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10 tips to keep training BJJ well into your old age
In the letters section of Graciemag #261, last year, we offered some tips to readers just starting their tenure in th...
From Carlos Gracie to Abilio Diniz, our tips on aging, health and BJJ
To entrepreneur Abilio Diniz, 81, “aging is a certainty; aging with quality is a choice” — a project that demands str...
Training for Warriors: Commandments of training
[First published in 2006. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] Tip #1 Imagine this is your ...
3 tips by Vinicius Draculino to get better at controlling and finishing from the back
A legendary teacher at Gracie Barra and founder of Gracie Barra BH, Vinicius Draculino became a specialist of reachin...
A BJJ blue-belt is a white-belt who…
In BJJ, as a wise man once said, it’s not the student who receives the belt; it’s the belt that receives the student....
Training for Warriors: Training is where your life happens
[First published in 2006. Part of the Training for Warriors series, by Martin Rooney*] Last week, I had the opportu...
10 lessons in life and BJJ with Pride and ADCC legend Ricardo Arona
In 2000, recently promoted from the purple belt to the brown belt, Ricardo Arona emerged as the star of Carlson Graci...
Remastered: 8 tips every white-belt should heed
[First published in 2013.] For some time now, Graciemag has reserved one page of its print edition for a black-belt t...
The key tip to prevent lesions in BJJ
Adapted from an article by Gustavo Asmar* Longevity in sports depends on multiple sorts of prevention. Orthopedists w...
10 commandments for the conscious fighter who wants to evolve
Even if these haven’t been carved in stone or brought down by a prophet, the directives of good jiu-jitsu are good th...
13 habits of great BJJ champions to change your training
Here are some tips on habits to pursue, collected from several jiu-jitsu greats for issue 249 of Graciemag. 1. How do...
Don’t drink the wine of wrath, and more lessons: the art of war for fighters
Around 25 centuries after they were put to paper, the tactics described by Chinese General Sun Tzu, the author of The...