Competition

Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro returns to talk about his recent superfights, balancing teaching and competing and the superfight he wants next. He also issues a challenge to ANYONE who has the guts to face him in Ping Pong!

Leo Vieira returns to talk about his promotion to 5th degree, returning to competition at 41 and Superfights that he is interested in. He also shares his thoughts on Roger Gracie vs Buchecha

A powerful conversation with Ronald Mann, a blue belt amputee who has found new life through Jiu-Jitsu. He talks about the details of his accident, hitting rock bottom and rising from the ashes to become a Para Jiu-Jitsu World Champion.

In this episode I talk with the amazing Clinton Davies, the blind wrestler who is a 10 time New Zealand national champion who competes against sighted opponents. Clinton has also had a very successful submission grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition career, and has travelled the world. Listen to this episode to find out how he does it!

Professor Crosley Gracie joins the show to talk about the challenges of growing up as a Gracie, fighting for Pride and Pancrase, Jiu-Jitsu for MMA and his epic match against his cousin Ryron Gracie!

Ray Stevens is a Judo Olympic silver medalist and a Roger Gracie black belt. We talk about how Ray got into judo, his experience training in Japan, his competition career, his Olympic games performances, injuries, his choice to retire from competitive judo, how he got into BJJ, training with and receiving his black belt from Roger Gracie and much more. Check out Ray's new academy at: www.raystevensacademy.co.uk And follow Ray on: www.instagram.com/raystevensacademy

I really like this episode because we got the chance to go DEEP into the training routine of the world's fastest firefighter, Jamie McGarva. Jamie has held numerous titles for the Firefighter Combat Challenge both in the team and individual category, including breaking the world record twice in two days. Even now he continues to push himself harder in a single workout than most normal human beings do in a month. Hope you like this and come away inspired for your next training session!

B-Mac is back! We discuss podcasting, EBI, the balance between athleticism and technique in Jiu-Jitsu, the role physical attributes play in your game, and managing the ego

Tom Deblass is back! He talks about his recent Fight to Win match, ADCC 2017, conditioning, the Dillon Dannis beef, obsessive mindset and using skills responsibly. He also talks about how he processes a loss and takes lessons from every match

What belt level should you start training leg locks at? It depends a little bit on what your goals are and whether you're doing gi or no gi, but it's a lot sooner than you think EVEN if you're competing only in the IBJJF rule set. This podcast episode is excerpted from a 17 minute long Youtube video at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GQZPtpsg_U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GQZPtpsg_U) which takes you through how to do the actual leglocks and demonstrates some of the techniques that will instantly get you disqualified from an IBJJF tournament.

BJJ Black Belt Dr. Chris Moriarty returns to the show to talk about his recent competitions, dealing with leg lockers, call-outs in Jiu-Jitsu and his new medical study geared towards Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

Brad Pickett is a UFC veteran and UK MMA legend. In this episode I talk to Brad about how he got into MMA, his career during the WEC and later the UFC, his retirement, his upcoming professional grappling debut at Polaris 5, his thoughts on gi vs nogi training, Mac vs May, being the toughest guy in the room and much more. Find Brad on: twitter.com/One_Punch Instagram.com/One_Punch And check out the One Punch Podcast at: www.spreaker.com/show/the-one-punch-podcast

Rose if the founder of Gracie Worlds tournaments. She talks about growing up in the Gracie family, her perspective watching Jiu-Jitsu spread to the US, her views on belt ranks, tournament bias and cannabis use in BJJ and MMA.

Javier Palomo is a black belt in several martial arts, a purple belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu and a Catch Wrestling instructor. He talks about the value of exploring other grappling styles and different tournament rule sets

Mauricio Gomes is a 7th degree coral belt in BJJ, one of the "famous five" under Rolls Gracie and father of Roger Gracie. It was a absolute honour to be able to sit down with Mauricio and talk about his life and jiu jitsu. In this episode we talk about the history of the Gracie family, Mauricio's connection and relationship with the Gracie's, especially Rolls, how he travelled around to Japan and the UK to spread jiu jitsu, his own personal competition career, the career of his son Roger Gracie, self defence vs sport jiu jitsu and much much more. Mauricio is a living legend of the sport and it was great to have him share his story. To book anything with Mauricio email: natnic@live.co.uk Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MauricioGomesukbjj Check out www.rogergracie.com

Professor Marcelo Garcia is considered by many to be the greatest BJJ competitor of all time. He talks about his origins, avoiding one-dimensional training, self discipline and managing ego. He also discusses why you should always seek tough rolls.

In this mini-episode I talk Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor with Ritchie Yip, and we both come to the same conclusion about betting on this fight. Listen to this episode before you put money down on Conor McGregor

The Dade County Crippler is back! Ruben Alvarez makes his third appearance on the show and talks about self defense, his progress in the Miami Police academy, his recent performance at the Kakuto Challenge and Califlower Ears

An 80/20 analysis of the leglocking game based on high level no gi competition, leglock safety, how to learn BJJ efficiently, best practises when teaching jiu-jitsu, and a ton more with BJJ black belt Rob Biernacki, my co-author of The Modern Leglock Formula available now at Grapplearts.com/leglocks

In this episode I talk about the concrete steps you can take to control your fear and harness the power of the adrenaline dump that comes with the fight of flight reflex. Properly used this power turns you into a superhero rather than a gibbering idiot! Also check out my second site http://www.selfdefensetutorials.com and make sure that you subscribe to my self-defense oriented youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj4JOZ3jvgkHPYew0ksfDZw

You'll really like this sit down I had with UFC star Alan Belcher, a man who has had some of the most exciting, edge-of-your-seat fights in UFC history. Alan shared lessons learned from his 26 MMA fights including details of cutting major amounts of weight pre-competition, his mindset while fighting Rousimar Palhares (one of the dirtiest and scariest fighter in MMA), lifting weights as physical therapy to hold his body together, how he structured his UFC training camps and preventing overtraining by modulating the intensity and volume of your training sessions, the crazy treatments he did to repair his detached retina, and much more. Enjoy!

Daren Bartlett is a film maker and BJJ black belt. Im joined by Daren Bartlett who has recently released "Tradition: The Rise of a Gracie Fighter". A documentary about Roger Gracie and his rise to dominance on the Jiu Jitsu world. Filmed over 10 years of Roger Competitive career me and Daren talk about the history of the Gracie's, what its like to be there for historic BJJ moments, getting back stage and all access passes to talk to legends of the sport, and much more. To watch Tradition visit: www.bantamfilms.com or www.rogergraciedocumentary.com

Dickie Martin is a BJJ black belt, instructor at Carlson Gracie London and a world, pan am and european double champion. In this episode we talk about his introduction to BJJ, his thrill seeking days in motor sport, his competition career, getting into politics, the UKBJJA and much more. For more info on the UKBJJA visit: www.ukbjja.org For info on Carlson Gracie London visit: www.bjjlondon.com

IBJJF NY International Open 2017- Rafael Rosendo dos Santos (Alliance International) vs Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva (Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu)