Bulletproof For BJJ Podcast

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Have you ever travelled to Japan? Trained BJJ with Japanese MMA champions? As a frothy, fresh Blue Belt Joey's first comp was the Asian Championships in Tokyo! He travelled with his coach and Master to experience all that Japan had to offer:
1.) Training with Japanese MMA Champions
2.) Starving to cut weight for comp
3.) Abstinence for Success
4.) Judo Throws & Sh*ting Blood
5.) Fighting to the death... Respectfully!
There was a huge culture shock on training intensity, competition level and the darker side of travelling and competing. There are a lot of great take aways from this discussion, some of them cautionary. Entertainment at its best with epic stories from Joey's Japanese adventure.

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Question Time: What is the best program combo using Bulletproof For BJJ to prepare you to peak for a World Championship 12 months out? How can you manage 2 bulged discs and still do BJJ? Are there any specific supplements or diets that can help improve joint health? What does training look like for JT & Joey when they were coming up compared to how they train now?

Do you train with Big Game Energy? Do you Push yourself to bring Intensity to your training? Whether you are lifting or rolling, working with greater intensity has hidden benefits that people are missing out on. For greater Muscle Gains, greater gas tank for rolling and better overall work capacity you must have planned phases of pushing yourself in the name breaking plateaus:
1.) Can you go hard all the Time?
2.) Intensity VS Endurance
3.) Mental Energy for Physical Power
4.) Quality over Quantity
5.) Don't Play By The Rules to Improve
If you have never exposed yourself to a certain level of physical stress when you finally  meet it- Game Over! By progressively pushing yourself outside your comfort zone in a structured way you increase your ability to perform under duress. This can only be done by brining a higher level of intensity!

Is Jiu-Jitsu your Therapy? The world is a better place after a good hard roll. There are so many layers as to why we become addicted to this crazy thing and why it is so unique. The connection between training partners, the shared struggles, the trust and the mutual understanding that people outside Jiu-Jitsu just don't understand.
Deep Bonds are formed and the journey is a shared adventure, which is the antidote to modern societies isolation and lack of community. Mental health, anxiety and depression make us feel dislocated and alone. Office work, zoom calls, drowning in emails and bills it's hard to feel happy.
You go to BJJ class, meet new people, strangle them, get pummelled and then go for a meal after.
The connections you make help to balance the ups & downs life throws at you.

A Huge event with the 2023 IBJJF World Championship! Many historical matches taking place: Jansen Gomes defeats Tainan Dalpra in a massive upset. A new Absolute king is crowned, Victor Hugo Taking double Gold! Big Shoutout to all the Bulletproof For BJJ sponsored athletes for their performances: Levi Jones Leary, Adele Fornarino, Nikki Loyd Griffiths, Lorna Lock, Arnav Kapoor and Kianoa Roberts. It appears there is a new celebrity BJJ coach in the world of MMA- Craig Jones. Is he the UFC's new Eddie Bravo??

Were you bullied at school? Did you get beaten up or abused? JT was a nerdy, chubby and un-athletic kid. All he wanted to do was fit in and make friends. Unfortunately it doesn't always work out and kids can be cruel. Starting in Ballet and then moving to gymnastics was a mixed blessing, dooming him to ridicule but setting him up for being very flexible. 
Being over weight, unfit and uncool made JT an easy target! Until he decided at age 10 to start doing self defence at his local TaeKwonDo school. A moment occurred that changed his life forever and put him on the Martial Arts path helping him become who he is today. This is the origin story of why JT is so passionate about learning to fight and why he gets so fired up!

Have you heard the phrase "Don't use Strength, use Technique." There is an underlying philosophy in BJJ culture that being strong holds you back from learning Jiu-Jitsu technique, there is a type of strength shaming that goes on. We all know that being more athletic helps us when rolling but the idea that technique trumps strength has been overstated and the boys breakdown why:
1.) The Technique beats Strength Myth
2.) Why don't lightweights win the Absolute?
3.) Strength is the Technique Multiplier
4.) When a Cue becomes Dogma
5.) No Strength = No Options
The idea that being strong holds you back in BJJ is not a helpful way to look at the game. Developing strength in parallel with learning BJJ technique is the ultimate way to get better on the mat.

How can you get your family and Friends to relate to your love of BJJ? We all struggle on the mats every week but if you don't roll- you don't get it, IYKYK. The boys received a voice mail from Stephanie Alvarez overcoming the odds to win her last tournament in weight and absolute. She just can't get her closest people to relate. Israel Adesanya, Alex Volkanovski, Logan Paul & Craig Jones all training together what does this mean for the fight game? Are we witnessing the Rise of the Fight Game Entrepreneur and the next business moguls.

Do you train Jiu-jitsu for Self Defence? Or are you training for sport and don't care about fighting? The debate of Jiu-Jitsu for real life fighting being superior, compared to Training BJJ for modern athletes being impractical. JT & Joey unpack the difference between " McDojo" level nonsense and real military training for being harder to kill. 
The other element is the evolution of modern Sports BJJ and that it is far more practical for real life fighting than it was 20 years ago. The rise of submission grappling, wrestling and focus on finishing has changed how practical sport BJJ is for a real combat situation. The question of what training is more effective if you are attacked gets thoroughly discussed, but which side are you on?

Question Time: Is before class the best time to use a massage gun? What is the best time of day to do your mobility vs when is best to stretch? Which is the best therapist for a BJJ Body- Chiro, Physio, Osteo or Massage therapist? Last but not least are the detailed points on how to get into the Hanging cobra position if you struggle with mobility through upper and lower back.