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12 BJJ Black Belts Give Their Best Tips for Starting BJJ {Video and Podcast}

Today you’re going to get 12 BJJ black belts give their best tips, strategies and advice for people just starting out...

Podcast Episode 131 – Kirik Jenness of The Underground Forum, the Fighter’s Notebook and More

In this episode I have a great talk with Kirik Jenness who is mayor for life of the underground forum at http://mixed...

Podcast Episode 127: Why Techniques Never Work on the Day They’re Shown

OK, so you’ve just learned a cool new technique – a sweep, a pass, a submission – that you’re pretty sure is the Kryp...

Podcast Episode 126: Staying Calm in Killer Waves and Night Time Saves with Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Donald Lipscomb

Really enjoyed this chat with Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Donald Lipscomb.  We went into detail about rescuing people ...

Police Combatives with Lt. Kevin Dillon on The Strenuous Life Podcast, Episode 121

I found this conversation with Lieutenant Kevin Dillon (ret) about police combatives training super interesting.  Kev...

BJJ Breathing Tricks When You’re On the Bottom, Getting Crushed by Your Opponent

One of the very worst things is to be trapped on the bottom with all your opponent’s weight on top of you and be unab...

Stephan Talks to Chewy from Chewjitsu on The Strenuous Life Podcast, Episode 120

Chewy (aka Nick Albin) is well known for the BJJ advice he gives on his prolific Chewjitsu channel, so I was thrilled...

Grappling with Claustrophobia in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

This article grew out of an email conversation I had with a reader of the Grapplearts newsletter about his problems w...

Breathing, Oxygen and Exhaustion

I’ve previously discussed breathing but have concentrated on unusual situations, like conscious hyperventilation and ...

Adding New Techniques to Your BJJ Game

I once posted a cool new technique by a famous jiu-jitsu fighter on the Grapplearts Facebook Page. Within the hour I ...

How to Coach at BJJ Tournaments

by Jeff Meszaros I’ve played all the big roles at Brazilian jiu jitsu tournaments: The stressed-out competitor sweat...

Podcast: 8th Degree BJJ Coral Belt Carlos Machado!

I loved talking to jiu-jitsu pioneer Carlos Machado about all things BJJ in episode 115 of The Strenuous Life Podcast...
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