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Rollin’ With Rodrigo Teixeira

Rollin’ With Rodrigo Teixeira: A Global Perspective on Jiu-Jitsu A while back, we introduced you to Rodrigo Teixeira, a jiu-jitsu nomad whose journey has taken him across the globe. With over 25 years of experience, Rodrigo has not only mastered the art but also dedicated himself to sharing it with

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Knowing The Kneebar With Dean “The Boogeyman” Lister.

The mysterious kneebar; what it is, how does it happen, how do you do it, how do I defend it, will my knee pop off if I get caught in one? These are all questions that have surely entered anyone’s mind as a white belt. One man who’s

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How To Shut Down the Kipping Escape with Brian Glick

If you’ve spent any real time in the mount, you already know the moment. Your partner bumps, hips pop, and suddenly you’re fighting to keep gravity on your side while their knees snake in and your base disappears. The kipping escape is sneaky like that. And when someone

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MARCIO ANDRÉ — THE RIGHT PATH TO VICTORY

Raw Data Powered by BJJ Heroes Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda → Luiz França → Oswaldo Fadda → Sebastião Ricardo → Wendell Alexander → Daniel Almeida → Fábio Andrade → Marcio André Main Achievements: * IBJJF World Champion (2014 brown, 2013 & 2012 purple, 2011 blue) * UAEJJF World Pro Champion (2016 black, 2014 brown, 2013 purple) * IBJJF World No-Gi Champion

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Lasso Guard with Samir Chantre

In , issue of Jiu-Jitsu Magazine we traveled up to San Jose to meet up with Samir Chantre. Samir is an up-and-coming black belt with two no-gi world championships under his belt already Samir is primed to make a run at a gi world title soon. While visiting Samir showed us

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Tech Tuesday: Felipe Pena Teaches How to Attack the Calf Slicer From the Inverted DLR Guard

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Thursday Class: Leo Vieira Teaches How to Pass the Spider Guard

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Pass the Guard Like Buchecha as we Celebrate His Birthday

Marcus Almeida Buchecha has his name definitely written in Jiu-Jitsu history. He celebrates his, on January 8th.

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Do the Hip Switch Sweep and go for the Armbar just like Lucas Lepri

The 9X black belt world champion Lucas Lepri has an wide array of techniques he uses to beat his opponents. Here’s one of then. Pay close attention to the details and hit your adversaries with it. Go train.

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Clock Choke from Turtle Position - The Tactics of Tarsis

Tarsis Humphreys is a veteran competitor who has certainly earned his position among the elite. He has won every major IBJJF event and has defeated some of the best names in jiu-jitsu at the most prestigious events. Humphreys is known for his well-rounded game, not favoring any position over the

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Mastering Spider Guard: With Mauricio “Tinguinha” Mariano

Baseball has “Buck” Showalter, basketball has Larry Brown, football has Bill Parcells, and boxing has Emanuel Steward.  All leaders and “hired guns” in their respective sport, who put things in order to create a formula for success to take established programs to the next level. Jiu-jitsu has its equivalent in

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Tech Tuesday: Sit Up and Sweep Like Cobrinha Sweeps

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Thursday Class: Pass the DLR Guard Using the Leg Drag and the Berimbolo

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Working The 50-50 Guard With Felipe Costa

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Rafael Lovato Jr. Teaches How to Pressure Pass and Set Up A Bow and Arrow Choke

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Brian Glick Climbing the Jiu-Jitsu Ladder - The Art of the Climb pt. 2

(Part 2 of 4) Closed Guard Climb to Armbar Alright, so you’ve got the triangle down and left your opponent wondering how they got there from part 1. But what if that space just isn’t there? Enter the armbar. Building on the high guard you set up in

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Monday Class: Lucio Lagarto Teaches a Sneaky Armbar From the Open Guard

Lucio Lagarto has done it all. He’s a Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He beat cancer (and even trained during treatment). He has one of the best records in competition of his generation.

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Victor Estima Teaches How to Attack the Foot to Make it Easier to Pass the Guard

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Side Control Sequences With Mike Diaz

Recently on a trip out to California we had the pleasure of meeting up with Mike Diaz and Allen Hopkins. In Issue 25 Allen demonstrated some simple and effective escapes from back control. In this issue Mike’s going to show us two sequences from side control that are demonstrating

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Jiu-Jitsu Geometry

One of the first phrases you’ll hear when you start training jiu-jitsu is “position before submission”. This principle, which is a helpful rule of thumb, introduces the importance of controlling your opponent before attempting to submit them. However, I believe that there is an even more important phrase, which

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Berimbolo with Levi Jones-Leary, Jiu-Jitsu's Hottest Sensation

The 2019 IBJJF European championship ended this past Sunday, in Lisbon, and among all the black belt champions, one name stood out. Australia’s Levi Jones-Leary did the unthinkable and beat Lucas Lepri in the lightweight final. We take the opportunity and bring you some knowledge from Levi himself. Press

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Garry St Leger Sweep the Leg

In the movie “Forrest Gump”, one of the many iconic phrases uttered was “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”. That about sums up my experience when I traveled to NYC and visited the iconic Renzo Gracie Academy. Whenever I travel to

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Accept the Matrix and Learn to Choke Like Cobrinha

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Godoi Teaches One of the Lapel Chokes He Used to Win Double Gold at the Worlds Masters

Black belt Roberto Godoi had a perfect campaign at the recent Worlds Masters. He won both the superheavy division and the open class. One of Godoi’s most efficient weapons are the clock chokes and its variations. He won the absolute final with what he calls the “Godoi choke”. Here,

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Roger Gracie Gives You Pointers for the Perfect Cross Collar Choke

You know you are in good hands in terms of Jiu-Jitsu instructor, when a 10X black belt world champion is teaching you some of his most deadly techniques. Roger Gracie is getting ready to fight Marcus Buchecha in a super match July 23, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before that,