Projitsu 5 is on the horizon, July 23. We speak with two of the athletes, Amber Sehnke of Swamp Fox Jiu-Jitsu and Becky Lee Austin of Combat Club. Plus, we repeat a classic interview with Michelle Nicolini in honor of the legend's final Mundials.

Royce Gracie black belt Jake Whitfield joins us to talk about jiujitsu, MMA & vale tudo history (you'll *definitely* learn something from this), who the most underrated people in North Carolina jiujitsu are, how to make kids like training. Jake is available for seminars: email [email protected]

Have you ever wondered what attending the BJJ World Championship is like? Here's an attempt to explain it, featuring an interview with the greatest of all time, Rickson Gracie. We also interview North Carolina competitors, including medalists Kim Rice, Chela Tu and Ryan Galvan -- and black belt Caitlin Huggins, who competed against the gold medalist in her division. We also talk with international competitor and bronze medalist Tammi Musumeci.

Packed show! Charlotte fighter Jordan Rinaldi makes his UFC debut Sunday, and we interview him; we talk with Next Level Fight Club matchmaker Chris Connor about last weekend's card, matchmaking horror stories and more; and Trevor tells a harrowing story about nearly getting stabbed early Monday morning -- but using jiu-jitsu to disarm the guy. Plus, a special surprise at the end of the show.

Jeff & Trevor recap Triangle Kickboxing Promotions' "Lightning Strikes" event and preview this weekend's Next Level Fight Club MMA card. We visit with formerly local fighter Michael "Bolo" Santos, now living and training in Denver, who has a huge Muay Thai fight May 27 on the Lion Fights #29 card at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. And we re-play an interview with Sam Faulhaber, BJJ Black Belt and owner of Move Well Philly Mobility and Thai Bodywork.

Caitlin Huggins is a black belt training out of Devine Jiu Jitsu, an active competitor and instructor, and victor of the first-ever women's black belt match in North Carolina. We talk to her about training, teaching, why women-only spaces are important in BJJ, her career as both a horror movie reviewer and a welder, goals for the future and more!

Jake Whitfield is one of NC's most successful MMA fighters, and he returns to the cage in Raleigh this month. In this interview, the Royce Gracie black belt reveals who his toughest MMA opponent was, what the hardest day of training in his barn looked like, what a judo pin has to do with stabbing someone in the neck and what the most common training mistakes are. Plus, hear which of his students he calls sissies.

Indy Week Bryan C. Reed comes on the show to give us all the juicy tidbits that didn't make it into his cover piece on the local martial arts scene. Samantha Faulhaber, one of the main eventers for the ConcussionCast Carnival (and participant in the first ever women's black belt match in NC) talks about BJJ and movement science.

Tim Hufford from Chapel Hill Gracie Jiujitsu tells stories about a fighter's mom taking a swing at him at his teammates' fights in Vermont last night (among other craziness). We recap the CHGJJ fights with time. Then Vernon Kirk & The Good Fight's Jimmy Fortunato join us to preview their July 9 Jiujitsu Theater event.

Roy Marsh, Royce Gracie black belt, joins us to answer listener questions about how to pick a martial arts gym & whether to train gi or nogi. Then, Jeff and Roy break down every match on the ConcussionCast Carnival card May 1. Come watch 20 athletes from 16 different schools, including 6 black belts, compete at Durham Central Park on May 1 at noon.