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BJJ and Wrestling; Like PB&J

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Pose yourself this question. In a theoretical sparring match of you against yourself, who would win? Top position you or bottom position you? With the profound wrestling base in northeast Pennsylvania the pervasiveness of high-level wrestlers venturing into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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Grappling Helps Children Develop Fitness

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You needn’t be a parent or coach to know that some children are natural born athletes and other children are not so much. From the time, we are born we are faced with the struggle of learning to crawl, to

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Join us Friday, November 16, 2018 for Real World Self Defense for Women!

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Cost: $20 Dangerous Damsels is our women’s only Gracie Jiu-Jitsu self-defense program that focuses on getting away from an attacker intelligently through timing, technique, and strategy! Prior to joining the program, however, why not try out an informative and exciting seminar

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Virtual Seminar Installment 1: Guard Bottom

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A one hour event with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belts, Jeff Reese and Tyler Calvey, covering a number of attack chains from the guard including the timing and strategy of the techniques. ——————————————————————————————————– Gracie NEPA was first established in 2005. Since

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Jiu-jitsu for Law Enforcement: Important Considerations for Choosing Where To Train

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I am consistently bewildered by the number of local martial arts instructors who claim to teach self-defense for law enforcement but in truth have zero concept of not only the ways in which the law applies to self-defense but also

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Sit Up Guard to Ankle Pick – BJJ Guard Stategy

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When an opponent decides to stand in order to attack your butterfly guard this is a great sweep option! ——————————————————————————————————– Gracie NEPA was first established in 2005. Since then, Jeff Reese and his talented assistants have been relentlessly working to

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Russian Butterfly p2 – Guard Startegy

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A sneaky guillotine finish is available from the Russian Butterfly sweep! In this video we take the time to breakdown the technique and strategy behind this deceptive, high finish, technique that can easily be added to your existing bjj game!

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Armlock Against A Turtled Opponent

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Often times you will find that you have been able to secure one hook but your opponent is shutting down the entry of the second hook. The ‘real answer’ to this dilemma is punch the opponent until they open up,

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Crucifix Entry From Turtle – BJJ Technique

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You have forced your partner to resort to turtle, however they have stubbornly ‘shelled’ up and are not allowing an opening to secure the hooks. Here is a fun way to open crack the turtle and achieve the tap! ——————————————————————————————————–

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The Pizza Cutter – Fat GUy BJJ Technique

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When it comes to playing top game big guys know where it’s at – cross body! In this lesson, Scranton native and founder of Fat Guy BJJ, Kevin Roginski shares with us a high percentage weapon in his ‘fat guy’

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