From day one our motto has been “people before profit”. This sentiment is at the core of the following announcement. After careful consideration, with all school districts in our area closing until March 30th and Governor Wolf’s recommendation to avoid…
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Jiu-jitsu for Law Enforcement: Important Considerations for Choosing Where To Train
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…
Posted in Philosophy, Training Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, judo, nepa, pennsylvania, scranton, technique, wrestling
When Closed Guard Is No Longer An Option…
Spoiler alert… I have short, muscular legs. These physical attributes can at times make it impossible to retain a closed guard against larger opponents because I cannot cross my ankle for even a halfway decent closed guard. Therefore, in these…
Posted in Guard, Training Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, judo, nepa, pennsylvania, scranton, technique, wrestling
Important Concepts For A Better BJJ Butterfly Guard
We have continued to build on our open guard connections this month and have this week began our exploration of the Butterfly Guard. As most of you know this guard is one of my favorite strategies to employ against larger…
Posted in Guard, Training Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, judo, nepa, pennsylvania, scranton, technique, wrestling
How To Be An Effective Jiu-jitsu ” Mat Parent’
The purpose of this video is to help educate you, the parent, on ways tobe an effective ‘at home coach and keep your child training and engaged in jiu-jitsu for years to come so that they may grow and thrive…
Posted in Kids Blog!, Training Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, judo, nepa, pennsylvania, scranton, technique, wrestling
Top FIVE Techniques For The Beginner Student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
The most common questions I am asked by the bjj beginner at Gracie NEPA is, “Where do I start?” The overwhelming number of techniques and strategies encompassed by Brazilian Jiu-jitsu can be a staggering meal for the beginner to digest…
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Weather Related Closing- Saturday 1/23/16
Due to weather conditions we will be closed on Saturday, January 22, 2016 Please follow and like us:
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Prepping For BJJ Competition: the Gracie NEPA Blueprint
With a great many of the Gracie NEPA members competing or preparing for upcoming jiu-jitsu competition I wanted to take some time to share my blueprint for competition prepping. To follow is a general guideline to apply to be certain…
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Create Adversity In You BJJ Training
At Gracie NEPA, we don’t train jiu-jitsu because it is easy; we train jiu-jitsu because it is hard. Training that is difficult, and truthfully at times extremely unpleasant, makes us better people. The challenges we impose upon ourselves in our…
Oh Crap! I Suck At…
Quite often Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners will become panicked when they realize that an area of their jiu-jitsu skill set is lagging behind. Whether it is lapel chokes or armlocks, triangles or sweeps, takedowns or berimbolo; a bjj aficionado can become…
Posted in Philosophy, Training Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BJJ, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, judo, nepa, pennsylvania, scranton, technique, wrestling
