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Ep. #19: Steve Ferraro - 6th Degree Karate Black Belt, Academy Owner, No Gi BJJ Competitor
This week I got to sat down with the highly decorated, life long martial artist Steve Ferraro! Steve is the owner and head instructor of Ferraro Karate and Martial Arts in Guelph Ontario. A 6th Degree Karate Black Belt 🥋, Japanese Jiu Jitsu Black Belt 🥋, Steve has turned his sights to No Gi BJJ 🤼♂️ and over the past few years has found himself at the top of the podium at several events (2017 Grappling Industries Gold Medalist 🥇, the 2019 Para Bellum No Gi Classic silver medalist 🥈, 2019 Ascension BJJ silver medalist 🥈). Steve and I touch on many topics like his experience trying to survive as a gym owner during the pandemic, his background in Karate and growing up in the era of dojo wars, his experiences getting in to BJJ and how it differs from the Karate culture, the impact of the UFC on Karate, the evolution of BJJ and the commercialization of martial arts and more!
WATCH PODCAST VIDEOS & SUBSCRIBE TO THE PFED BJJ YOUTUBE CHANNEL:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcVLZKykiHAl7twBkwwrFTA
FOLLOW STEVE FERRARO:https://www.instagram.com/ferrarokarateandmartialarts/ https://www.ferrarokarate.ca/ FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/pfedbjj/
SHOW NOTES:
4:22 The elaborate Intro
8:05 Being a gym owner trying to survive during with Covid and emerging as leader during a brutal time
16:36 How Steve got by mentally and Any positives to take away from zoom classes and remote learning
24:19 How Steve Got in to Karate and martial arts and the history of his style of Karate
29:46 Steve explains the Karate tournament structure
34:33 Growing up during the Dojo wars era and fighting your friends
37:27 How the image of Karate changed after the rise of the UFC and the commercialization of martial arts
45:53 Promotions and the idea of kids being give black belts
48:43 The American perception of the black belt, the evolution of BJJ and the meaning of rank in modern BJJ
57:10 Why Steve started doing NO GI BJJ and his experience learning at Para Bellum MMA and being a white belt again
1:11:43 The differences between BJJ and Karate for Steve
1:17:31 Hardest part about trying to improve at BJJ
1:20:32 Competing in BJJ vs Karate
1:24:00 Starting a No Gi Program in a Karate gym and the negative reception from many peers in the community
1:35:03 How Steve sees the pandemic playing out long term and advice for people training now
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By Paul FedericiThis week I got to sat down with the highly decorated, life long martial artist Steve Ferraro! Steve is the owner and head instructor of Ferraro Karate and Martial Arts in Guelph Ontario. A 6th Degree Karate Black Belt 🥋, Japanese Jiu Jitsu Black Belt 🥋, Steve has turned his sights to No Gi BJJ 🤼♂️ and over the past few years has found himself at the top of the podium at several events (2017 Grappling Industries Gold Medalist 🥇, the 2019 Para Bellum No Gi Classic silver medalist 🥈, 2019 Ascension BJJ silver medalist 🥈). Steve and I touch on many topics like his experience trying to survive as a gym owner during the pandemic, his background in Karate and growing up in the era of dojo wars, his experiences getting in to BJJ and how it differs from the Karate culture, the impact of the UFC on Karate, the evolution of BJJ and the commercialization of martial arts and more!
WATCH PODCAST VIDEOS & SUBSCRIBE TO THE PFED BJJ YOUTUBE CHANNEL:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcVLZKykiHAl7twBkwwrFTA
FOLLOW STEVE FERRARO:https://www.instagram.com/ferrarokarateandmartialarts/ https://www.ferrarokarate.ca/ FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/pfedbjj/
SHOW NOTES:
4:22 The elaborate Intro
8:05 Being a gym owner trying to survive during with Covid and emerging as leader during a brutal time
16:36 How Steve got by mentally and Any positives to take away from zoom classes and remote learning
24:19 How Steve Got in to Karate and martial arts and the history of his style of Karate
29:46 Steve explains the Karate tournament structure
34:33 Growing up during the Dojo wars era and fighting your friends
37:27 How the image of Karate changed after the rise of the UFC and the commercialization of martial arts
45:53 Promotions and the idea of kids being give black belts
48:43 The American perception of the black belt, the evolution of BJJ and the meaning of rank in modern BJJ
57:10 Why Steve started doing NO GI BJJ and his experience learning at Para Bellum MMA and being a white belt again
1:11:43 The differences between BJJ and Karate for Steve
1:17:31 Hardest part about trying to improve at BJJ
1:20:32 Competing in BJJ vs Karate
1:24:00 Starting a No Gi Program in a Karate gym and the negative reception from many peers in the community
1:35:03 How Steve sees the pandemic playing out long term and advice for people training now