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12 BJJ Black Belts Give Their Best Advice For Starting Jiu-Jitsu
12 BJJ black belts give their single best piece of advice for people just...
Having Trouble Holding Your Opponent In Spider Guard? Then You’ll Want To See This!
Spider guard is one of the toughest positions in Brazilian jiu-jitsu — not only for the person trying to pass it, but...
Podcast Episode 116 – To Pull Guard in BJJ Competition, or Not?
Should you pull guard in BJJ competition or fight doggedly for the takedown. You’ll get some answers to this perenni...
Podcast Episode 82 – Chat with Rob Biernacki About Visiting Students Training for Free
In this episode I talk with BJJ black belt Rob Biernacki about gratitude and how that has shaped his visiting student...
Podcast Episode 79 – Zoltan Schubert Discusses Best Steel for Knives
There is so much information (and misinformation) about knives out there that it’s easy to get confused. In this epi...
Podcast Episode 74 – Analysis of Leglock Game with Rob Biernacki
An 80/20 analysis of the leglocking game based on high level no gi competition, leglock safety, how to learn BJJ effi...
Podcast Episode #72 – Interview with Chad Skands on Managing Chaos
Longtime bouncer Chad Skands talks about managing multiple attacker scenarios, continuing to think and use your brain...
Podcast Episode # 67 – The No Gi Competition Landscape with Matt Kwan
This is a great conversation I had with no gi competitor Matt Kwan in which we covered everything from domination of ...
Podcast Episode 83 – World’s Fastest Firefighter Jamie McGarva
I really like this episode because we got the chance to go DEEP into the training routine of the world’s fastest fire...
Podcast Episode 85 – Ritchie Yip Discusses Transitioning from Gi to No Gi
No gi grappling is very popular these days, and a lot of people find making the transition from training with the gi ...
Podcast Episode 91 – The Connection Between Business & BJJ with Jack Wilkinson
It’s amazing how many high level entrepreneurs also enjoy the challenge of jiu-jitsu! In this episode Jack Wilkinson...
Podcast Episode 94 – Coach Rodney King on Survival in South Africa
WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and is definitely not suitable for children.
In this ...