Jake Mackenzie

Posted by Fanatics Authors on September 24, 2018

Jake Mackenzie is a Canadian born Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt who spent much of his formative years traveling back and forth to Brazil to study BJJ. It wasn't until he cross paths with Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu during a trip to Rio De Janeiro that he found his first home away from home and eventually came to Miami to train at Cyborg's new school. After earning his black belt from Cyborg, Jake continued to travel to Rio and with Cyborg's blessing became part of the GFTeam there in Rio De Janeiro. He is one of the most accomplished competitors in BJJ with majority of his competition victories coming in Brazil.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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4x Brazilian National Teams Champion (Black Belt)

2x Brazilian National No-Gi Champion (Black Belt)

2x São Paulo International Open Champion (Black Belt)

World Masters Champion (Black Belt)

São Paulo International No Gi Open Champion (Black Belt)

Floripa International Open Champion (Black Belt)

Brasilia International Open Champion (Black Belt)

Chicago International Open Champion (Black Belt)

2nd place South American Championship (Black Belt)

European Champion (Brown Belt)

2nd place Pan American Championship (Brown Belt)

American National Champion (Brown Belt)

Miami Open Absolute Champion (Brown Belt)

Pan American Champion (Purple Belt)

World Cup Champion (2010 CBJJO)

South American Champion (2010 CBJJE)

This year Jake Mackenzie secured victory at the 2018 Masters Worlds BJJ Championships in the Master 1 Division!

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INSTRUCTION

Jake Mackenzie is one of the most prolific BJJ competitors out there still grinding away. He is easily the most accomplished Canadian black belt. Most known for his dynamic use of half guard and reverse half guard, it made perfect sense that this was the first topic he would share with us at BJJ Fanatics.

In this series and it's follow up Volume 2, you will learn Jake's complete half guard, reverse half guard and deep half game. This is the same game he uses on teammates like Rodolfo Viera and it is the game that revolutionize what you know of as half guard.

High Precision Half Guard and Reverse Half Guard

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For Jake's next release, he built on the foundation that High Precision Half Guard Volume 1 had laid out for the fans and practitioners.

High Precision Half Guard Volume 2

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Gringo Passing

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Jake Mackenzie

Jake Mackenzie was born and reared in Nova Scotia, Canada and was first exposed to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu when he was 14 years old. Over the next few years, he cross paths with the likes of Marcia Feitosa and eventually began traveling back and forth to Brazil quite regularly.

After a number to Brazil to live, train and learn the language. During that time he also became exposed to a great many high level teachers and competitors, going so far as to spend any and all extra money to take privates with them to fill perceived gaps in his game. This practice helped him develop his half guard system as he spent a large chunk of his time specifically studying the half guard games of the highest level teachers he could work with.

After a trip to Rio, he connected with Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu who took Jake under his wing and invited him to his new school in Miami where Jake trained for a number of years. He spent the period between purple belt and eventually black belt studying directly with Cyborg.

After earning his black belt, he traveled back to Rio and connected with the GFTeam and continues to rep them, while maintaining loyal to Cyborg in his heart because of the time and mentorship he invested in the young Jake and especially due to receiving his black belt from Cyborg in 2010.

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Notable Techniques

Jake Mackenzie is most known for his dynamic and powerful half guard game.

The techniques below will give just a glimpse of what is available at BJJ Fanatics in his two Half Guard instructional DVDs.

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Half Guard Basic Positioning

In this video, Jake outlines his basic half guard body placement, where he puts his hands feet and how he comports his hips. He's not too reliant on the knee shield for his particular brand of half guard. His use of a belt grip to control the engagement of his opponent is particularly noteworthy.

Entry Into Knee Twist Half Guard

In this variation of Jake's half guard he addresses the opponent who is trying to knee slice through his half guard by controlling and then forcing misdirection with the shin that sets up a unique variation that is somewhat related to deep half. You will have to check it out.

Countering the Underhook

The under hook from the top is the bane of the bottom player's existence. This allows the opponent to flatten you and make progress. This unique counter will set up an entry to a deep half position.

Elbow Lock Roll

This unique sweep catches the opponent when they're back stepping and puts them in a very painful smash pass position. You're going to love it.

Arm Drag to Back Take

Jake is well-known for his back takes from half guard. This is a great counter to the whizzer from the top opponent. The back take from this position will have your opponent's guessing as to how you did that.

Matches

Below are a few of the fight or match videos that are available on YouTube for Jake Mackenzie.

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Jake Mackenzie versus Murilo Santana

Jake Mackenzie versus JT Torres

Jake Mackenzie versus Kim Terra

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Jake Mackenzie

ACHIEVEMENTS

Completely change your game with Jake Mackenzie! Click Learn More!

Jake Mackenzie

World class instruction that is easy to implement! Click Learn More!

Notable Techniques

Get yourself more instruction from Jake Mackenzie! Click Learn More!

Half Guard Basic Positioning

Entry Into Knee Twist Half Guard

Countering the Underhook

Elbow Lock Roll

Arm Drag to Back Take

Matches

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Jake Mackenzie versus Murilo Santana

Jake Mackenzie versus JT Torres

Jake Mackenzie versus Kim Terra

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