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This week we are excited to bring you Roy Harris, he is one of the first non Brazilian Black Belts (Dirty Dozen).  Roy shares many of his countless stories and great advice about BJJ.

We talk about:

• The early days of training BJJ in the United States
• Developing skills outside of class with a partner
• What you should be doing for the first 2 or 3 years of training
• His first BJJ Brick was a footlock
• Why some leglocks can be more dangerous
• The 4 mindsets he teaches to students that are over 40
• How to train safely
• How to evaluate your progress
• Differences between gi and no gi
• How to train if you can only train twice a week

Links:

• royharris.com/
• His Apps for iphone
• Check out his about page it is amazing!

Quote of the week: "I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing." Yogi Berra

Article of the week: "BJJ Biomechanics – Rib Injuries"

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This week we have a Pioneer of American BJJ practitioners David Meyer. David started Jiu-Jitsu is 1991 and was one of the first americans to reach the rank of black belt.

We talk about:

• His early experiences with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Competing at some of the first BJJ competitions in the united states
• Being an athlete and a vegan
• Kicking ass and saving animals
• Getting more out of each class
• Doing BJJ home work
• Doing a tabata workout
• How to push yourself when you are tired
• BJJ for MMA
• Early MMA
• Performing better at competitions
• Developing new techniques
• Being a good training partner
• The importance of a game plan
• Training with Eddie Bravo
• Adopting a pet

Links:

• fuel for the fighter
• Training for Competition
• BJJ America
• Adopt a pet

Quote of the week: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle, Presented by Ryan Hall

Article of the week: "4 Ways Submission Grapplers Can Apply Wrestling Concepts to Their Practice"

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This week on the podcast we have an interview with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Stephan Kesting.  Stephan has written some of the best articles about BJJ.  He is very well know for teaching BJJ on his websites Grapplearts.com, BeginningBJJ.com and his newsletter.

We talk about:

• His start with Martial Arts
• Doing BJJ before it was popular
• Content vs context when learning BJJ online
• Taking responsibility for your own training
• Your training environment
• The overall role of a BJJ coach
• Learning from lower belts
• The firefighting and BJJ
• BJJ and self defense
• Advice for people who can only train 2 or 3 times per week
• The ideas for a BJJ roadmap

Links:

• A Roadmap for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  How to Progress FAST in BJJ
• Grapplearts Facebook page
• Grapplearts.com
• Twitter
• Youtube

Quote of the week: "never give up, and believe in yourself" Franjinha

Article of the week: 5 Difficult Concepts For BJJ Beginners To Grasp, check out the authors site here

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This is the best video I could find for Hammer Pants. Mc. Hammer make an appearance at 3 min.

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This week we have an interview with one of the top BJJ coaches Ricardo Miller.  Ricardo is also known as Franjinha.  You can find a full bio on Franjinha here.  Check out his school Paragon website here.

We talk about:

• A brief history of Franjinha
• His coaching style
• His 32 Black belts under him
• Jeff Glover and Bill "The Grill" Cooper
• How BJJ is always changing
• He has 10,000 people that have came to his gym, and out of that he has made 32 Black belts that is one person per every 312
• His goal of when he has a new student
• Helping his students
• What Paragon means
• The small percent of people that actually compete
• Advice for the first time competitor
• Advice for the person who can only train once a week
• Comparing BJJ to a puzzle

Links:

• Jiu-Jitsu Pedia
• Paragon

Quote of the week: "respect all, fear none" Danny Alvarez

Article of the week: "Does Technique Really Conquer All? 3 BJJ Masters Give their Opinion" BJJEE.com

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Danny Alvarez is a 2nd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. Danny is affiliate under 4th degree Black Belt Bruno Bastos. Check out his full bio and huge competition history here.

We talk about:

• Dealing with a loss
• Coaching kids
• Why it is important to set a schedule to train
• The growth of BJJ
• Training only once a week
• Note taking
• Balancing your personal life and BJJ

Links:

• Alvarez BJJ
• Alvarez Facebook page
• Twitter @alvarezbjj
• Instagram

Quote of the week: "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.” Theodore Roosevelt

Article of the week: "5 Tips To Take Your BJJ Sparring To The Next Level"

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Danny Alvarez is a 2nd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. Danny is affiliate under 4th degree Black Belt Bruno Bastos. Check out his full bio and huge competition history here.

We talk about:

• His start with BJJ
• Leaving a good full time job to teach BJJ
• Balancing work and family
• His aggressive style of BJJ
• Doing BJJ as a family
• Overcoming travel difficulties
• Cutting weight as you travel
• How to use internet to help your training
• The importance of doing private lessons
• Avoiding frustration when learning a new technique
• Advice for doing your first tournament

Links:

• Alvarez BJJ
• Alvarez Facebook page
• Twitter @alvarezbjj
• Instagram

Quote of the week: "Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will be among the stars" Bernardo Faria. This is a must listen to quote! it starts at 2min 30sec.

Article of the week: Rickson Gracie “Should Put More Value On Learning Than On Competing With Your Training Partner”

The video Gary was talking about "Kid Destroys Bully With Punch And Double Leg"

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This week we are excited to bring you an interview with Eduardo Telles.  Eduardo is well know for his creativity on the mat, he is always trying to surprise his opponents. Check out more of Eduardo's Bio here.

In the interview with Eduardo Telles we talk about:

• Training in both Sao Paulo and Rio
• Starting BJJ at 17 years old
• How having fun was so important to getting good at BJJ
• The use of the turtle guard
• The benefits of using the turtle guard
• Common mistakes when using the turtle guard
• How he attacks someone that is using the turtle guard
• His ideas about how points can distract opponents and lead to more submissions
• The idea of giving points for side control
• Advice for a first time student competing
• What he was like as a blue belt
• Some of his most favorite matches.
• Watch his match with Felipe Pena
• His online training academy

Links:

• 99 Jiu-Jitsu San Diego
• Turtle guard on line training here
• Nine Nine Jiu-Jitsu on Facebook
• Eduardo's sponsors Kingz Kimonos and Choke Republic, Tell them Eduardo sent you :)

Quote of the week: "The goal of Jiu-Jitsu is not to be undefeated but no to lose" Presented by Brian Freeman

Article of the week: When rolling with a visitor be aware of these rules of etiquette

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Submission Series Promotions is the biggest submission only host in Canada.Their second event "The Takeover" takes place Saturday, June 20 in Halifax Ns.  In this episode we bring you interviews with two of the athletes that are competing in this event.

Jason Gagnon- Jason is a brown belt under Cobrinha.  You can find Jason training at Genesis Martial Arts in Abbotsford, BC. He will be competing against Hood Rich of Zuma MMA.  Jason's Facebook page.

Josh Wincey- Josh is a black belt under Kevin Taylor.  Josh trains at Titans MMA.  His is competing against Andris Brunovskis on The Takeover card.  Josh's Facebook page.

Quote of the week: Presented by James Puopolo "True strength is not always shown through victory.  Stand up, try again and display strength of heart." Rickson Gracie

Article of the week: "The One Secret Trick to Getting Good at BJJ"

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This week we have a interview with Rafael Lovato Jr black belt James Puopolo.  He has been doing BJJ full time since leaving his middle school math teaching job.  He can be found on the mats at Salem-Keizer Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy. You can find out more about James here on BJJ Heroes.

We talk about:

• Running his academy
• His ever changing style of BJJ
• Training with out the use of a timer
• Fitting your BJJ into many different rule sets
• The importance of finishing your opponent
• His training schedule
• Training other grappling arts
• Training with Luke Tirey
• His first training experience with RLJ
• Doing 14 competitions last year
• His future goals
• Keeping a training journal
• The process he goes through before a competition
• Basic meditation to get you in your zone
• Advice for a students first tournament

Links for James Puopolo's sponsors:

• Check out the gis at Origin
• Green Strength
• Elite Flexibility
• Iron Lion Soap

Keep up with James on his Facebook page

Quote of the week: Presented by PJ Waicus "The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble." Relson Gracie

Article of the week: "What Can The Stock Market Teach You About Jiu-Jitsu?" From Jiu-Jitology

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PJ Waicus joins us this week for an interview.  He has been training BJJ for about 5 years.  He trains at South Jersey Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy.  PJ has two children that have Angelman Syndrome.  This interview we talk a lot about BJJ, learn about Angelman Syndrome and we face off the mat challenges that life presents.

We talk about:

• Starting BJJ at the age of 39
• Size differences on the mat
• How Angelman Syndrome is passed on
• The effects of Angelman Syndrome
• The Angelman community
• Bipolar Disorder and BJJ
• Training with a busy schedule
• How BJJ is like a church to him
• Training BJJ for the long term
• Advice for parents that have kids with Angelman Syndrome

Links:

• Voices for Angels/ devoted to Angelman Syndrome awareness for our children
• South Jersey Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy
• Angelman.org
• Contact PJ on his Facebook page here

Quote of the week: Presented by: A double quote! Presented by Mark Mullen.

• "It is not who is good, it is who is left. It's hours on the mat, if you put in the time natural athlete or not, practice the art you will be a black belt. "Chris Haueter
• "I don’t have talent, I have tenacity. I have discipline, I have focus. And I know without any illusion, where I come from and where I can go back to"  Henry Rollins

Article of the week: "When Jiu Jitsu is Like Brushing Your Teeth"  From A Skirt on the Mat

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