This week we talk about having a guard that is designed to submit your opponent. We have been working on our submission guards for a month now as part of the Bjj By The Month program.

We talk about:

• Our experiences and failures over the last month
• The Facebook group BJJ by the month https://www.facebook.com/groups/2518368208286581/
• The advantage to your training by staying in guard and attacking
• Using sweeps to setup submissions
• How our guards have changed over the years
• The required ability to recover guard if it gets passed
• What we are working on next month

Links:

• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “Eyes are useless when the mind is blind” unknown

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This week we have an interview with the director of the latest BJJ movie Lion Killer.

We talk about:

• People dealing with trauma
• The BJJ displayed in the movie
• Making an independent film
• Working with Regina Ting Chen, Matthew Meehan
• BJJ culture
• Belt whipping
• Common training problems

Links:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzak0TRuSA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1gyLH7o9pZPG2k5Zt_K2jWwO8t7scqIQxRYFU8TTCxtrkrKbwMxGsR2II
• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.” Steve Irwin

Article of the week: How BJJ Helped Me With Officiating Football

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This week we have an interview with Marti Malloy.

We talk about:

• Her start in Judo as a kid
• Doing tournaments as a kid
• Becoming a well rounded Judo player
• Her olympic experience
• Mental preparation for the olympics
• Why Europe has such good Judo
• When to spar hard
• What she teaches at a seminar
• Teaching takedowns for BJJ

Links:

• Dollamur
• http://www.martimalloy.com/
• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon
• BJJ By The Month

Quote of the week: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” Benjamin Franklin

Article of the week: http://neworleansdodgeball.com/safety

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This week we have a topic episode about recovering from an injury. We cover multiple articles from a variety of sports to help get you back on the mat better and faster.

We talk about:

• Doing physical therapy
• Taking things one day at a time
• Pain science
• Changing your game
• Mental effects of being injured
• Finding a good doctor
• Staying positive
• Getting back stronger
• Having a good diet

Articles covered:

• 8 Tips to Make a Strong Comeback to Running After an Injury
• 3 REASONS WHY A GRADUAL RETURN TO GYMNASTICS FOLLOWING INJURY IS KEY: PAIN SCIENCE, TISSUE ADAPTATION, AND PSYCHOLOGY
• 6 Steps for Getting Back on the Bike After an Injury
• 3 Components to Coming Back Stronger from Injuries

Links:

• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.” Bob Ross

Question of the week: What is the favorite thing you learned this year in bjj?

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Maine Miller is a purple belt in BJJ and host the Grappling Rewind Podcast. Grappling Rewind is a podcast that focuses on covering competitive Jiu-Jitsu from week to week. This episode Maine does a recap of 2019 Jiu-Jitsu.

We talk about:

• Starting the Grappling Rewind podcast
• What events the Grappling Rewind covers
• Some highlight of ADCC 2019
• Spyder Invitational 2019
• Super fights in 2019
• How the rules will change the fights
• Building BJJ in the future
• How good commentary helps grow BJJ

Links:

• Grappling Rewind
• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.” Bob Ross

Article of the week: https://www.mybluprint.com/article/acrylic-painting-techniques-all-beginners-should-try

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This week we have an interview with Torrie O’neil founder of The Mighty Dames. The Mighty Dames is a community of women grapplers classified as heavy weight (over 160lbs)

We talk about:

• Her start with BJJ
• Her style of jiu-jitsu
• Starting The Mighty Dames
• Having a game that matches your body type
• Her struggles with starting BJJ
• Helping new students with support
• Helping girls get good fitting gis
• Training gi and no-gi
• What to expect at a tournament
• How to treat training partners

Links:

• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “You can’t change the people around you but, you can change the people around you.”

Article of the week: Jiu-jitsu and Vedanta: Four Yogic Paths to Mastery

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This week we talk about different training situations you might find yourself in and how to get the most of them.

• Training while injured
• Training for a tournament
• Getting the most out of a tight schedule
• Training when you are the best student in class
• Training when you are the worst student in class
• Training when you are on the road
• Training with Joe

Links:

• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

Article of the week: http://www.eatingwell.com/article/32715/9-simple-ways-to-be-a-better-cook/

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This week we have 11 time BJJ World Champion Buchecha on the show. We cover a wide range of topics from struggling with competitions as a kid to gi and no-gi training.

We talk about:

• Training in seasons of gi and no-gi
• His preference for training in the gi
• Adapting his game to work in both gi and no-gi
• Doing BJJ as a kid
• His training schedule
• Focusing on one or two tournaments a year
• His thought process for deciding if he will compete
• Developing the folding pass after an injury
• His new folding pass instructional with BJJ Fanatics
• Not winning a match for his first eight tournaments
• Winning double gold for the first time in 2012
• Getting the nickname Buchecha

Links:

• Buchecha on BJJ Fanatics
• Shoyoroll
• Checkmat BJJ
• Buchecha on Instagram
• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: "I've seen kids who tie their self-worth to wins and losses and that's a scary place to be. Kids need to know that they're human beings first and the love they receive from family is not based off their performance in athletics." Ben Askren

Article of the week: Improve Your Speed

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BJJ has been so great to us over the years. This special Thanksgiving episode we highlight some of the things we are grateful for about BJJ.

Links:

• BjjBrick Shop
• Your First Year of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Six BJJ Training Games to Play While Rolling
• Your support is appreciated on Patreon

Quote of the week: "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself." Robert Frost

Article of the week: 5 Ways to get better at swimming

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