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By Kendall Reusing
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Alrightyyyy my friends, we are back with Q&A podcast / YouTube hybrid!! This is episode 29 of my podcast, Get A Grip with K. This time… I deep dive into questions asked from the live audience at the alchemize warrior women’s weekender in Austin, Texas. We talk about competition mindset strategies, how to train with different types of partners, self-esteem, and so much more.
Really hope you enjoy it, and, if you do, don’t forget to like/subscribe/comment/share it with someone it might help etc. ❤️❤️❤️
Till next time,
K 💖
0:00 Start
0:01 Intro
0:06 Question 1 Are you back to competition or still injured?
0:27 Question 2 Saying no to rolls
6:27 Question 3 How to mentally overcome injuries?
11:45 Question 4 Mental fight prep
17:00 Question 5 How to be comfortable with your weight?
21:49 Question 6 How to deal with comfortability in cross training?
25:42 Question 7 How to deal with pre training anxiety?
29:58 Question 8 How did you regain mobility post injury?
35:10 Question 9 Technical question on knee tap
35:32 Question 10 Inside trip details
36:31 Question 11 Under hooks and posture
37:05 Question 12 Finding joy in training (again)
Today, I sit with the brand new IBJJF GI WORLD CHAMPION (although, no stranger to the top of the world's most prestigious podiums in jiu jitsu), Nathalie Ribeiro. Nathalie is one of bjj's most well known and loved competitors, not only for who she is on the mats, but for what she intimately shares with us off of it.
In this episode, Nathalie generously opens up about how this year's internal transformation changed her life, and ultimately led to finally conquering a new level of success at the Worlds in June. You can expect to be inspired around:
- embodying and believing in your worthiness,
- building new mindset (and jiu jitsu) habits quickly,
- using people around you as feedback loops,
- accepting your darkest, "ugliest" parts,
- turning acceptance into an automatic practice,
and so much more.
I can't thank Nathalie enough for sharing herself so vulnerably and inspirationally with us in this interview. It was also my first ever in-home interview in my new space! Such a treat. I know y'all are going to love this one. ❤️
Follow Nathalie here: https://www.instagram.com/tatawribeiro?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
All of my discounts / links / JJA waitlist to work inside my mentorship program (which re-launches next week, btw 👀) / camps / seminars etc: https://linktr.ee/kendallreusing
Don't forget to please share / like / subscribe / rate / comment whateverrrr you know the drill lol if you enjoyed the show. Thanks so much for being here and being a part of the journey.
0:00 Start
1:00 Tata Introduction
3:30 Becoming a Gi World Champ
8:03 Feeling Worthy Brought the Win
11:40 “I Couldn’t Like My Ugly Parts”
12:40 GAG Question 1
9:00 Life's Story
39:00 What Kept You Going?
45:35 Accepting Our “Dark Parts”
56:00 Acceptance as an Automatic Practice
58:50 What Helped You Build The Habits?
01:05:22 Who Do You Want To Be?
01:11:32 People Are Feedback For Us
01:14:50 GAG Question Again
01:20:21 Where to Find Tata
01:21:46 Outro
Books Mentioned: A Return To Love by Marianne Williamson, Atomic Habits by James Clear, & 12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson
Today is a special episode filmed on my good friend Emily Hayden’s podcast from February 2023. Below is Emily’s description of her takeaways and who this is a good listen for. ♥️ PS: she and I MAY have a special, in-person event coming up to offer for a small group of people… stay tuned. 🥰
“In today’s episode, Emily interviews JiuJitsu 7x world champion Kendall Ruesing. Kendall has been through a lot of life experiences at such a young age that truly has shaped her mindset towards life. Her perspective, vulnerability, & willingness to share her “not so pretty” moments in this episode will leave you feeling empowered to go out there and truly live life. Knowing that failure & missing the mark, is simply a PART of the journey to your personal “world championship”.
In today’s episode you will hear about:
1. The pathway to personal development
2. Overcoming shame & guilt
3. Eating disorder recovery & healing journey
4. Publicly going through injuries, changes in body comp, etc
5. Living a full Fck yes life
6. You’re going to fail anyways
7. A mystical experience
8. The art of Surrender
9. Masculine vs. feminine
10. What changed between her first championship and her 7th.
Connect with Kendall here:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kendallreusing
Connect with Emily Here:
All links: https://linktr.ee/evolvewithemilypodcast
https://linktr.ee/emilyhayden
Connect with Emily here: Instagram | YouTube | TikTok
Subscribe to The Evolve With Emily Show here:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3v10YPs
iTunes: https://apple.co/3aqW5Ye
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3dtNINp”
This is an interview I did on the Inner Beauty Code Podcast. Below is the description they wrote for it. Super grateful to be sharing the podcast here, too, because I think there’s a lot of value in it for so many of us. 🙏🏼♥️
"In this episode of Inner Beauty Code, Rachele Fialco chats with Kendall Reusing, an eight-time jiu-jitsu champion, black belt, mindset coach, and owner of multiple jiu-jitsu schools in California. Kendall discusses her passion for working in both athlete and business owner roles, engaging in media work like commentary and interviews, and providing online coaching for jiu-jitsu athletes worldwide. She emphasizes the importance of mindset, sharing her journey of eating disorder recovery and promoting mental health and body image positivity, especially as a woman in a male-dominated combat sport. Kendall explores the balance of feminine and masculine energies in her sport and personal life."
Timecode
5:11 Advice For Other Women In Male Dominated Fields
12:24 Vulnerability in Jiu Jitsu
17:24 Mindset
26:34 Our Parts // Queen K
39:52 Multifaceted
49:00 Body Acceptance
Where to Find Inner Beauty Code:
Apple - innerbeautycode
Instagram - @innerbeautycode
YouTube - @innerbeautycode
In this episode, I sit with Ray (member of the band Kill The Fall - who just dropped their newest EP!) in Cleveland, OH, the morning after I taught a seminar at his gym. We discuss…
his journey through traveling the country in his van, playing punk rock as a starving artist,
the number 1 skill an aspiring athlete / artist / up and comer in any industry needs to develop,
how to overcome darkness from your childhood and upbringing, and create the life of your dreams,
some of the entitlement we see that kills folk’s careers,
the never-ending importance of building disciplined habits,
the similarities between jiu jitsu and music,
and how to ALWAYS keep moving forward.
Enjoy this deep, genuine, raw episode. It’s definitely on my favorites list, and I think it could end up on yours, too.
Don’t forget to share / review / subscribe / rate / comment / post, whatever works for you. 😆 It all means the world. 🤍
Thank you for being here. I’ll see y’all in the next episode.
Love, Kendall
PS: here are all of Ray’s links! Make sure to stream his new music here: and follow him and the band on IG here:
@killthefall
@raymonterry
@rtsctrainingcenter
Listen to Ray's music here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2FRPhGy4WkKkUqDlLi1CUA?si=IKQhsR7aQOat9ajRlVs1-w
Time code:
0:00 Start
0:01 Intro
1:15 How long have you been a musician?
1:45 Get a grip question
4:51 What's been your favorite concert
7:00 You'll find what you're looking for ( good or bad)
10:43 Jiu Jitsu & Music entitlement
13:04 First band success
15:35 Touring and "selling out"
21:30 Perform if its 2 or 50 people
24:09 Caring about tiny stuff / staying power
33:23 Conan O'Brien
38:32 Jiu Jitsu & punk music cross over
41:29 Family history
46:39 How'd you get to the American dream?
55:51 Everything happens for a reason
1:00:46 Get a grip question again
Today, I’ve started a brand new kind of episode. We’ve done Q&A here before… but I’m finally introducing it as a mainstay of the show, alongside our classic interview episodes AND teaching/updating/random brain dump episodes lol.
This time around, I cover 3 great questions. ⬇️
1) As an co-owner / manager of 4 academies, how do I manage and assist with power struggles amongst staff, leadership, and students?
2) Will I be competing at ADCC 2024?
3) How do I balance my masculine and feminine energy in a male dominated field… in a way that allows me to feel genuinely ME, and lead to fulfilling levels of success?
I also sneak in a super quick 4th one, but I won’t spoil it for you. 😉
This episode is perfect for:
- anyone who owns / works in / trains in a martial arts academy
- anyone who owns / manages / is a part of other types of business teams
- jiu jitsu fans who want an insight to my competitive plans for this year
- my men and women out there who don’t seem to know exactly how to combine both their masculine + feminine energy in a way that feels true to them and consistent (hint: we’ve all got both, and for good reason!)
- jiu jitsu practitioners who are interested in the whys / why nots of when + how often to compete
- anyone looking for more internal + external energy balance
- team members looking for more peace, happiness, communication, and success in the workplace
- my ladies who need help choosing nogi gear to train in 😆
I hope you enjoy this one, AND I do want to apologize for the camera auto-focusing behind me. I was filming alone this time around, and y’all know I’m doing my best to improve my technological skills! 🙏🏼 Thanks for your patience and for sticking with me through it all.
If you feel inclined, I’d love any feedback / requests / improvement ideas / interview guests desired etc. in the form of a review (Apple/Spotify) or comment section (YT). You truly help me improve. Thank you thank you thank you. Your support is so appreciated. ♥️
Until next time… xo, K
00:00 Start
00:01 Intro
01:38 How To Manage Power Struggles in Staff?
10:28 Will You Be At ADCC 2024?
19:30 What Leggings For Women
19:57 How Do You Balance Your Feminine & Masculine Energy?
34:00 Outro
In today’s episode, Juliana joins me at my Orange County hotel (the morning after FloGrappling WNO 22 🤠) to take a big deep dive into…
All things The Ultimate Fighter,
dealing with online haters,
being bullied in school,
violence in the home throughout childhood leading to her passion for studying emotional intelligence,
turning her IG comments off,
leaving MMA to return to competitive jiu jitsu (training under Richie “Boogeyman” Martinez at 10th Planet San Diego, CA),
developing true confidence and determination AMONGST public failure, and her gratitude for her surgery leading into her UFC return.
I’m really grateful for Juliana for coming into this conversation with such raw authenticity and vulnerability. She says the things most “online people” only speak about privately. I know it has the potential to touch many lives with inspiration, as it did for me. 💌
Make sure to follow Juliana’s journey here on her IG: @killermillermma AND please like, rate, follow, subscribe, download, share, whatever it is you do. 😆 It helps more than you know to grow the channel and get more amazing guests here over time. Each one is very, very appreciated. ENJOY! 😍✨
Time Code: 0:41 Intro to Juliana
1:56 GAG Question
4:56 Life Story (Short Version)
12:34 Toxic Relationships
15:35 Leading in to TUF
18:48 Medusa
22:23 TUF Calls
30:25 Injury
32:15 Try Commentating
35:09 Online Hate
44:04 Getting Spiritual
48:04 Speaking Our Truth
58:02 GAG Question Again
MERRY CHRISTMAS podcast friends!!! 🥰✨ Today, I download a fullll recap of what it was like to compete on the blue and yellow mats again.
I dive deeply into…
🎄 WHY I even value competing anymore (after working so hard to remove my attachment / self-esteem reliance on it),
🎄 the very real fear and anxiety conversations pre-finals match,
🎄 and post-championship energy management.
I also open up about what I *really* do every day (lol), why competing is now taking a different place than I thought it would, how “content creation” actually works, being an over-sharer (not a surprise HAHA), and the excitement around launching Jiu Jitsu Accelerator (my 1:1 mentorship program based on Jiu Jitsu, Mindset, Strength & Conditioning, and Nutrition) again in January!
I hope y’all enjoy this bff FaceTime style episode. Please drop any comments / reviews / subscribes / downloads / shares you know the deal. ♥️ It helps me and the podcast more than you know.
If you are interested in applying for an interview for JJA, join the waitlist here: https://kendall-reusing.mykajabi.com/jiu-jitsu-accelerator
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Amazing New Year, and ALL the love straight from me to you. I appreciate you being here SO much. ✨🎄🎁
Timecodes-
0:00 Start
1:27 Nogi Worlds
3:00 Not Doing The Open Class
4:19 Do What Makes Sense
4:42 1st Match
6:52 Competing With Other Champions
8:00 Cloud 9
9:30 Finals
11:10 Expectations & Nerves
12:30 Why Compete?
15:00 Identity Of A Competitor
16:25 Good, Let's Do It Again
17:21 10.5 Hours Of Takedowns On BJJ Fanatics
20:00 Peaceful
21:55 What's Next
22:18 JJA 1to1 Mentorship
25:00 ADCC 2024
27:00 Focus
34:00 Outro
Today, I sit with Eddie in his academy (right before I head to LAX for Polaris lol): 10th Planet Downtown Los Angeles. The legend who needs no introduction walks us through some of his best stories about young love, bullying, fitting in, famous ADCC moments, the “real” history of bjj, and what it means to him to have a grip on his life. Sit back and relax. This one is pretty wild. But would you expect anything else? Follow Eddie on IG: @eddiebravo10p Listen to Eddie’s new album: https://open.spotify.com/album/3cQhqJ9CItStR1OkIV4FRv?si=ToBZw1_vTbKrB1QLJVMS5w
Show Time Code
0:00 Start
0:01 Intro
1:25 Jean Jacques Machado
2:00 History of JiuJitsu
5:14 George Gracie
7:00 Life Story
18:12 Cut From 6th Grade Football
19:32 Mexican AF
21:02 Dating a 7th Grader
22:44 Sabrina Green Lights Me
23:39 Gets Out to Willard
24:01 Left 6th Grade
29:11 Donovan the Football Star
31:40 Sitting on His Chest!
41:01 Rapid Fire Questions
48:18 How 10P Started
49:50 Black Belt
50:47 Kendall’s First ADCC Meeting Eddie
51:42 Last Questions
51:58 First / Last Question
56:01 Scandemic
57:15 New Album Jar of Flies
Today, I talk through the ever-expanding lessons I’m learning (and living) around balancing seasons of “doing everything at once” with seasons of “something’s gotta give.”
I SPECIFICALLY describe my process with this in order to set myself up for mental success (rather than chronic not-enoughness and disappointment in myself). And I know lots of folks can relate to this, because I’ve talked to many of you about this at my seminars, online, and when we meet in person.
This episode is literally me getting home from gym, sitting down at my computer (not my high quality camera that leads to better reels on ig, because I couldn’t find my SD card 😅), and hitting record with zero planning, makeup, or good lighting lol. I also throw in a few fun life updates.
I hope you feel like we were on FaceTime with this one, because that’s what it felt like to record. :)
I love you, and I’m in your corner all the time. Thank you for being here. For your precious time and attention, your subscriptions/follows/shares, and, above all else, for your love.
As mentioned, you can always use code: KENDALLDT8 at scramblestuff.com, and access to apply to my online mentorship program, Jiu Jitsu Accelerator, will be announced soon. In the meantime, you can join the waitlist here if you’d like. https://kendall-reusing.mykajabi.com/jiu-jitsu-accelerator K 🤍
Timecodes -
0:00 Start
1:43 Gold Medal Mindset
2:30 How Do You Manage It All?
5:30 Seasons 9:47 Getting "Resentful"
13:00 Being Enough
16:10 ADCC
17:15 Overachiever
18:40 Losing My Shit
20:05 Highlight Reel
23:10 Outro
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