Podcast Episodes

Ep. 132: Wedges, feat. Matt Kwan

Episode 132

This week, Steve and Matt do a super detailed breakdown of wedges: a core mechanic of Jiu-Jitsu that's critical to offense.  Frames and wedges have a…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Ep. 131: Movement Vocabulary, feat. Margot Ciccarelli

Episode 131

This week, we're joined by newly minted black belt Margot Ciccarelli!  Margot leads us on one of our most interesting discussions ever: her philosoph…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Ep. 130: Position Series: Kesa Gatame, feat. Sonny Brown

Episode 130

This week, we're joined by one of our most often requested guests: Sonny Brown!  Sonny, also known as "that other BJJ podcast guy," is working on a k…

5 years, 3 months ago

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BONUS! Arm Drag Concepts, feat. Rob Biernacki

We've got a bonus episode for you this week!  Rob Biernacki joins us to introduce arm drag concepts from his new instructional.

Learn about Rob Bierna…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Ep. 129: Create Something, feat. Christian Graugart

Episode 129

This week, we're joined by Christian Graugart.  Christian is the founder of BJJ Globetrotters, Beltchecker.com, and TeachingBJJ.com.  In this episode…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Ep. 128: Autism and BJJ, feat. Adam Medlock

Episode 128

This week, we're joined by Adam Medlock.  Adam is the lead autism educator for a special school in the UK.  He has worked with children and young adu…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep. 127: Frames, feat. Matt Kwan

Episode 127

This week, Steve and Matt talk about frames.  Can you believe we made it 127 episodes deep without doing a full episode on this topic?  This is proba…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep. 126: Pregnancy and Jiu-Jitsu, feat. Livia Giles

Episode 126

This week we're joined again by Livia Giles!  Livia's expecting, and will be adding motherhood to her long list of achievements!  In this episode, we…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep. 125: Timeless Jiu-Jitsu, feat. Rafael Lovato Jr.

Episode 125

This week, we're joined by the living legend, Rafael Lovato Jr.!  Rafael introduces his philosophy of Timeless Jiu-Jitsu, which he used to become one…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep. 124: Ratchet Control, feat. Matt Kwan

Episode 124

This week, Matt and Steve talk about ratchet control: a powerful mental model for using limb rotation to break alignment.

There are two directions of …

5 years, 5 months ago

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