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Roger Gracie Teaches How to Transition From the Collar Choke Setup to the Armbar

Roger Gracie Teaches How to Transition From the Collar Choke Setup to the Armbar

10X black belt world champion Roger Gracie is known for his simple but extremely efficient style of Jiu-Jitsu. If it’s hard to see Roger doing fancy movements, it is equally hard to defend his attacks. His attention to details make his execution of each technique very close to perfection,

Keenan Teaches You How to Give Your Opponent No Chance to Escape Side Control

Keenan Teaches You How to Give Your Opponent No Chance to Escape Side Control

Keenan Cornelius needs no introduction. The young men who shocked the world in 2012, when he won the double grand slam as a purple belt continued to become of the most decorated black belts born in the USA. A Pan champion and open class bronze medalist at the worlds, Keenan

Got Your Opponent's Back? Felipe Pena Teaches Two Ways to Finish It Fast

Got Your Opponent's Back? Felipe Pena Teaches Two Ways to Finish It Fast

Black belt Felipe Pena has said multiple times that attacks from the back are his speciality. This Saturday, once again, he proved that to be true. After 40 minutes of war against a very tough Gordon Ryan, Pena was able to transition to the back and sink the RNC. We

Tech Thursday: Jean Jacques Machado Teaches a Rolling Collar Choke

Tech Thursday: Jean Jacques Machado Teaches a Rolling Collar Choke

Red and black belt Jean Jacques Machado is one of those guys you wish we had the internet like we have today to be able to watch him in action. One of the most talented competitors of his generation, he achieved his most relevant results in the late 90s, early

Kenny Florian Teaches a No-Gi One-Arm Guillotine After Winning Gold at the Long Beach Open

Kenny Florian Teaches a No-Gi One-Arm Guillotine After Winning Gold at the Long Beach Open

Learn Jacaré's Trademark Wrist Lock as We Celebrate His 37th Birthday

Learn Jacaré's Trademark Wrist Lock as We Celebrate His 37th Birthday

Ronaldo de Souza, aka Jacaré, is one of Jiu-Jitsu’s most notorious names. A three-time black belt world champion, including two open class titles won against no other than Roger Gracie, Jacaré retired from Jiu-Jitsu in 2005 to go in search of glory and fortune in the MMA world. As

Caio Terra Helps You to Defend Your Back and Get to Side Control

Caio Terra Helps You to Defend Your Back and Get to Side Control

One of the worst spots you can find yourself in a Jiu-Jitsu match is to have your back taken. Now what? How to get out of there without getting choked. We summoned 2X black belt world champion Caio Terra to help you find a way out. Click play, pay close

Learn From the Champion: Yuri Simões Teaches a No-Gi X-Guard Sweep

Learn From the Champion: Yuri Simões Teaches a No-Gi X-Guard Sweep

Yuri Simões ran the show this weekend at the 2016 Worlds No-Gi, in San Francisco. With a double gold campaign, he won both the ultraheavy and the open class division. We browse through the internet to find Yuri teaching at least one of the techniques that make him such a

Lesson of the Day: Join the Class and Learn a Guard Pass From Otavio Sousa

Lesson of the Day: Join the Class and Learn a Guard Pass From Otavio Sousa

Join the class at Gracie Barra Huntington Beach, California, in the first video of a new series. The Lesson of the Day is a stand up guard pass taught by 3X black belt world champion Otavio Sousa. A simple technique that will be useful throughout your entire Jiu-Jitsu life, from

Find Your Nemesis

Find Your Nemesis

In Guy Ritchie’s 2000 film Snatch, a gangster named Brick Top offers up his definition of nemesis. He says that nemesis means “a righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.” Even though I loved the film, I never quite understood that part. It wasn’t until I

Rodrigo Comprido Teaches One Way to Attack the Toe Hold From Side Control

Rodrigo Comprido Teaches One Way to Attack the Toe Hold From Side Control

Two-time black belt open class world champion (1999-2000), Rodrigo Comprido is one of the most renowned competitors of all times. Over more than a decade, he built a solid career using clever ways to surprise his opponents. One fine example was the 1999 open class final, when a toe hold

Exclusive: Malfacine Teaches a X-Guard Sweep That Leads to a Leg Drag Pass

Exclusive: Malfacine Teaches a X-Guard Sweep That Leads to a Leg Drag Pass

8X black belt world champion returns to teach another one of his competition-proved techniques. This time, he explains the workings of a X-Guard sweep that leads to a leg drag pass. Click play and go train.

Jeff Glover Teaches You an One-Hand Toe Hold Just in Time For Worlds No-Gi

Jeff Glover Teaches You an One-Hand Toe Hold Just in Time For Worlds No-Gi

The 2016 Worlds No-Gi is coming fast. The event is scheduled November 5-6, in Daily City, California, just outside San Francisco. With that in mind, we want to present you with this strange but efficient technique by no other than Jeff Glover. The man known for his highly skilled game

Lucas Lepri teaches a clock choke after taking the back from the sitting guard

Lucas Lepri teaches a clock choke after taking the back from the sitting guard

Three-time world champion Lucas Lepri is always looking for knew ways to surprise his opponents. One of the most skillful competitors out there, Lepri taught a series of techniques to Jiu-Jitsu Magazine’s readers back in 2014. Click play to learn this clock choke option after taking the opponent’s

Shut down the open guard with this tips from Andre Galvão

Shut down the open guard with this tips from Andre Galvão

Andre Galvão stops by to teach you a few tips about facing the opponent’s open guard. In this video shot exclusively for Jiu-Jitsu magazine readers, the four times black belt world champion shows you the rights and wrongs of trying to pass the open guard. Click play to improve

Learn a Lapel Choke From Closed Guard With Upcoming Talent Nathiely de Jesus

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Learn a Lapel Choke From Closed Guard With Upcoming Talent Nathiely de Jesus

Lovato and Xande stop by to teach you after controlling the master 1 divison at the Worlds

Lovato and Xande stop by to teach you after controlling the master 1 divison at the Worlds

Xande Ribeiro and Rafael Lovato Jr. dominated the master 1 division at the Worlds Masters, this past weekend. Lovato won the superheavy division and the two closed out the open class. We take the opportunity to highlight the two teaching attacks using the hand in the collar from the guard.

Learn from Master 2 double gold medalist Flavio Almeida the workings of the DLR/Spider guard

Learn from Master 2 double gold medalist Flavio Almeida the workings of the DLR/Spider guard

Gracie Barra’s Flavio Almeida was one of the standouts of the recent Worlds Masters, in Las Vegas. With a powerful performance, he won both the heavyweight division and the open class in the master 2 age class. We take the opportunity to make it easier for you to learn

Felipe Preguiça teaches you to close the reverse triangle and attack the arm

Felipe Preguiça teaches you to close the reverse triangle and attack the arm

One of the most talented competitors of the youngest generation, Felipe Preguiça has already established a name for himself by beating most of the toughest opponents out there. In this exclusive video for Jiu-Jitsu Magazine, he teaches an ingenious reverse triangle setup that also gives you the option of attacking

Learn the tricep crush with world champion JT Torres

Learn the tricep crush with world champion JT Torres

JT Torres is one of the most decorated American black belts ever. The Pan and Worlds No-Gi black belt champion is known for his refined technique and training ethics. In this video, he teaches a simple (and painful) solution for when you get to side control. According to JT, Black

Attack the Leg Lock From Closed Guard With Hannette Staack

Attack the Leg Lock From Closed Guard With Hannette Staack

7X black belt world champion, among many other titles, Hannette Staack is one of the most accomplished grapplers of all times. Here she teaches a simple and great way to attack the leg lock as the opponent stands up to open your guard. Watch and go practice.

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