I was organizing the contacts in my cell phone a few weeks ago and came across the contact info for my first BJJ instructor, Mauricio Costa. I first met him over 10 years ago when I first became interested in BJJ. At the time he was a brown belt under Rickson Gracie, who at the time, and probably currently still is the most respected and skilled Gracie practicioner. In the BJJ community he’s regarded almost mythically and conferred a god-like status, with a reported undefeated record of over 400 – 0. … Read More
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Side Control Series with Rigan Machado
Rigan Machado is an expert in all things BJJ and especially side control. He knows how to use his weight…. all 260 lbs and likes to illustrate this by saying, “Come here…. so you can feel.” Then he shows you what all 260 lbs feels like and it gets hard to move and even harder to breathe. When you try to hip escape or turn onto your side, techniques that occasionally work on people that aren’t 8th degree black belt masters, you go nowhere and lose even more air until you just want to tap out… and that’s before he’s even tried a submission.… Read More