I talk with Rob Biernacki, a friend, BJJ black belt, and contributor to Grapplearts (see the videos and articles he's been involved with here).

This is a fun, opinionated conversation in which I'm sure we'll offend just about everyone! Some of the topics we covered in the 1:19 discussion include...

• How the underlying principles of BJJ that make it easy to learn techniques, adapt to new situations, and transition effortlessly between gi and no gi training
• Stories about cultish schools run by insane martial arts instructors
• A narrow escape from vindictive ninjas in the 1980s
• The role of competition in BJJ
• Maintaining standards in the martial arts
• Why suffering is a good thing for the development of martial arts skills

I hope you'll like it!