BJJ Fightgear Lockdown Talks

In this episode of the BJJ Fightgear Lockdown Talks, Micha talks with Shintaro Higashi, a Judo competitor, Jiu Jitsu brown belt and owner of 2 New York based martial arts dojos.

In this episode of the BJJ Fightgear Lockdown Talks, Micha talks with Eldar 'Yakuza' Rafigaev about how he can keep up competing and training as often as he does.

Eight-time BJJ World Champion Michelle Nicolini is also one of the few women admitted into the IBJJF Hall of Fame, and made her professional MMA debut in 2011. She retired as a Jiu Jitsu competitor in 2016, and since then focused on her MMA career, fighting in ONE FC.

Alexander Darwin is a BJJ black belt and a science fiction author. In this episode Micha talks with Alexander about his BJJ history, his books and his writing process.

In this interview we talk with Rodrigo ‘Comprido’ Medeiros, a Jiu Jitsu legend and 2x black belt world champion, who has trained successful MMA fighters such as Dean Lister and Brock Lesnar, and holds the fastest submission record in black belt World finals history.

In this episode we have a conversation with Paul Sutherland. He is a UFC judge and former Cage Warriors champion.

Harun Özkan is one of the co-founders of Combat Brothers.

Our guest in this episode is Beatriz ‘Bia’ Mesquita, a Jiu Jitsu competitor with arguably the best competitive record of all time, in both Gi and Nogi. She has won 23 titles at black belt level in the 4 major Gi Championships, and holds the record for the most IBJJF World titles.

Pro Jiu Jitsu events are the place where we can see the crème de la crème of competitors, and they offer a platform for the next generation of upcoming fighters to get exposed to a wider audience. Today I talk about this with Lee Jones, a successful real-estate entrepreneur from Wales, owner of Tatami Fightwear and co-founder of Polaris!

Everyone knows the Omoplata, as it has been part of Jiu Jitsu since the early days and it is taught as one of the major techniques. There are also a lot of variations and different ways to set it up, and our guest today knows everything about this!