259 - Elite No Gi Training and Competition with Oliver Taza
From The Strenuous Life Podcast
Oliver Taza trains at Tristar in Montreal with Firas Zahabi and at Renzo Gracie's in New York City with John Danaher. With his impeccable technique and aggressive grappling style he has amassed an impressive array of wins at Polaris, Metamoris, the ADCC Trials, the No Gi Worlds, and many more competitions.
In this episode we go deep into the training and technical development required to hang with the Danaher Death Squad monsters and win at the elite level. I think you'll really like it!
Also check out the new instructional I did with Oliver Taza called No Gi Leglocks at https://www.grapplearts.com/taza. I guarantee that it'll immediately take your leglock game up to the next level and allow you to tap out your training partners more often!
Cheers,
Stephan
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