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The Strenuous Life Podcast

EP 045: Brazil, BJJ, and MMA with Black Belt Jeff Meszaros

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February 15, 2017 · 1:14:12

This is a fun conversation about BJJ, Judo and MMA with Jeff Meszaros, one of the guys I started training with 23 years ago!

  • Self defense applications of BJJ - Russian team MMA events - Judo, BJJ and the early days of the Uncle Willy's Grappling Association - The joys and hazards of learning BJJ in Brazil - The evolution of BJJ (and how we got to double guard pulls) - Why describing BJJ as 'Male Pyjama Wrestler' tends to give people the wrong idea - And much more...

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