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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 Develop your Jiu-Jitsu Game to a High Level In Record Time

The importance of positional training, and why it should be at least 50% or more of your training. I get a lot of questions about how to train Jiu Jitsu properly. "What's the most...

Weight Distribution from Side Control By Henry Akins & Stephen Whittier

In this video I'm demonstrating how to use weight distribution from the cross side position. Because it's very difficult to see how much weight I'm applying on my partner, I have him humming...

Hidden Jiu Jitsu Sub and Surf Wrap Up

Back from a week of training Hidden Jiu Jitsu in Costa Rica with Sub and Surf BJJ Camp! I filmed this wrap up video just to share with you guys some of the stuff I showed at my BJJ camp in Costa...

Update: Mount Attacks Technique Video

This is a very simple and fast arm lock for when your opponent tries to escape the mount by throwing his legs around your torso. You just slide your body up and around whichever arm you want to...

Update: Mount Maintenance Techniques

Just like I promised, we just added MORE videos to the mount maintenance course so if you haven’t seen them yet, check them out. In this video I give some details on how to better get your...

Hidden Jiu Jitsu Breakdown: Kron Gracie Vs. JT Torres & New Mount Drills

I promised I was going to be adding more Hidden Jiu Jitsu content to all the courses so here it is the first FREE updates! I've added 3 NEW videos to the mount maintenance and escape course and...

Kron Gracie Vs. Asen Yamamoto HJJ Breakdown

Congratulations to Kron Gracie on his victory against Asen Yamamoto, and to all of you who saw the fight! For me every experience in life is an opportunity to learn and grow. I wanted...

Rickson Gracie Documentary Choke

Rickson Gracie in Choke a Documentary about his training for Vale Tudo 95 If you haven't seen it yet, it's a documentary on Rickson following him and some of the other fighters as they prepared for...

Rickson Gracie and the importance of breathing.

Rickson always mentions how important his breathing was to his success in jiu-jitsu and mma. His ability to oxygenate his body by developing his breathing allowed him to keep going at a high pace...