I talk to Michael Phillip, host of the long-running philosophy and esoterica podcast Third Eye Drops, where he conducts what he calls “mind melds” with authors, musicians, thinkers, and mystics on topics ranging from Jungian psychology and mythology to...
I am still the only person in Australia to win an MMA fight and a championship title via a gogoplata submission set up from rubber guard. Eddie Bravo gave me a shoutout, the sequence was featured on his “Mastering the System” series, and for a while, it...
I’ve spent years arguing that padwork is overrated. So naturally, I found myself in Tokyo, paying top dollar for a private session with the most expensive padman I could find. It’s December 2025, and I was trying to fit in as much training as possible...
The following article, The 20 Myths of Mitsuyo Maeda, was originally published on Roberto Pedreira’s Global Training Report, a vital resource for anyone interested in the true history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As that website is no longer active, I’ve chosen to host a...
From strict dress codes to freedom of choice, uniforms touch on issues of tradition, control, accessibility, and identity. Some see uniform policies as essential for preserving tradition and creating community. In contrast, others view them as financial barriers,...
I talk to Luke Martin from Sydney West Martial Arts, Luke has been on the podcast several times before, and this marks ten years since he began his journey of bringing the world-class Danaher grappling system to his gym in Penrith. We discuss his team’s recent...
I talk to Andy from School of Grappling and Greg Souders from Standard Jiu-Jitsu about the ecological approach to teaching grappling. We explore the theory and practice of this method, discussing experience, perception, and consciousness. Andy focuses on phenomenology...
I talk to Andy from School of Grappling about the rising trend of the ecological approach in BJJ coaching and its implications in comparisons to his ideas of embodied grappling. We explore the interplay between culture, coaching methods, and individual motivation in...
I talk to Scott Sievewright, who discusses his ecological approach to coaching martial arts. He emphasises the importance of live, unscripted sparring from day one to build skills, arguing that traditional techniques taught in isolation don’t effectively...
