ACADEMY BLOG
Why do you have a blue bar on your black belt?
You have a blue bar on your black belt, explain the difference between the blue bar and the red bar. The whole belt ranking system has gone through a lot of changes over the years. [...]
Injuries and training through them
In our instruction class, we teach the technique, you partner up with someone, you very slowly run through the technique with that person as a drill, it’s a muscle memory drill. After the end of [...]
What is required to teach or own a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy?
What certifications does it take to own a Jiu-jitsu academy? Unfortunatley there isn't anything. There is no police running around checking credentials. You will never see a Karate school with a blue belt or green [...]
What is the Jiu-Jitsu Lineage?
The Meia Guarda Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a Royce Gracie Academy, there is a lineage that comes along with that. Royce was the one who fought in the first UFC, he is the one who [...]
Jiu-Jitsu’s History and Philosophy
The history and philosophy of Jiu-jitsu is a very colorful and unique history. I'm a huge student of the history of philosophy of Jiu-jitsu. It doesn't go back near as far as alot of other [...]
What is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Meia Guarda Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu training academy. The biggest identifying factor that seperates traditional Brazilian Jiu-jitsu from Gracie Jiu-jitsu is simply the methodology, the teaching method, the history and the philosophy [...]
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