th of March, the Copa Jacques Lemans Jiu-Jitsu tournament will go down ...
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