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.
How to Breakdown Jiu Jitsu Techniques to Make It as Efficient as Possible
How to break down techniques to figure out how to make them as efficient as possible or to figure out the most efficient/best counter to a technique? This was a question that was brought up by one...
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Happy Birthday Rickson Gracie & What Makes Rickson Different
This is a very special day! I just want to take the time to wish Rickson Gracie, my instructor, one of my biggest inspirations in my life and a person who has inspired so many others a very Happy...
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Why “the back” position is not as good as most people think.
Why “the back” position is not as good as most people think in MMA or for fighting. [Update Dec. 9, 2020] I posted this article a couple of years ago on Hidden Jiu-Jitsu and...
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Jiu Jitsu Journey Interview with Henry Akins by Shawn Mozen
Here is one of the latest interviews I did with Shawn Mozen, founder and CEO of Agatsu. Shawn is one of the foremost authorities in kettlebell training in the world and a lifelong martial...
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The biggest lessons I learned from Rickson on how to train to get better at Jiu-Jitsu
"The training is all in your mind!" For a long time in my training like most people I always thought I had to train with the best and the toughest guys to improve and get better. Then one day...
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Why You Should ALWAYS Go To Jiu Jitsu Class, Especially When You CAN'T Train.
The details are in the deep understanding of Jiu Jitsu. People ask me a lot of times for advice on how to improve quicker at jiu-jitsu. I was one of fastest black belt under Rickson...
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Can you be a complete martial artist only learning Jiu-Jitsu?
I remember one of my first exposures to Jiu-Jitsu was watching Royce Gracie fight in UFC 1 back in 1993 (a few months before that I had seen an old grainy vhs copy of a copy of Gracie in Action 1...
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What was your biggest breakthrough in your Jiu Jitsu training?
I got asked this question the other day and I really had to put quite a bit of thought into it. I've had zillions of breakthroughs in training just like everyone else. Sometimes it relates to...
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Becoming A Great Jiu Jitsu Teacher
I've been teaching jiu-jitsu now for over 17 years. I'm so passionate about jiu-jitsu and the positive effect it has in peoples lives that I'm constantly trying to improve and become a better...
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Legendary Master Pedro Sauer Invites Henry Akins To Teach At Grappler's Escape
Legendary Master Pedro Sauer, Henry Akins, Jeff Curran and Rylan Lizares will be instructing, training and hanging out with grappler's from around the world. So grab your gi, sunglasses,...
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