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Earn Your Berry Black Belt

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, but don’t want that Twinkie that’s full of a ton of calories, need a quick pick me up, or feeling just blah; berries may be just what the doctor ordered. Berries are great for a healthy eating lifestyle because they are

JitsGrips

JITSGRIPS - www.jitsgrips.com

One product that I’ve been interested in testing out for a while now is the JitsGrips. Before we received this package in the mail, I’d heard nothing, but good things about the product and wanted to see if all the hubbub is warranted. Improve Your Game Anywhere If

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Stretching With Your Belt

If you’re the type who loves to constantly train and compete, then taking a break from rolling or working out may not be your thing; however, you can reap several benefits by taking time to stretch. Stretching decreases muscle stiffness and the risk of low back pain. It improves

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Engaging Your Neck

You may have heard the phrase, “Where the head leads, the body follows” at some time or another and this rings very true in jiu-jitsu, whether you’re on the offensive or defensive side of things during sparring or competition. In terms of offense, with a strong neck you are

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Keeping A Jiu-Jitsu Journal

If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. –Benjamin Franklin STUCK IN A RUT? Have you ever had goals that you wanted to achieve, but never quite did? Lost motivation for training, competing or staying healthy at times? Ever felt stuck at a certain level or felt like

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He’s Got Your Back! - Felipe “Preguiça” Pena

The Portuguese term “Preguiça” roughly translates into “lazy” or “sloth” and just happens to be the nickname of one of, if not the hottest rising star in jiu-jitsu. If you’ve watched Gracie Barra’s Felipe Pena compete, you’d know that his nickname is far different from his character,

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Make This Your Best Year Ever!

In the immortal words of Bruce Buffer, “IT’S TIME!” Or at least it’s that time of the year when the majority of individuals have come up with resolutions for the next 12 months in order to improve their personal lives in some aspect. With that in mind, here’

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Don't Be Tight Quad!

Way back in Issue 3 we touched on how having tight hamstrings can affect your flexibility, mobility and cause back pain. Typically, the natural response by most athletes is to stretch the hamstrings on a consistent basis to become more limber. While this is obviously beneficial, all too often the

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Partner Assisted PNF Stretches

Who Doesn’t Want A Better Guard? I know I certainly do. I’ll be the first to say that my flexibility isn’t all that, but hearing “30 minutes” when there’s 1,440 minutes in a day doesn’t seem unachievable at all! I don’t think I’

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Rest and Recovery

When the term “R & R” is used it usually means “rest and relaxation,” but you’re a jiu-jitsu practitioner, so chances are you’re juggling a career, training, strength and conditioning, drilling, competing, researching the latest and greatest moves from Jiu-Jitsu Magazine or a relationship, a family, etc. If

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How To Correct White Belt Mistakes

White belts typically get the worst rap for all the quirky things they attempt to do on the mats. While those same quirky things lead to a lot of mistakes, they can easily be remedied by making minor changes to their games. This list could be much longer, but we

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Pull-up Power!

If for any reason you’ve missed the theme of our past two issues, we’re on a big calisthenics kick right now. We’ve shown you how to push-up your game and improve your core performance through planks, but now it’s time to raise yourself up and go

back takes

Thiago Sa Fortes Silva - X-Guard To Back Take

X-Guard To Back Take Starting from step 2 of the first technique, Tony attempts a different counter by grabbing Thiago’s left pant leg. By doing so, this eliminates the ability for Thiago to extend his legs. All at once Thiago will remove his left butterfly hook from inside to

Sweep

Thiago Sa X-Guard To Technical Stand Up Sweep

X-Guard To Technical Stand Up Sweep Tony is in Thiago’s 93 Guard (aka half guard with a knee shield) and looking to pass, but the knee shield keeps him from doing so. With his left hand in the collar and his right hand securing Tony’s left wrist, he

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Toe Holds With Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros: Toe Hold Counter From Inside Omoplata

It’s not the first time we’ve had Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros gracing the pages as a main feature in JJM. Deb Blyth had a great interview article on him in Issue 29, giving us an inside look at the life of the always colorful and charismatic Comprido. If you

Rodrigo "Comprido" Medieros

Toe Holds With Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros: Toe Hold From Side Control

It’s not the first time we’ve had Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros gracing the pages as a main feature in JJM. Deb Blyth had a great interview article on him in Issue 29, giving us an inside look at the life of the always colorful and charismatic Comprido. If you

Brazilian Top Team / BTT

Murilo Bustamante: S-Mount To Cross Collar Choke

When offered the opportunity to participate in a seminar with a former UFC Champion, jiu-jitsu World Champion and certifiable legend in the jiu-jitsu community, we jumped at the chance. Little did we know that we’d need our mouth guards, ice packs and ibuprofen, courtesy of the leader of Brazilian

Brazilian Top Team / BTT

Murilo Bustamante: Windshield Wipers To Mount

When offered the opportunity to participate in a seminar with a former UFC Champion, jiu-jitsu World Champion and certifiable legend in the jiu-jitsu community, we jumped at the chance. Little did we know that we’d need our mouth guards, ice packs and ibuprofen, courtesy of the leader of Brazilian

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BJJ Hacks

5 Must Watch Jiu-Jitsu Videos

One aspect of my employment is to watch videos and I’ve seen many that are great and many that aren’t so great. Honestly, I’ve probably seen so many that I can’t remember all of them due to brain overload, but there are those that do stick

Edwin Najmi

Look, Up In The Sky… It’s A Bird… It’s A Plane… It’s Edwin Najmi!

If you caught some of the highlights from last year’s IBJJF Worlds, chances are you had the opportunity to witness one of the biggest highlights of the event that didn’t involve a black belt. During the event and afterwards, this highlight was constantly getting viewed on iRoll.tv

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Master Reverse Omoplata

There are those that simple practice jiu-jitsu and then there are those that create jiu-jitsu by taking it to the next level, displaying skill of the likes which has yet to be seen and gathering oohs and aahs from those onlooking. More than just a practitioner, Nino Schembri is a

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Push Your Game Up

Why Calisthenics May Be King Calisthenics are a form of exercise that are challenging, require no equipment (but benefits can be enhanced with the use of it), can be performed virtually anywhere, increase both strength and flexibility, and improve balance, agility and coordination, all while improving muscular and cardiovascular fitness.

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Jiu-Jitsu Off The Mats: Self Defense With Pedro Sauer

If you weren’t signed up with Jiu-Jitsu Magazine prior to August of 2012, you may have missed out on one of the best interviews and technique articles we’ve had to date in Issue 9. Our co-feature that month was on Pedro Sauer. In the article he touched on

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Can He Be Stopped?

For the past few years Garry Tonon has steadily been climbing up the ranks of stardom within the jiu-jitsu community. He had great success as a brown belt, but after losing against Kron Gracie at the 2013 ADCC, he’s literally been hell on wheels against his competition with his

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Advanced Belt & Yoga Stretches

In our last issue I touched on stretches that can be performed with your belt to further assist you with deeper stretches in order to improve your current physical condition. I’d like to further expand the variety of stretches available to you that can be performed with a belt,