Mon, 25 May 2015
The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and RSS link for Andriod 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:
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Quote of the week: Presented by: A double quote! Presented by Mark Mullen.
Article of the week: "When Jiu Jitsu is Like Brushing Your Teeth" From A Skirt on the Mat Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast |
Mon, 18 May 2015
The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and RSS link for Andriod Mark Mullen is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a brown belt in judo from Canada, now based in Taipei, Taiwan. Mark Started training in judo in 1995 and inspired by Royce Gracie winning the early UFC's he became obsessed to learn BJJ. When Marcus Soares 7th degree coral belt of the Carlson Gracie Team moved to Vancouver in 1997 (the first black belt to teach in Canada) Mark became on of the earliest students. Mark discovered an early aptitude and love for teaching BJJ when head instructor Soares would return to Brazil and Mark would teach the class. Mark started Training with Gracie Barra black belt Josh Russel when Josh moved back to Canada after training and living in Rio De Janeiro for several years. Mark was one of the original founders of Gracie Barra Calgary and graduated to purple, brown and finally black belt under Josh Russell 3rd degree. In 2014 Mark accepted an offer to relocate to Taipei, Taiwan to be the BJJ coach for 2 MMA gyms (Marital Armor and Tough MMA in Taipei and Hsinchu) and runs the BJJ program for the schools as well as coaching the fighters. Mark writes for popular online BJJ blogs Gracie Barra Blog and Grapplearts.com. Mark is also available for writing on other blogs. We talk about:
Links for Mark Mullen: Twitter, Facebook Quote of the week: "it's not supposed to be easy" Samuel Spiegelman Article of the week: "3 Important Questions to Help Recalibrate Your Training Focus" By Valerie Worthington Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast |
Mon, 11 May 2015
The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and RSS link for Andriod Sam Spiegelman is a author and strength and conditioning coach. Sam is a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Mark Vives, he trains at New Breed Training Center. He has written a bunch of great articles on Breaking Muscle. Sam is also available for online consultations. We talk about:
Links for Sam Spiegelman: Quote of the week: "Know your why? Chris Easter Article of the week: 5 Competition Essentials Support Amber as she chokes cancer out! Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast |
Mon, 4 May 2015
The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and RSS link for Andriod Chris Easter is a Black Belt and has been training BJJ since 1998. Chris has a game that focuses on the basics. Chris has moved many times due to being in the military, this has given him the opportunity to train with many amazing practitioners and share Jiu-Jitsu. He is now training at Sergio Penha's. We talk about:
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Quote of the week: "If you try to avoid responsibility people will push it back on you, if you take accountability when things go wrong people will take it away from you" Jay Bell Article of the week: "10 Benefits of Playing Sports" Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast |