I talk to Brian Ebersole, a veteran of over 70 MMA fights, including a memorable run in the UFC. We discuss his early beginnings in the American scholastic wrestling system and the competitive mindset that helped to produce. The start of his fight career which...
I talk to Bruce Hoyer about the reverse classroom for Jiu-Jitsu training. Bruce coaches out of a small town in Dakota that has produced 7 UFC fighters and uses innovative teaching strategies including the flipped or reverse classroom model of instruction. The flipped...
I talk to Dr. Ian Dunican- host of the Sleep4Performance Podcast, BJJ practitioner, Ultra-Marathon runner, and sleep researcher. Dr. Ian has worked with elite combat sports athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport on strategies to help optimise sleep, recovery,...
I talk to Matt Lindland, the head coach of the USA Greco Roman wrestling team, Olympic silver medalist & MMA Pioneer. We discuss his experience coaching wrestlers from a folkstyle background and how to alter their risk-taking intuitions to suit Greco roman. How...
I talk to Brandon McCaghren, or B-MAC, from 10th Planet Decatur, Alabama. We discuss his journey from his hometown to train with Eddie Bravo in LA, and the value of constraints vs operating in the wild. How the innovative 10th Planet “Hot Box” system and...
I talk to Rory van Vliet from RVV BJJ, who takes a methodical approach to explaining the science behind your jiu-jitsu. He explains the critical principle of alignment, which breaks down into posture, structure and base. We also discuss an innovative drilling method...
I talk to Andy from School of Grappling. We discuss how systems theory, complexity and chaos can be underlying forces in your grappling training but how misunderstanding systems can be a frequent occurrence in Jiu-Jitsu. Then why attempting to build the perfect,...
I talk to Wim Deputter who is Belgium based Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We discuss how Jiu-Jitsu is a principle that means a Boxer could be doing Jiu-Jitsu, but you could be a BJJ player and not be doing Jiu-Jitsu. How Wims “Mirroring Principle” is...
I talk to Jake Shannon who is the founder of Scientific Wrestling and The King of Catch Wrestling Tournaments. We discuss how the history of catch wrestling and submission grappling can trace its roots back to bored English miners who loved to gamble, how Japanese MMA...
