Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGripfighting and Kuzushi, 2 Critical Skills That Almost Everyone Misses
Episode 315
Two of the best ways to develop your guard are gripfighting and kuzushi. Today I talk with Rob Biernacki about these rarely taught critical skills an…
5 years ago
314 - Why Some Competitors Excel at Competition and Others Don't, with Andrew 'Goatfury' Smith
Episode 314
Why some competitors excel at competition and others don't, hero worship in BJJ, and how to succeed at BJJ partnerships with Andrew 'Goatfury' Smith.…
5 years ago
Covid Safe BJJ, Improving During Layoffs, and Tournament Strategy with Dan 'TrumpetDan' Lukeheart
Episode 313
Today I chat with Dan "TrumpetDan" Lukeheart from Brea Jiu-Jitsu in Orange County about the steps he's taken to keep his school open in a responsible…
5 years, 1 month ago
Three Steps to Improve Your Post-Training Recovery
Episode 312
Your health is like a credit card..
You can definitely put things onto your credit card once in a while. You can even use a credit card to help brid…
5 years, 1 month ago
311 - The Covid Vaccines and BJJ with Dr Chris Moriarty
Episode 311
Dr Chris Moriarty is a medical doctor and a former high level black belt BJJ competitor. In this episode we talk about the rapidly evolving situation…
5 years, 1 month ago
Are you in a Jiu-Jitsu Cult with Matt 'Aesopian' Kirtley
Episode 310
Today I talk with Matt Kirtley, better known to many as 'Aesopian', about Changes to jiu-jitsu culture, Crazy martial arts cults, Channeling of anci…
5 years, 1 month ago
Seven Ways to Make Your Leglocks More Effective
Episode 309
How leglocks and leglocking strategy have changed in the last 20 years. As they say for TED Talk Podcasts, this presentation contains powerful visual…
5 years, 1 month ago
Jiu-jitsu Is The Art of Facing Challenges, with Elliott Bayev
Episode 308
BJJ black belt and entrepreneur Elliott Bayev on the ability to test new ideas in jiu-jitsu, how the basics change over time, how to use jiu-jitsu in…
5 years, 1 month ago
Nazi Hippies and Authoritarian Yoga Instructors with Jules Evans
Episode 307
Jules Evans studies the history of ideas and was the perfect person to help me understand the abundance of insane conspiracy theories on BOTH sides o…
5 years, 1 month ago
How to Talk to a Covid Denialist
Episode 306
Daniel Goldberg is a medical historian, a public health ethicist, a lawyer and has practiced BJJ for 8 years. It was great to have him on the podcast…
5 years, 2 months ago