JIU JITSU Lou

E114: Leigh Ibberson - Purple Belt


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Leigh Ibberson has recently been promoted to Purple Belt and his BJJ career is looking at a very exciting over the coming year. Leigh is the owner and founder of Shaftesbury Submission Grappling based in a small town in Dorset, UK. Leigh was inspired by the Joe Rogan Experience to start training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu some years ago, and continues to listen to great podcasts, including the Jiu Jitsu Lou Podcast.

 

Facing the fear and doing it anyway is a life philosophy of Leigh's. This includes climbing Snowdon, in bare foot shoes with a 50kg backpack. Leigh speaks about his competition experience at White Belt and goes on to speak about the Super Fights he has coming up in 2026.

 

Topics:

  • Purple Belt Promotion
  • Shaftesbury Submission Grappling
  • Helping others
  • Joe Rogan Experience
  • Big Challenges
  • Fear vs Failure
  • Competing at White Belt
  • Competitive Spirit
  • Ultra Athlete
  • Friday Night Training
  • Coastal Combat League
  • ADCC Denmark
  • GrappleFest Prelims

 

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Leigh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leigh_ibberson/

 

Sponsor of this episode is:

Fortitude Official: https://www.instagram.com/official.fortitude.bjj/

 

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A UK BJJ Podcast hosted by Lou Temlett @jiu.jitsu.lou

 

PRODUCTION CREDIT: Kerr Mathieson of Audio Outsource

MUSIC CREDIT:

ARTIST: Maleki Ram | TRACK: Just A Little Boy

 

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