Welcome to the official Hidden Jiu-Jitsu Blog.
My purpose with this blog and this website is to be of service to you, my friends who make up this amazing Jiu-Jitsu community. So this is where I will focus on sharing my most valuable wisdom, strategies, principles and knowledge I have gained over the past 26 years studying and teaching Jiu-Jitsu, as it was handed down to me by the one and only Rickson Gracie.
The Most Important 45 Seconds Inside Closed Guard
If all you did was look at ONE of these time stampsyour next time in closed guard will go markedly better. 6m 50s - 7m 02s (The 12 most important seconds about posture in this position)7m 35s...
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Escape, Pass & Punish (Arm In Guillotine)
I'll keep this short.When you get stuck with your arm inside a guillotineyour defense is your offense...1. let them burn their arms out2. pass their guard3. punish them from side controlSomeone...
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Look Ma! No Hands! (Choke Escape) PART 2
If you really want to always have your opponent's kryptonitejust sitting in your back pocket.Get really good at defending chokes without your hands.Think about that for ONE second...If you...
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Look Ma! No Hands! (Choke Escape)
We all have that "All gas, No Brakes" Friend, Right? Well next time you pair up with him or herGive em your back and it can be"All gas, NO Hands/No Chokes" This is just scratching the surface when...
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What Move Does EVERY White Belt Know, That Almost NO Brown Or Black Belts Use???
I'm not keen on being the "get off my lawn" Jiu Jitsu guyBut some of the things I see make me shake my headBut instead of complaining I'm going to be the solution instead of the problemThe...
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Do you fight fair?
You shouldn’t. Not if you’re seriously at risk because someone intends to do you harm. And one of the best ways to stack the deck in your favor is using a strategy your opponent is...
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Deep down, are you truly confident about yourself in a no-rules fight?
Deep down, are you truly confident you can handle a no-rules fight against someone bigger, stronger and even in much better shape than you, outside the safety of your gym? Or have you practiced and...
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Why do you train Jiu-Jitsu?
Why do you train Jiu-Jitsu? Jiu-Jitsu is a scientific martial art that is always seeking the most effective and efficient way to stay safe and achieve victory in a fight. It is, I believe,...
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Are you practicing the most powerful skill in Jiu-Jitsu?
If I told you there was one thing you could do every time you trained that gave you the following benefits: Dramatically improves your reaction time Doubles or even triples your endurance...
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How to fight super-athletes and win (even when you're out of shape)
In the year 2000, back when I was a brown belt, we had a visitor come to Rickson's gym. This visitor was a 2x world-champion, in his division and the absolute division. He was only 25 years...
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