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Podcast Episode 96 – Mike Zenga on Lessons Learned
In this episode BJJ and Judo black belt Mike Zenga shares some of the lessons, commonalities, and differences he’s se...
Podcast Episode 105 – Interview With Matt Thornton
Matt Thornton is the founder of Straight Blast Gym, the organisation that produced Conor McGregor. He’s also a skept...
Podcast Episode 113 – A Close Call, and Avoiding Injuries!
The other day I almost tore a partner’s ACL off the bone, which would have required him to have surgery and many mont...
Podcast Episode 112 – Live Q&A with Stephan Kesting
Today’s episode comes from a Q&A session I did on Instagram live (@stephan_kesting) and gave the answers to a ton...
Podcast Episode 109 – the KISS Principle in Self Defense
What would the boxer Vasyl Lomachenko do if he caught you macking on his girlfriend? Well, I don’t think it would inv...
Podcast Episode 106 – Top 5 Nutrition Tips for Martial Arts
The Christmas binge is over and it’s time to take control of your diet again! In this short episode I give you my to...
Podcast Episode 103 – Forget New Years Resolutions!
I really mean it: DON’T wait until New Year’s Eve to start making the changes you know should happen! Waiting will on...
Podcast Episode 101 – Twitter Q&A
Loved doing this massive Q&A! What I did was take the time to more fully answer questions that I had first addre...
Podcast Episode 99 – How to Get Motivated!
In this episode I share one of my best tips to get your butt on the mat or in the gym, indicators for when it’s NOT t...
Podcast Episode 98 – Why Don’t More Gyms Teach Take-Downs?
Are take-downs important even though so few BJJ gyms teach them, and can you get away with never training them if you...
Podcast Episode 95 – Increasing Mobility for BJJ
Some quick thoughts about improving the different forms of ‘mobility’ for jiu-jitsu, both in terms of movement on the...
Podcast Episode 90 – Finding the Best Techniques Using the 80/20 Principle
In this episode I argue that you should start by teaching and learning the most effective, most proven, highest perce...