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436 - How Training Your Submissions as Positions Takes Your Game to the Next Level, with Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models

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October 28, 2025 · 58:08 · E436

Today the tables get turned and I end up on the other end of the microphone as Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models picks my brain about the huge benefits that arise to treating your jiu-jitsu submissions as positions first, and submissions second.

I promise this will make perfect sense by the end of the episode, and may change how you approach your training.

Check out my positional approach to mastering the Kimura and tapping out more training partners and competition opponents at https://www.grapplearts.com/kimura

And check out Steve Kwan's excellent BJJ Mental Models podcast at https://www.bjjmentalmodels.com

Thanks!

Stephan

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