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Brazilian 'Training' terms
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Monday, 23 November 2009 14:20

Learn the Brazilian jiu jitsu lingo for the warm up and specific. Thanks to Professor Britto for help with these...

Running - Correndo

Front roll - rolamento de frente
Back roll - rolamento de costas
Belly down - barriga no chao
Hip escape - fuga de quadril

Cart wheel - estrelinha
Mountain climbers - jairzinho
On knuckles - mao fechada

Sprawl - sprawl
Push ups - flexao de braco

Form a circle - faz a roda
Fix your gi - ajeita o kimono
Tie your belt - amarra a faixa

Head - cabeca
Back - costas
Front - frente
Arm - braco
Knees - joelho
Heels - calcanhar
Hands - maos
Feet - pes
Chin - queixo
Shin - canela
Collar - gola
Elbow - cotovelo
Neck - pescoco
Legs - pernas
Stomach - estomago

Right - direita
Left - esquerda

Breath - respira
Slow - devagar
Fast - rapido
Stop - pare
Go - vai

Choke - estrangulamento
Submission - finalizacao
Lock (like head lock / foot lock) chave
Training - treino


And Leo:


Some more (some of those you won't find in dictionaries):

"Casca Grossa": Literally means "thick crust". Used when refering to a though BJJ fighter;
"Passar o carro": Literally "run over someone with a car". Used to refer to somebody that was far superior in a fight;
"Arroxar": It's a BJJ neologism for turning somebody into purple colored. Used when somebody is very close to submitting somebody (like when people's face change color during a choke submission);
"Vâmo, porra!!!": I'm not giving the literal translation for this one but brazilians use it a lot to cheer for someone (or for a soccer team for that matter). You hear this a lot during BJJ competitions;
"Passar a guarda": Pass the guard (duh);
"Raspar": sweep;
Guarda aberta: Open guard;
Guarda borboleta: Butterfly guard;
Guarda aranha: spider guard;
meia guarda: half guard;
"Vai pras costas!": Go for the back!;
Bahiana: name used for double leg takedown;
Mata Leão: literally "Lion Killer". It's the name for rear naked choke.

 

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