Gracie Barra Fort McMurray

The Gracie Barra Advanced Program is the last stage in GB’s adult program structure. While it does represent the student’s arrival at the ultimate level of training in our school, it also represents a new beginning.

The goal of this program is to further develop the student’s BJJ game flow by exposing him or her to cutting edge Jiu-Jitsu techniques and their variations.

The program’s dynamic curriculum and classes, followed by live training sessions, build a challenging yet safe environment for students to progress from their blue to black belts.

It is in the Advanced Program that most students truly grasp what they’ve been told since being white belts: Jiu-Jitsu is an endless journey of daily accomplishments that always leads to a new challenge.

The same old arm-bars, triangle chokes, fireman carries, Kimuras, sweeps, guard passes and single leg take downs gain new meaning as their BJJ game flow is defined.

Gracie Barra students enrolled in the Advanced Program are role models at our school. The responsibility of sharing GB techniques and training philosophy with newer students is taken seriously.

They play a key role in maintaining a safe, friendly and progress-oriented environment at our school.

When you come to the advanced classes you can be sure of one thing: you will train a lot! Practice typically lasts 1.5 hours and although you are welcome to rest or leave early if you feel like it, the instructors will always encourage you to stay until the end of the class.

The No Gi class adds an extra element of challenge and helps students improve balance and control, enhancing their overall skills.

In conjunction with ground techniques, students learn the major and most effective take-downs which enable them to transition from the feet to the ground.

As mentioned earlier, the Gracie Barra Advanced Program is more than a series of isolated techniques – the curricula (Fundamental, Intermediate and Advanced Programs) includes a unique approach which allows students to understand the links, combinations, and transitions between and/or amongst techniques, thus improving their reaction time and refining their skills.

During the Gracie Barra Advanced Program, students discover strengths and weaknesses of their technical mastery, and begin to create and internalize their own individualized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game.

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