yoga RSS
Jiu-Jitsu lifestyle: 8 reasons why doing yoga will improve your performance on the mats
With over 5,000 years of history, yoga is one of the favorite forms of exercise for active people today. A mix of mov...
4 moves to chill out after Jiu-Jitsu
Feeling tired or overworked after Jiu-Jitsu? Try this 4 Yoga poses to relax your body and get a better night of sleep...
Video: Flexibility To The Next Level She Just Passed Her Own Guard
As we all know yoga is good for flexibility and can help a lot with your jiu-jitsu. But Kino MacGregor is taking flex...
James Puopolo earns judo brown belt, speaks of cross-training in light of Pan-Ams
What most high-level athletes do with their training extends outside of training Jiu-Jitsu. Drilling, conditioning, w...
Lifestyle with Carol Gracie: Yoga Yourself
Yoga and Jiu-Jitsu By Carol Gracie Yoga by definition is known as “a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part o...
Why Martial Artist (and Grapplers in Particular) Should Do Yoga
There are a lot of reasons why martial artists should do Yoga. And that goes DOUBLE for the grappling kind of martial...
How to Improve Your Hip and Leg Flexibility
Hip and leg flexibility is a huge asset in grappling, especially when it comes to not letting your opponent pass your...
Inflexible, Stiff Back? Try This Workout…
There’s almost nothing worse than a painful back. Unlike other body parts, an injury to your back comes to define you...
5 Ways You Can Best use Open Mat in BJJ
A Guest Article by Mark Mullen
The majority of most BJJ’ers training time is spent attending structured classes at th...
Yoga for BJJ: A Personal Challenge
An individual seeking to become a complete martial athlete cannot afford to leave the ancient practice of yoga out of...
Yoga for Grappling, the Secret of Champions
“I was relaxed doing yoga and this gave me the equilibrium to fight well”
– Wallid Ismael commenting on preparing, an...