Master Anibal Braga
- 7th degree red and black coral belt in BJJ
- One of the highest-ranked BJJ practitioners alive
- Decades of competition and teaching experience
- Master of advanced gi techniques, guard systems, and submissions
A Coral Belt’s Lifetime of Knowledge
Master Anibal Braga holds a 7th degree red and black coral belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. That rank is not awarded. It is earned across decades of competition, teaching, and contribution to the art. Only a handful of practitioners on the planet hold this distinction. Braga is one of them.
His teaching style is unmistakable. Methodical. Deliberate. Every technique presented with the precision of someone who has drilled and refined these movements thousands of times over a career spanning multiple decades. There is no rush to his instruction. Each position is built from fundamentals, layered with details, and connected to the next technique in a logical sequence that reflects how grappling actually works on the mat.
As Braga explains in his Guard Secrets series: “Hello guys, now we’re gonna make a guard game. We’re gonna start with the closed guard with some attacks and submissions, some sweep variations.” That simple opening masks the depth of what follows — a complete closed guard system from one of the most experienced practitioners alive.
Six Sub-Programs, One Complete System
Braga’s contribution to the FightScience Advanced BJJ Competition System is not a single course. It is six distinct sub-programs, each targeting a specific area of gi-based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
Guard Secrets covers closed guard attacks, submissions, and sweep variations. This is Braga’s bread and butter — the guard game refined over decades of high-level competition and instruction.
Side Control Success System teaches dominant side control positioning and submissions including the anaconda choke. Once Braga passes your guard and settles into side control, the fight is effectively over.
Simplified Half Guard breaks down half guard into a system that any practitioner can learn and apply. Braga strips away the complexity and gives you the positions and sweeps that actually work against resisting opponents.
Lapel Guard Domination is where traditional mastery meets modern innovation. A coral belt teaching lapel guard might surprise some people. It should not. The best practitioners evolve with the art. Braga’s lapel guard entries and sweeps are built on the same principles that govern every other guard system he teaches — control the distance, manage the grips, create the angle.
Omo Plata Attack System is a complete omo plata curriculum. As Braga describes it: “Initially I will start showing the omoplata and its variations so that it will be a better presentation of this technique.” He starts with the basic mechanics and builds outward into a web of attacks, transitions, and combinations that turn the omo plata from a single submission into a complete positional system.
Attacking The Turtle Position addresses one of the most common defensive positions in gi BJJ. When your opponent turtles, most grapplers stall. Braga’s system gives you a clear playbook for breaking the turtle open and finishing the fight.
Teaching Philosophy
Braga does not showboat. He does not rush. His instruction carries a weight that comes only from decades of practice at the highest level. His Portuguese-accented English adds a layer of authenticity — this is a man who learned Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, from the source, and has spent his life passing that knowledge forward.
Every technique he teaches on FightScience has been battle-tested in competition and in the academy. These are not theoretical positions. They are the techniques that work against trained opponents who know what is coming and still cannot stop it.
What You Get
Master Anibal Braga’s complete instruction is available in the FightScience Advanced BJJ Competition System — a $397 bundle containing 5 courses, 181 videos, and over 19 hours of instruction from Braga and four other world-class BJJ specialists. Braga’s six sub-programs alone represent one of the most comprehensive collections of coral belt instruction available anywhere in online martial arts education.
If you are serious about advancing your gi game, Braga’s material is where you start. And where you keep coming back.