The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting
By Stephan Kesting
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Reviews: 9
Episodes: 403
Aug 8, 2021
Good podcast. Lots of variety and interesting guests.
Robin
Sep 19, 2020
From a fellow Canadian. Keep it up. great cast.
Curtis
Jun 12, 2020
Love this podcast!
Jul 22, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
Description
What is it that allows some people to push themselves beyond their limitations? Why can some people survive situations others do not? On this podcast we try to find out the answers. Stephan Kesting, is a lifelong martial artist, BJJ black belt, career firefighter, and outdoorsman. Join us as he talks to fighters, adventurers, competitors, coaches, firefighters, trainers and other people living the strenuous life.
Stephan also runs Grapplearts.com, where he has published many hundreds of martial arts videos, articles and tutorials.
His free guide to learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, A Roadmap for BJJ, has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and has become a foundational text for the art.
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403 - Is Bear Spray Better than Guns vs Aggressive Bears? Here's What the Data from 352 Bear Encounters Says...
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May 07, 2024 |
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402 - A BJJ Concept to Help You Through the Tough Times in Life
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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401 - Modifying BJJ for Self Defense, with Rachel Honeyman
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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400 - How to Use Injuries to Actually Refine and Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Game
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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399 - Breathing for Endurance during Sparring in BJJ and Other Martial Arts
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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398 - Building the Skills to Do Amazing Things, with Matt Pycroft
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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397 - How to Get Maximum Results in Minimum Time in Jiu-Jitsu
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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396 - Longevity in Jiu-Jitsu with Mike "The Old Bastard" Mahaffey
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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395 - The English Roots of Catchwrestling, with Oz Austwick
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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394 - The Anatomy of a BJJ Training Camp
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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393 - Historical Bareknuckle Boxing and European Swordfighting, with Oz Austwick
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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392 - Everest, Alone, In Winter, and Without Oxygen, with Mountaineer Jost Kobusch
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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391 - The Most Important Mental Models in BJJ, with Steve Kwan
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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390 - UFOs, UAPs, and Alien Bodies with Skeptical Investigator Mick West
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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389 - How to Train for Strength, Endurance and Jiu-Jitsu Simultaneously, with World Record holder James Pieratt of Wild Hunt Conditioning
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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388 - The Ultimate Self Defense Championship with Rokas Leo
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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387 - The Most Successful Gracie Fighter Of All Time, with Robert Drysdale
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May 26, 2023 |
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386 - Seven Reasons Why Carlson Gracie Was The First Modern MMA Fighter
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May 23, 2023 |
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385 - Grappling with the Implications of the 46 Million Dollar Lawsuit for Jiu-Jitsu, with Dan Lukeheart, Alex Kask and Stephan Kesting
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May 06, 2023 |
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384 - Neopagan Vegetarian Authoritarian Heavy Metal Nature Lovers with Jesse Bryant
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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383 - Amanda Bruse on Storming the Medals Podium at No Gi Pans
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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382 - On Learning Jiu-Jitsu with 100% Live Training and No Formal Technical Instruction, with Greg Souders
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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381 - The Battle Against Disinformation and Information Nihilism, with Brooke Binowski
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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380 - What Do You Need to Know to Be a BJJ Blue Belt?
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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379 - A Fascism Checklist, with Professor Daniele Bolleli
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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378 - The 5 Most Common BJJ and Judo Injuries and What to Do About Them, with Joshua Arellano, Pt
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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377 - John Will, Member of BJJ's 'Dirty Dozen' on Sport vs Self Defense Jiu-Jitsu
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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376 - Mental and Physical Endurance with James 'The Biking Viking' Benson King
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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375 - How Skill, Athleticism and Rank Correlate in BJJ, with Rob Biernacki
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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374 - Adam Shoalt’s Amazing 3,400 km Solo Journey to the Arctic
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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373 - Alex Jones, Alt Right Hippies with Guns, and More with Derek Beres from Conspirituality
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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372 - How to Come Back After a Training Layoff!
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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371 - Battling Bullshit in the Martial Arts and Everywhere Else, with Phrost from Bullshido
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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370 - Inclusive Jiu-Jitsu, with Erin Wedekind
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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369 - How to Add Judo Takedowns to Your BJJ Game, with Chris Round
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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368 - The Red Flags That Indicate You're Dealing with Pseudoscience, with Jonathan Jarry of the OSS
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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367 - Crashed Civilizations and Lost Human Lineages, with Patrick Wyman
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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366 - Covid is Airborne, Here's What to Do About It (with Epidemiologist Dr Colin Furness)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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365 - Limit Your Training Options to Improve Faster!
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May 27, 2022 |
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364 - Julie Kedzie on Fighting MMA, Dissing Vladimir Putin, and More
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May 20, 2022 |
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363 - Key Takeaways for Older Grapplers Trying to Stay Competitive in Jiu-Jitsu
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May 10, 2022 |
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362 - Knockout UFC Win While Partially Blind - Lance Gibson Sr on MMA Training
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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361 - Navigating the Diet Wars, with Kevin Bass
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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360 - Mixing Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai and Weight Training, with Tyson Larone
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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359 - Margot Ciccarelli, Travelling the World While Training Jiu-Jitsu
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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358 - Lower the Cost of Failure to Get Better Faster
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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357 - How to Find High Percentage Techniques in Jiu-jitsu,
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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356 - ARMBARS DON'T WORK! What if Armbar Deniers Used Anti-Vaxx Logic?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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355 - Extreme Whitewater Canoeing with Paul Mason
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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354 - How to Get Started In Outdoor Adventuring, with Mikaela Ferguson
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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353 - Scientifically Informed Chiropractic Care, with Troy Schott
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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352 - Jiu-Jitsu in a Time of Omicron
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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351 - How to Talk to the Vaccine Hesitant, with Ami Palmer
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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350 - "Don't Call Me Professor", Why I Don't Like Fancy Titles in Jiu-Jitsu and Martial Arts
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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349 - Three Ways to Immediately Improve Your Jiu-Jitsu Defense, with Steve Kwan
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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348 - Nate 'The Rock' Quarry on MMA, the UFC, and Being Raised in a Cult
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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347 -Pressure Testing BJJ Against Knives, Guns and Sticks (with Burton Richardson from JKD Unlimited)
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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346 - A Deep Dive into the Omoplata as Submission, a Sweep, and a Position
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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345 - Out of Date Training Methods in Modern Martial Arts, with Richard Bejtlich
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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344 - Reporting on the State of Jiu-Jitsu, with Averi Clements
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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343 - Update: Four Weeks In After a Total Hip Replacement
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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342 - Exploring the Remote Northern Wilderness with Adam Shoalts
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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341 - Why Conspiracy Theories Are So Damn Hard to Disprove, with Dr Hanan Bushkin
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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340 - Why I'm Getting a Hip Replacement Tomorrow...
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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339 - The Five Exercises All Grapplers Should Do Every Week
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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338 - An Epic Rant Against Conspiracism
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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337 - Lessons from Competing in 25 Matches in 8 Divisions in 1 Tournament with Jeff Shaw
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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336 - Why Some People & Groups are More Prone to Conspiracy Theories, with Julian Walker from Conspirituality
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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335 - Rescuing People Trapped in Cults, Stephan Kesting with Joseph Szimhart
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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334 - Ten Guru Warning Signs with Dr Dr Chris Kavanagh
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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333 - Sometimes to Win the Fight You Have to Move the Fight
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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332 - Trolling Anti-Vaxx Rallies, with Walter Masterson
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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331 - A Gameplan for the Closed Guard with Jon Thomas
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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330 - Beating BJJ Instructional Overwhelm, with Sonny Brown
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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329 - How to Break into Stuntwork from Martial Arts with Steve Koepfer
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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328 - The Russians Are Coming - Combat Sambo, MMA and Jiu-Jitsu with Steve Koepfer
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May 29, 2021 |
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327 - A Revelation That's Helped Me Win More Than 10 Streetfights
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May 27, 2021 |
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326 - Bringing Jiu-Jitsu into Public Schools, with Dom Hoskins
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May 18, 2021 |
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325 - Wrestling with Trust, Propaganda, and Conspiracies, with Ami Palmer
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May 07, 2021 |
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324 - Evolutionary Theory and BJJ, with Brazilian Biologist Marcio Pie
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May 06, 2021 |
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323 - The Limits of Human Endurance with Mike McCastle
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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322 - Epidemiology 101, with Colin Furness
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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321 - Improving on Outdated BJJ Training Methods with Priit Mihkelson
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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320 - OK, So You've Been Vaccinated, Can You Return to Training?
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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319 - Strength Training for BJJ and MMA with Brandon Morgan
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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318 - For the Love of Data; Risk, Science, and Who to Believe, with Nini Muñoz
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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317 - Karl Gotch, the Godfather of the Japanese MMA Scene, with Tad Murphy
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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316 - Dissecting the Fight or Flight Reaction, with Police Trainer Jeff Quail MSc
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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315 - Gripfighting and Kuzushi, 2 Critical Skills That Almost Everyone Misses
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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314 - Why Some Competitors Excel at Competition and Others Don't, with Andrew 'Goatfury' Smith
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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313 - Covid Safe BJJ, Improving During Layoffs, and Tournament Strategy with Dan 'TrumpetDan' Lukeheart
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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312 - Three Steps to Improve Your Post-Training Recovery
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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311 - The Covid Vaccines and BJJ with Dr Chris Moriarty
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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310 - Are you in a Jiu-Jitsu Cult with Matt 'Aesopian' Kirtley
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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309 - Seven Ways to Make Your Leglocks More Effective
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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308 - Jiu-jitsu Is The Art of Facing Challenges, with Elliott Bayev
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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307 - Nazi Hippies and Authoritarian Yoga Instructors with Jules Evans
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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306 - How to Talk to a Covid Denialist
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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305 - 7 Mental Hacks I'm Using to Maintain Motivation in 2021
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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304 - The Role of Intuition in BJJ and How to Refine It with Rob Biernacki
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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303 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Professional Wresting But Were Afraid to Ask, with Tad Lincoln Murphy
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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302- Debunking the Covid Myths, with Epidemiologists Dr Katrine Wallace and Madeline Lewis
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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301 - Back Pain in Sport and How to Fix It, with Dr Stuart McGill
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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300 - 5 Principles for Taking Risks
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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299 - Division in the BJJ Community with Jamie Kilstein
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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298 - Efficient Training for Competition with Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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297 - Cults, Prophecies and Deprogramming Your Friends with Matthew Remski from Conspirituality.net
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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296 - A People's History of BJJ, with Robert Drysdale
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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295 - How to Do Long Wilderness Expeditions on the Cheap, with Frank Wolf
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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294 - The Biggest Clue That It's Time to Quit Competing in Full Contact Martial Arts Like MMA, Boxing and Kickboxing
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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293 - My Kung Fu Training Days...
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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292 - Is It Safe to Train BJJ During Covid Yet? A Nuanced Answer...
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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291 - Yoga, Meditation, and... Conspiracy Theory? With Derek Beres from the Conspirituality Podcast
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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290 - Cult Behaviour in Jiu-Jitsu, with Steve Kwan from BJJ Mental Models
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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289 - The Psychology of Jiu-Jitsu, with David Ley, Clinical Psychologist and BJJ Black Belt
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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288 - Find a Way to Win, with Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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287 - A Formula for the Butterfly Guard | Black Belt World Champion Brandon Mullins
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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286 - The Fundamental Movements At The Core of Every Jiu-Jitsu Technique, with Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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285 - Covid-19 Ground Zero in NYC with Medical Doctor and BJJ Black Belt Nicholas Tyau,
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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284 - Why You Have to Get Super Granular and Specific to Improve
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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283 - UPDATE! How to Train BJJ Safely During Covid with Dr Chris Moriarty
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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282 - Disarming Your Limits with Jessica Cox
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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281 - Training BJJ Outside, with Jeff Shaw
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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280 - The Key Difference Between Training and Competition, with Robert Drysdale
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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279 - Alone Against The North, With Adam Schoalts
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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278 - BJJ Training Pods and Reasons for Hope During Coronavirus
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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277 - Longevity in the Sport, with Harrison Helterbrand on The Old Rollers Podcast
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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276 - Loyalty, Mental Strength, and Pressure Passing With 4 x World Champion Dominyka Obelenyte
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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275 - Mask Wearing, The Spanish Flu, and the Axis from Totalitarianism to Anarchy
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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274 - Train Often, Test Rarely, with Stephan Kesting
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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273 - The State of the BJJ-Covid Union with Dr Chris Moriarty
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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272 - How to Deal with Technique Overwhelm in BJJ
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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271 - Division and Conspiracy Theory in the Jiu-Jitsu Community, with Thomas Nadelhoffer
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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270 - Oleg Taktarov, the Sambo OG of the UFC
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May 31, 2020 |
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269 - My BJJ Manifesto in 100 Words
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May 28, 2020 |
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268 - Opening Jiu-Jitsu Up Again During Covid-19, with Dr Chris Moriarty (BJJ Black Belt and Competitor)
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May 04, 2020 |
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267 - Joel Gerson on the Biggest Upset in Japanese Shooto History
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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266 - ADCC and IBJJF World Champion Yuri Simoes on Switching to MMA
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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265 - Five BJJ Training Strategies During Coronavirus Lockdown
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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264 - Jiu-Jitsu Saved My Life, with Jamie Kilstein
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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263 - Sports Psychology for Dummies, with Dr Leif H. Smith
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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262 - DON'T TRAIN. BJJ in the Era of Coronavirus
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Mar 14, 2020 |
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261 - What I Learned Testing BJJ Against Multiple Attackers
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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260 - Ultrarunning in the Himalayas with Scott Loughney
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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259 - Elite No Gi Training and Competition with Oliver Taza
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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258 - What Can Be Measured Can Be Improved - Quantification for Better Performance
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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257 - Finding Your Optimal Way to Train BJJ - With Jon Thomas
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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256 - Twelve Ideas To Make Your Guard Much Harder to Pass
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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254 - Competitions vs Training Strategies
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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253 - Training Brock Lesnar for the UFC, with Coach Greg Nelson
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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252 - The Five Most Important BJJ Skills for Self Defense and Surviving Real Fights
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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251 - Gameplan Development and Learning New Techniques
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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250 - BJJ for Law Enforcement and Corrections with Rory Van Vliet
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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249 - 3 Strategies to Break Through Sticking Points in 2020
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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248 - On the value of BJJ Competition, with Thomas Lisboa
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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247 - The Range Battles Within Guard That Determine Success or Failure
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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246 - The Four Coaches a Modern Martial Artist Needs
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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245 - Can You Crosstrain in BJJ and Traditional Martial Arts At the Same Time?
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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244 - The 10 Most Nutritious Foods, with Nick Hiebert from The Nutrivore
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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243 - If I Don't Know, I Won't Allow! A Strategy for When Things Get SERIOUS on the Mat
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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242 - A Roadmap for BJJ, the Complete Audiobook (Free)
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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241 - Boxing vs BJJ in a Fight (plus Stephan's Epic Rant on Self Defense)
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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240 - Pain is a Universal Language, with Endurance Athlete Mike McCastle
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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239 - On Being Willing to Die in the Ring with Tristan Connelly, UFC Fighter
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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238 - Best Tips for Starting to Spar Full Contact
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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237 - Survive First and Win Later - Timeless Jiu-Jitsu Wisdom
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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236 - The Mad Scientist of Strength, Chris Duffin
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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235 - Training Doesn't Make You Stronger; It's All In the Recovery Stupid!
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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235 - Training Doesn't Make You Stronger; It's the Recovery Stupid!
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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234 - How to Get More Submissions with Rob Biernacki
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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233 - Breathing Your Way Through Cancer and Other Emergencies with Jessica Huneycutt
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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232 - One Thing to Do Right Now So You'll Still Be Training in 10 Years
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Sep 15, 2019 |
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231 - No Days Off! (Or Should You Train Everyday?)
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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230 - BJJ after 50 with the Black Belt Wrassling Rabbi Mordecai Finley
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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229 - The Filipino Martial Arts, Self Defense and Jarlo Ilano
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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228 - Patience vs Speed of Implementation for Achieving Giant Dreams
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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227 - A Scary Bear Encounter
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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226 - 7 Tips For Maintaining Motivation
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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225 - The Key to Pushing Yourself Harder
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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224 - Never Stop Thinking, Even When You're Only Slogging Through a Lake
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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223 - Why Go Alone?
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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222 - The Realities of Wilderness Travel
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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221 - Brazil, BJJ and MMA with Jeff Meszaros
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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220 - What People Misunderstand About Following Your Dreams
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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219 - The Most Dangerous Part of MMA
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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218 - One Easy Way to GUARANTEE Failure!
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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217 - Why I'm Planning to do a 1,000 Mile Trip in the Arctic by Myself this Summer
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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216 - How to Find a Good School to Train At
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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215 - Making Jiu Jitsu Smooth with Brandon "Wolverine" Mullins
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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216 - Aikido vs BJJ with Roy Dean
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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214 - Why You MUST Regularly Calibrate Your Skills Against People Better Than You!
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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213 - How I Survived a Kidney Transplant and Came Back Stronger
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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212 - Scotty Nelson, the Original Gangster of Online BJJ Resources
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May 31, 2019 |
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211 - Discipline and Leveraging the 'Have To' State with Brett Piperni
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May 18, 2019 |
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210 - It's the Ego, Stupid! How My Last BJJ Injury Was Totally Preventable
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May 13, 2019 |
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209 - Fighting Through Injury to Win Pan Am Gold with Vanessa Wexler
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May 05, 2019 |
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208 - Should Martial Artists Condition Their Knuckles?
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May 04, 2019 |
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207 - Monty Collier, Technical Judo Instructor for John Wick 3
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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206 - One-Armed BJJ, with Para-Athlete and Competitor Jess Munster
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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205 - Coaching Lethwei, The Baddest Martial Art on the Planet, with Patrick Marcil
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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204 - Mental Jiu-jitsu Breakthroughs with Tarsis Humphreys
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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203 - How to Become More Comfortable in No Gi Grappling
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Mar 23, 2019 |
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202 - What to Do When You're Just Not Getting Better at BJJ
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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201 - Kathy Hubble, Judo Champion and Professional Stuntwoman
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Mar 16, 2019 |
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200 - Three Ways to Turn On Aggression in BJJ Matches
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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199 - Jamie Flynn, British Special Forces Operator, Base Jumper, Wingsuit Pilot and Bodyguard
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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198 - What It Really Takes to Be an "Overnight Success" (a Rant)
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Mar 02, 2019 |
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197 - Reaching The State of 'Flow' in Martial Arts
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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196 - Fitness, BJJ and Depression with Liz Beaver
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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195 - Guard Passing Strategies and Tactics with Fabio Gurgel
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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194 -Fighting in the Octagon and the Battle Within with Eliot Marshall
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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193 - Sport-Specific Conditioning with Red Sullivan
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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192 - Three Key Steps to Successfully Sweeping and Submitting from Guard
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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191 - When Strongman Training and BJJ Collide, with The Raspberry Ape, Daniel Strauss
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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190 - Neck Health with UFC Fighter, Mathematician and Osteopath Rosi Sexton
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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189 - Grappling Dummies and Other Tips to Train When You Can't Make It to Class
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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188 - The Philosophy of Sport with Daniel 'Philosograppler' Bohigian
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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187 - "In Volume We Trust" - Lessons from Ironman for BJJ, with Paul Kindzia
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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186 - Attacked in the Street: Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Adam Nadow on his Viral Streetfight Video
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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185 - Training Predictions for the New Year; In 2019 You'll Be BOTH the Hammer AND the Nail!
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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184 - Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
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Dec 22, 2018 |
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183 - Canoeing Wild Rivers with Cliff Jacobson
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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182 - Training and Rehab for Stretching the Envelope with Dr Mark Cheng
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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181 - Why is Sparring so Hard, and How Can You Do It Safely?
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Dec 08, 2018 |
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180 - When Should MMA Fighters Retire?
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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179 - Dietary Experiments Gone Bad, and Near Death on the Ketogenic Diet
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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178 - The 5 Ranges Every Martial Artist Should Be Familiar With
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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177 - Mental and Physical Training for Championship Wrestling, with Nick Ugoalah
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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176 - Guard Passing Strategies in BJJ with Stephan Kesting and Rob Biernacki
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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175 - That Technique Used to Work Great, So Why Did You Stop Using It?
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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174 - Why Jiu-Jitsu is Best for Self Defense: Stephan on The Great Flip Podcast
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Nov 04, 2018 |
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173 - Self Experimentation, Ketosis and Crazy Chicks
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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172 - Martial Arts Frauds and Other Buffoons with McDojoLife
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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171 - The Best Way to Train Those Super-Deadly Techniques for Self Defense
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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170 - Why People Want to Believe Crazy Things, with the Genetically Modified Skeptic.
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Oct 06, 2018 |
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169 - Kata Is Useless for Combat, Prove Me Wrong, with Iain Abernathy
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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168 - Leadership When All Hell is Breaking Loose
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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167 - Navy Seal Sniper JP Dinnell on Taking Action and Making It Happen
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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166 - Fabio Gurgel on What Makes a World Champion, Fighting NHB in Brazil, and Why BJJ Right Now is the Best Ever!
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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165 - How to Deal with Fear and Doubt with Ando Mierzwa
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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164 - Ice Climbing Niagara Falls in Winter with Will Gadd
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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163 - How to Cut Weight Safely with Ben Zhuang
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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162 - Broken Bones, Concussions and Full Contact Jousting with Shane Adams
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Aug 25, 2018 |
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161 - Sim Go and the Legacy of the Renegade 'Cobra Kai' Club in BJJ
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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160 - Old School BJJ in the Early Days of the UFC with Andreh Anderson
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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159 - Seph Smith on BJJ, Combat Sambo, and Competition Mindset
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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158 - Are Kung Fu Forms and Karate Kata Useful for Fighting?
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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157 - My Single Biggest Problem with Crossfit
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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156 - Survivorman Les Stroud
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Jul 15, 2018 |
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155 - Walking the Tightrope Between Training and Recovery
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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154 - What Makes Good Students, Teachers and BJJ Schools? Interview with Emily Kwok
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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153 - Microdrilling to Improve Your BJJ Almost Instantly
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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152 - Controlling the Adrenaline Dump with Shane Fazen from Fight Tips
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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151 - Concept of "What's the Score" to Know When and How to Attack!
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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150 - Sparring to Win; How to Train Effectively with Smaller People So You BOTH Benefit!
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Jun 16, 2018 |
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149 - Martial Artist and Clinical Neuropsychologist David Brown
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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148 - Environmental Awareness and Dirty Fighting with Alex Kask
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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147 - Why Your Game Needs to Change Every 10 Years
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May 22, 2018 |
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146 - Dodging Polar Bears and Offshore Tides on Hudson Bay
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May 15, 2018 |
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145 - What Really Happens When Traditional Martial Artists Spar for the First Time?
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May 09, 2018 |
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144 - The Battle to Make Aikido Functional with Rokas Leonavicius
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May 04, 2018 |
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143 - Can You Still Train If You're Dealing with Knee Injury?
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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142, Self Defense and MMA Controversies with John Hacklemann
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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141 - What Getting Smashed in Kiteboarding Taught Me About Learning BJJ
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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140 - BJJ Specific Exercises, Supplements and Conditioning Routines with Ben Zhuang
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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139 - BJJ is a Martial Art First and a Martial Sport Second!
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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138 - National Football League Yoga Instructor Jessica Huneycutt
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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137 - Riccardo Ammedolia, BJJ Analyst Extraordinaire
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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136 - The Differences between 'Sport' and 'Self Defense' BJJ
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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135 - How Muay Thai Fighters, Karateka and Boxers Make Themselves More Powerful
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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134 - Conditioning for Combat Sports with Jason Kapnick
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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133 - Can You Learn from Seminars?
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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132 - Twelve BJJ Black Belts Give Their Best Advice for People Starting Jiu-Jitsu
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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131 - Kirik Jenness of The Underground Forum
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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130 - Pro-tip: How to Improve Your Chokes in Just 10 Seconds
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Mar 17, 2018 |
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129 - Training with Dan Severn, Saving Jiu-Jitsu, and Training Around the World with Dan 'The Wolfman' Theodore
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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128 - Can Kung Fu, BJJ and MMA Coexist? A conversation with mantis boxer Randy Brown.
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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127 - Why Techniques Never Work on the Day They're Shown (and How to Fix That)
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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126 - Killer Waves and Night Time Rescues with Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Donald Lipscomb
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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125 - Reilly Bodycomb on Sambo, Leglocks and Competition
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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124 - My Interview on the Cody Jitsu Podcast
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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123 - What To Do When You're On the Bottom, Getting Crushed, and Unable to Breathe...
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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122 - How to Blast Through Physical Setbacks When Your Training Gets Stalled
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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121 - Police Combatives with Lt Kevin Dillon (ret) - Survival
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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120 - Nick 'Chewy' Albin from Chewjitsu on BJJ, Wrestling, MMA and More
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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119 - A Trick for Beating Exhaustion When You Roll or Compete
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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118 - Tips for Minimising Injuries and Maximising Recovery
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Feb 17, 2018 |
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117 - The Huge Difference Between Knowing a Technique and Being Able to Execute It Against Resistance
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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116 - Should You Pull Guard in BJJ Competition or Not?
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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115 - Stephan Talks With 8th Degree Black Belt Carlos Machado
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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114 - Should You Stretch Before or After a Workout, a Controversial Topic!
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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113 - A Close Call on the Mat, and 3 Takeaways for Avoiding Injuries!
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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112 - A Live Q&A Session with Stephan Kesting
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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111 - Kettlebell Conditioning with Jason C Brown
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Jan 20, 2018 |
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110 - Training with World Champions, with Rob Biernacki
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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109 - Keep It Simple Stupid! The KISS Principle in Self Defense...
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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108 - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu vs Traditional Japanese Jujutsu with Alex Kask
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Jan 10, 2018 |
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107 - Extreme Kiteboarder Jack Rieder
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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106 - Top Five Martial Arts Nutrition Tips for the New Year
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Dec 27, 2017 |
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105 - Matt Thornton on Conor McGregor, Skepticism and Aliveness in the Martial Arts
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Dec 23, 2017 |
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104 - Why You Have To Grapple (And How To Get Good At It As Fast As Possible)
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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103 - Forget New Year's Eve Resolutions; If It's The Right Thing to Do Then Do It Now!
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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102 - Becoming a Firefighter with Battalion Chief Ken Johnson, 34 Year Fire Veteran
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Dec 11, 2017 |
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101 - My Twitter Q&A: Talking Cryotherapy, Self Defense, Heel Hooks and More!
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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100 - Optimal BJJ Training and Recovery with Sean McHugh
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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099 - How to Motivate Yourself to Train
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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098 - Why Do So Few BJJ Gyms Teach Takedowns?
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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097 - A Q&A About Training BJJ for Older Grapplers
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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096 - Lessons Learned from 19 Different World Champions, with Mike Zenga
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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095 - Increasing Mobility for Jiu-Jitsu
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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094 - Carnage and Survival in South Africa with Coach Rodney King
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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093 - Testing Techniques and Avoiding Cults; The Critical Concept of Testability
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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092 - How Violent Was Our History, Really? A Conversation with Daniele Bolelli
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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091 - The Strange Connection Between Business, Entrepreneurship & Jiu-Jitsu with Jack Wilkinson
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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090 - Finding the Most Effective Techniques with the 80/20 Principle
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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089 - Clinton Davies, the Blind Wrestler and Grappler Who Takes on the World
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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088 - Three time Judo Olympian and BJJ Black Belt Travis Stevens
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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087 - The Brazilian jiu-jitsu Question and Answer Episode
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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086 - BJJ World Champion Bernardo Faria on Surviving Adversity & Kidnapping
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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085 - Tips and Tricks for Transitioning from Gi to No Gi with Ritchie Yip
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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084 - Three Steps to Overcoming Training Plateaus
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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083 - The World's Fastest Firefighter Jamie McGarva and His Training Routine
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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082 - A BJJ School Where Visiting Students Can Train For Free?
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Sep 09, 2017 |
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081 - Post Deathmarch Breakdown and Analysis with Eva Schubert
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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080 - When In Your Training Should You Start Learning Leglocks?
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Sep 02, 2017 |
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079 - What's the Best Steel for a Knife with Zoltan Schubert
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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078 - Ueli Steck, the Best Mountaineer in the World, and Launch of The Strenuous Life Podcast
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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077 - Should You Train When You're Really Tired?
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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076 - Mayweather vs McGregor, Don't Waste Your Money!
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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075 - How to Train When There's No School Close to You
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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074 - Rob Biernacki and an 80/20 Analysis of the Leglock Game in Modern Competition
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Jul 22, 2017 |
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EP 073 - What's Better for Self Defense: Striking or Grappling?
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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072 "Roadhouse never happens," Bouncer Chad Skands on Managing Chaos at the Door
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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071 - Stephan Answers BJJ and Training Questions
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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070 - How to Pick a Good BJJ School
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Jul 07, 2017 |
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069 - Three Techniques for Dealing with Fear in Competition or a Streetlight
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Jun 28, 2017 |
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068 - Staying in Jiu-Jitsu Shape on the Road
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Jun 23, 2017 |
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066 - How Do You Make a Technique Functional Against a Real Opponent
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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065 - Is Martial Arts Training for Everyone with Sensei Ando Mierzwa
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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064 - Rant: Your Instructor Does NOT Know Everything!
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Jun 03, 2017 |
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063 - UFC Fighter on Alan Belcher on Cutting Weight, Facing the Scariest Fighters, and More
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May 29, 2017 |
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062 - It's NOT About the Bloody Belt!
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May 26, 2017 |
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061 - The Steps for Getting Back to Training After an Injury
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May 19, 2017 |
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060 - Can You Learn Martial Arts with Only One Class Per Week?
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May 16, 2017 |
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059 - What's The Most Efficient Cardio For When You Have No Time?
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May 11, 2017 |
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058 - Pshemek Drabczynski on BJJ Sports Specific Strength and Conditioning
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May 08, 2017 |
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057 - Rant: Great and Horrible Days on the Mat
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May 04, 2017 |
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056 - Stephan Kesting vs Budo Jake; Training around the World, Advice to Newbies and More...
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May 02, 2017 |
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055 - Stephan on the 'Spartan Underground' with James 300 Foster
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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054 - Should You Still Train If You're Getting Sick?
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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053 - Daniele Bolelli on Eye Gouging, MMA, and a Jujutsu President
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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052 - Rant: Why the 'Too Deadly to Spar' Myth is Total B.S.
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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051 - BJJ After 50 with the Black Belt Wrassling Rabbi Mordecai Finley
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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EP 050 - The Real Reason Why You Should Train in Martial Arts
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Mar 22, 2017 |
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EP 049: BJJ Masters World Champion James '300' Foster
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Mar 15, 2017 |
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EP 048: The Filipino Martial Arts, Self Defense and Jarlo Ilano
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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EP 047: Rant - 15 Years in Prison for a Single Punch KO?
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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EP 046: Rant About The 3 Essential Components of Every Martial Art
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Feb 21, 2017 |
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EP 045: Brazil, BJJ, and MMA with Black Belt Jeff Meszaros
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Feb 15, 2017 |
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EP 044: How to Stay Fit When You're Crazy Busy
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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EP 043: The Training and Conditioning Routines of 5 x BJJ World Champion Bernardo Faria
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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EP 042: Rant About Why Most New BJJ Techniques Won't Work For You
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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EP 041: Stephan Rants About Overtraining in the Martial Arts
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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040 - Stephan Kesting and Ritchie Yip
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Dec 31, 2016 |
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039 - BJJ and Adversity, and What to Do When Your Mind Goes Blank
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Dec 11, 2016 |
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038 - Training When You Have No Time to Train
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Nov 05, 2016 |
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037 - Does MMA Make You Stupid?
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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036 - BJJ Q&A with Rob Biernacki
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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035 - Kurt Osiander, The Barbarian of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu...
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Jul 16, 2016 |
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034 - Rob Biernacki on The Underlying Principles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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Mar 29, 2016 |
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033 - Eddie 'Wolverine' Cummings on Leglocks, Leglocks, Leglocks
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Feb 24, 2016 |
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032 - BJJ Blackbelt Jeff Rockwell on Self Defense and Training for the Real World
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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031 - Gustavo Dantas on BJJ Sports Psychology
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Dec 29, 2015 |
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030 - The Second-Ever Grapplearts Q&A Podcast with Stephan Kesting
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Sep 29, 2015 |
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029 - Jeff Westfall on Skepticism and the Martial Arts
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Sep 13, 2015 |
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028 - Bernardo Faria, Double Gold Medallist at the 2015 BJJ Mundials
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Jul 06, 2015 |
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027 - UFC Fighter Roxanne Modaferri's MMA Comebacks and Continuing to Improve
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Jun 30, 2015 |
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026 - Steve Whittier on SBG's Drills for BJJ Excellence
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Mar 24, 2015 |
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025 - BJJ Beginner Tips with Ritchie Yip
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Jan 24, 2015 |
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024 - Elliott Bayev on BJJ Gameplan Development; from Self Defense to the Spider Guard
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Nov 27, 2014 |
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023 - Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins on Making Your Jiu-Jitsu Smooth: Competition, Gameplans and Transitions
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Sep 28, 2014 |
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022 - Adam Singer on The Nitty Gritty of Modern MMA Training & Competition
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Jul 28, 2014 |
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021 - Scotty Nelson's BJJ Adventures Around the World
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Apr 08, 2014 |
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020 - Ritchie Yip on The Art and Science of Teaching Martial Arts
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Feb 04, 2014 |
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019 - Clark Gracie on Training, Competing and Growing Up Gracie
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Dec 20, 2013 |
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018 - John Perreti and The Secrets of MMA Matchmaking
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Oct 03, 2013 |
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017 - Rafael Lovato Jr on Training for High Level BJJ Competition
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Aug 02, 2013 |
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016 - Philip Gelinas, Black Belt Hall of Fame Member
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Jul 19, 2013 |
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015 - Burton Richardson on Training and Performing under Pressure
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Jun 22, 2013 |
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014 - Keenan Cornelius on training, competition, and a life in BJJ
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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013 - Roy Dean on BJJ, Judo, Aikido, and Path of the Martial Artist
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Oct 07, 2012 |
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012 - BJJ World Champion Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins on Training & Competition Strategies for BJJ
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Jul 28, 2012 |
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011 - Vinicius 'Draculino' Magalhães on Surfing, Beach Fights and the History and Evolution of BJJ
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Jul 20, 2012 |
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010 - The Very First Grapplearts Q&A Podcast with Stephan Kesting
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Nov 25, 2011 |
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009 - The Intersection Between BJJ, Submission Grappling and MMA with Ryan Hall
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Aug 31, 2011 |
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008 - Adrenaline Dumps, Fear Management and Combat Psychology with Tony Blauer
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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007 - Female MMA with Sarah Kaufmann
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Jul 24, 2011 |
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006 - Judo for BJJ, 2009 Judo Olympian Daniel McCormick in conversation with Stephan Kesting
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Jun 14, 2011 |
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005 - A Woman's Perspective on the Journey to Black Belt - Emily Kwok
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May 12, 2011 |
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004 - Old School BJJ - Marcus Soares on training with Carlson Gracie back in the day
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Feb 03, 2011 |
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003 - MMA Training and Coaching - Erik Paulson
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Dec 22, 2010 |
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002 - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About BJJ Competition - David Meyer
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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001 - George St Pierre's MMA Conditioning Coach - John Chaimberg
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Jun 19, 2009 |