JIU-JITSU FOR EVERYONE® | Gracie Barra

Growing up in the small mountain city of Teresopolis, Brazil, young Professor Thiago Aso wanted to compete so badly that he sold chocolates on the street to raise money to pay the registration fees for the tournaments.
Professor Thiago Aso shares his story of discovering Jiu-Jitsu, his perseverance to travel and compete, and how he developed his Lasso guard game....

GB Online would like you to meet Professor Gustavo “Guga” Machado Pinto of GB Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.
Professor Gustavo is the instructor behind the new Drilling Video series coming December 20th to GB Online.
Professor Gustavo started his study of martial arts with the Brazilian art of capoeira and judo as a child in Sao Jose Dos Campos near Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo. When his young cousins came from Rio to visit, the young people would get together...

Meet Professor Johnathan “Jow Jow” Rodrigues, who brings Gracie Barra students the latest video series on GB Online. GB Online got together to talk with Professor Jow Jow (pronounced “Joe Joe”) to get to know the person behind the techniques.
Professor Jow Jow got his start in Jiu-Jitsu when he was 10 years old in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. While swimming at a community aquatic center, he saw a martial arts class taking place in one of the rooms. Young Johnathan approached the instructor and...

Professor Lucas Norat is a Gracie Barra black belt who is an IBJJF-ranked competitor in the Super Heavyweight division. Professor Norat is unusual for a Super Heavyweight in that his back-taking style – attacking with the Berimbolo, for example – is...