A BJJ Marriage

A BJJ Marriage

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A BJJ Marriage episodes

  • 053 - Concepts in BJJ and Life from the Fire and Water Camp

    What an amazing weekend we had at the February 2022 Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire and Water camp!  We met lots of great new friends, learned some amazing BJJ techniques and concepts, and ate some amazing food throughout the weekend.  There were people from all of the US that came to this camp and it was a great melting pot of Jiu Jitsu.  In this episode we discuss what stuck out to us the most!


    Show Notes:
    - Wim Hof breathing & meditation
    - Camp open mats
    - March 19th Women's self defense @ Fluid Jiu Jitsu
    - 9 Hours of seminars!
    - The Guillotine of the Sea
    - Elevator, up and over, or hip bump sweep?
    - Techniques vs. concepts
    - Different perspectives each time you learn a move
    - How BJJ becomes your art
    - Lake Michigan beach experience
    - Benefits of ice baths

    A BJJ Marriage Socials: https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage

    Fluid BJJ: https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/
    Womens Self Defense Seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fluid-jiu-jitsu-free-womens-self-defense-seminar-tickets-273973250367

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #fireandwater #wimhofbreathing #polarplunge #concepts

    58 min
  • 052 - Pankration @ Primal MKE 3 Recap

    Pankration at Primal 3 was such a fun event! This week we recap some of our preparations and how we remember the whole day.  There were lots of great fights and great people.  We love the martial arts community around the area and Primal threw an amazing event!


    Show Notes:
    - Impressed by how smooth the event ran
    - Finding your gym culture
    - Training the kids to fight
    - How the kids performed
    - Support from 20+ Fluid teammates
    - Nerves really started setting in
    - Flipping the competition switch on
    - Guillotines - Joshua Janis BJJ Fanatics Guillotine Glossary
    - How slippery it was!!!
    - Mount + Guard are the same in space
    - Imagine BJJ in 3D always
    - Nick's 3 rounds in the cage
    - The difference a great corner makes

    A BJJ Marriage Socials: https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage

    Fluid BJJ: https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #pankration #pankrationatprimal3 #mma

    1 hr 8 min
  • 051 - Jiu Jitsu from a Wrestler's Perspective w/ Devan Biersack

    This week we are joined by special guest Devan Biersack.  Devan is a lifetime wrestler who has been coaching wrestling at Fluid Jiu Jitsu and helping the whole team's takedown game for competition.  He is a smaller grappler and super fun to roll with.  We talk a lot about how he views Jiu Jitsu and how he is blending his grappling together in pursuit of becoming an MMA referee.  This is a fun episode with lots of laughs!


    Show Notes:
    - Introducing Devan Biersack
    - Firemans takedown
    - Nick's Pankration match
    - Being a small wrestler
    - Scrambles!
    - How Devan started BJJ
    - Being nervous or being excited
    - Understanding your strength and size with higher and lower belts
    - Taking care of your body
    - Don't fall in love with one move
    - Train both sides
    - Working towards becoming an MMA ref


    A BJJ Marriage Socials: https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage

    Fluid BJJ: https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp


    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #wrestling #mindset #perspective

    1 hr 14 min
  • 050 - A Lifetime of Connection through BJJ with Thadeus Brooks

    This week we are joined by special guest Thadeus Brooks!  Thadeus is a lifetime martial artist who is training BJJ at Fluid Jiu Jitsu and spends lots of time on the mats with us.  He is our head kids coach and an all-around awesome dude!  We talk about many different things throughout this episode as Thadeus is getting ready for his first BJJ competition in February.  Thadeus has contagious laughter and loves to share anecdotes about many parts of life.  Join us in this fun conversation about life and BJJ!


    Show Notes:
    - How Thadeus got his name
    - Stripes on a belt
    - History of martial arts starting at 5 years old
    - Kempo-Goju, Japanese Jiu Jitsu
    - Musical competition vs. BJJ competition
    - Learning about people on and off the mats
    - Get on top, stay on top
    - Be dangerous on the bottom
    - Different ways to teach kids
    - How we met our spouses
    - Thadeus's favorite thing about BJJ
    - A lifetime of connection

    A BJJ Marriage Socials: https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage

    Fluid BJJ: https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #connection #competition #lifetime

    1 hr 15 min
  • 049 - Setting BJJ Goals for 2022

    We've been at it for a year now!  Our first episode was January 24 2021 and here we are with Episode 49, one year later.  We have lots of plans for this year in terms of competitions and events that will take us out of our comfort zone and help us grow.  We dive into how we set up our goals and how we know we are on the right track.  We also talk about how we manage our expectations and the expectations of people around us.  Putting yourself out there is hard but worth all of the effort in the long run.  Listen in and set up some aggressive goals for yourself, in BJJ or in life!


    Show Notes:
    - Our week of training
    - Dealing with injuries & sickness
    - Teaching fun techniques
    - Setting up goals for the year
    - BJJ tournaments and tests
    - Pankration @ Primal
    - Brent's mat side chats
    - Setting multiple goals
    - Making goals realistic and attainable
    - Goals tailored for you
    - Managing expectations from yourself and others
    - Vision, mission, and long term goals
    - Breaking it up into smaller goals
    - BJJ mental competition prep course

    Fluid BJJ: https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    Socials: https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    56 min
  • 048 - Having a Learner's Mindset

    Keeping a learner's mindset is a philosophy that is beneficial in all walks of life, BJJ included.  This week's episode is all about what it's like to be an instructor and how to be a good student.  Brittany taught her first adult BJJ class! We discuss what it's like to teach a class and some of what she did to prepare.  Then we dive into what it means to be a good student and how we can learn something from everyone.  Everyone is an expert at something and we can learn from anyone if we are willing to be humble and listen.


    Show Notes:
    - Brittany teaches her first adult class!
    - How she felt about teaching before & after
    - All about armbars
    - Favorite things to teach
    - The aha/lightbulb moments
    - Learning from articulation
    - Breaking it down
    - Teaching beginners
    - Being a good student
    - Having a learners mindset
    - Quality of relationships = quality of life
    - Everyone is an expert at something

    https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #instructor #learnersmindest

    1 hr 1 min
  • 047 - White Belt Excitement w/ Garrick Williams

    This week we are joined by our friend Garrick Williams! Garrick is a fantastic addition to Fluid and recently just got his first stripe on his white belt.  Garrick also came to support Nick and his teammate Abro at Fluid's last competition outing - Chicago Grappling Industries.  We discuss what it's like to constantly learn new things and what it's like to experience spectating at a competition for the first time.  Garrick is also gearing up for his first competition in February.  His excitement is contagious and we appreciate him as an awesome training partner!


    Show Notes:
    - Introducing Garrick
    - Finding a gym that fits
    - First stripe feelings
    - Spectating at his first competition
    - The moment Garrick fell in love with BJJ
    - White belt progression vs. Color belts
    - The most important belt progressions
    - Waves of new practitioners
    - Blue belt blues
    - Nick's purple belt/advanced No-Gi debut
    - Become friends with higher belts
    - Smaller pools of opponents at higher ranks

    https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    1 hr 18 min
  • 046 - How Private Lessons Can Evolve Your BJJ Game

    Happy New Year! This was a great year for our BJJ journeys and for the growth of our podcast.  Thank you to all of our awesome listeners!


    This week we had a private lesson with Charles Harriot and Natasha Collazos over zoom and it got us thinking about how much people can benefit from private lessons.  They can seem expensive and intimidating, but they can be extremely impactful on your BJJ game, techniques, and systems.  You don't always have to try and learn people's highlight reels, it's great to get individualized attention and specific drilling instructions on fundamentals up to anything the instructor specializes in. Listen in on another fun episode!

    Show Notes:
    - Happy New Year!
    - Quick look at 2021
    - Initial impressions of private lessons
    - Class vs seminar vs private lessons
    - Highlight reel vs practical BJJ
    - Individual drilling attention
    - Another way to increase mat time
    - Work specific problems
    - Multiple aha moments
    - In-person vs online
    - Is it worth it?

    https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #privatelessons

    1 hr
  • 045 - Making Time for Jiu Jitsu in a Chaotic Life

    Merry Christmas! This week we got in some good training but also enjoyed some fun holiday activities. This episode is all about how to keep a good training schedule while also meeting all the other demands in life.  It's simple, figure out your priorities and stick to them! We can't control everything but we can control what we do and how we react to life.  Training is important, but how important is it to you?  Listen in to hear how we prioritize and get to the gym even when we don't want to.


    Show Notes:
    - Christmas shenanigans
    - Brittany showcased her BJJ at family dinner
    - Understanding priorities in life
    - The chaos that is life
    - How BJJ is chaos
    - Building a schedule
    - Future pacing
    - Forming new habits
    - Setting yourself up for success
    - Utilizing willpower
    - Focusing on what you can control
    - Becoming responsible for your life

    https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage
    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    #abjjmarriage #fluidjiujitsu #bjj #chaos #priorities

    1 hr 4 min
  • 044 - Expanding Our Horizons Through BJJ Camps

    What a wild couple of weeks for us! We went to the Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire and Water camps hosted by Josh Janis at Neutral Ground Bayview. The camp was all weekend long and we ingested as much BJJ as possible in two days. There was lots of learning, laughs, new experiences, and all-around great people. Then we started gearing up for the holidays and had a holiday sweater open mat! Tune in to our latest episode, and happy holidays to you and your family!


    Show Notes:
    - A busy couple of weeks!
    - Josh Janis's Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire and Water Camp
    - 9 hours of seminars
    - Wim Hof Breathing
    - Techniques from Josh Janis, Charles Harriott, & Jon Friedland
    - 5 hours of open mat
    - Going into Lake Michigan
    - Poker tournament
    - More cold exposure
    - Holiday sweater open mat
    - Playing with lots of new techniques

    Gentle Art Lifestyle Fire & Water Camp #2: https://www.gentleartlifestyle.com/milwaukeebjjcamp

    https://www.fluid-jiujitsu.com/

    https://linktr.ee/ABJJMarriage

    1 hr

About A BJJ Marriage

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Discussions of our lives as married Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners