Take a proactive step and evaluate your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game. This can pay off huge in performance and enjoyment. Many people stress working hard and smart. Evaluating your game is a smart move toward future success. After all working really hard on all the wrong things is not an effective use of your blood, sweat, and tears.

We talk about:

• The difference in being evaluated by your coach and yourself
• Why evaluate your game
• Finding your strengths
• Finding your weaknesses
• Are your favorite moves actually good for your game?
• Setting the right goals
• The dangers of comparing yourself to your teammates
• A good way to compare yourself to your teammates
• Evaluate why are you getting injured
• Is your game deep and narrow or wide and shallow
• The value of elevating your game

Quote of the week: "Just for today" series of quotes

Article of the week: HOW TO MAKE A SEMINAR RAPIDLY IMPROVE YOUR BJJ

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This week we bring back a listener favorite Roli Delgado. Roli has been a BJJ black belt for ten years. He runs a very successful school in Little Rock, and he is well known for his ability to perform and teach leg locks. Roli trains with GFteam and his coach is Denilson Pimenta.

We talk about:

• His off the mat life and changes toward jiu-jitsu
• Changes in his coaching jiu-jitsu
• The difference between coaching and teaching
• Coaching a student that is having a difficult time finishing a match
• The mental side of competing
• His martial arts background
• How he learned to work off the fence at TUF
• Training with Billy Robinson
• How Billy Robinson would answer questions differently than you would expect
• Catch wrestling as a sport and it's uses for MMA
• How dangerous heel hooks actually are
• The rule sets he likes
• He explains the funnel concept for BJJ
• Developing athleticism and doing BJJ
• Dealing with a hand injury
• He gives us a cheat sheet for running a BJJ gym
• Interesting thoughts on handling complements

Links:

• Leagel Leglocks
• Illegal Leglocks
• digitsu
• West Side MMA

Quote of the week: "Our Greatest Glory Is Not in Never Falling, But in Rising Every Time We Fall" Mr. Anonymous

Article of the week: Three Types Of Students Instructors Can’t Stand by Mark Mullen

Korbett's Kids Epi 4 Dealing with challenging students

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Gary talks about his new website BJJhammer.com and we start a odd word association game.

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This week we have an interview with Roger Gracie black belt Nic Gregoriades. Nic shares some of his amazing BJJ journey with us this week.

We talk about:

• Getting his black belt from Roger Gracie in 4 years
• His plans to move to the United States
• How teaching has affected his own growth
• His training before he became a black belt
• How your BJJ changes as you age
• Starting a Jiu-Jitsu Sisterhood
• Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood
• What Brotherhood means to Nic
• Why it is important to eat good quality foods
• The Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood logo
• BJJ for Yoga

Links:

• Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood
• Vibrant Health Maximum Vibrance

Quote of the week: "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant" Robert Louis Stevenson

Article of the week:We are joined this week for by the Author Miles Brown from Forge Fitness Studio in Wichita. Do ice baths work for recovery?

Mat Tales 19: Legend Down Under

Yoga for grapplers review https://youtu.be/84Kj-r1m8pg

The Bring Your Dad to BJJ seminar is June 17 at fox fitness.

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Elizabeth Clay is in the record books as the youngest person to qualify for ADCC. She trains in Anchorage Alaska at Legacy Jiu-Jitsu. She has been training since the age of twelve. We are excited to watch her compete in the 2017 ADCC.

We talk about:

• Starting BJJ at twelve
• The game she like to use for competitions
• How her game changes based on the rules
• Training for worlds and ADCC
• Training 7 days a week and 2-4 times a day
• Swimming and hills for cardio
• Graduating school early
• Her team is basically all male
• Listening to music before competing
• Competing in the adults division to get good matches

Links:

• Legacy Jiu Jitsu in Anchorage Alaska
• Alaska fight shop
• Zebra Athletics featuring Elisabeth Clay
• Elisabeth Clay on Facebook

Quote of the week: "Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip Toe if you must, but take a step." Naeem Callaway

Article of the week: Why I Do Jiu-Jitsu by Joe Thomas

The Referee Corner Part 5 Hand Signals Check out the Grappling Referee here

June 17th is "Bring Your Dad to Jiu-Jitsu Day"

Gary's audio book is called "tippy toe to a double leg"

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