Get A Grip with Kendall Reusing

 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

Today, I talk with my longtime friend, ex Team USA Track & Field representative, strength and conditioning coach, bjj purple belt competitor, and Chek Institute certified holistic health practitioner: Ashley Manso.

Ashley and I discuss the most common health and lifestyle patterns (+ tangible, easy to implement adjustments) she sees with her athletes / clients, in addition to some of the changes she and I have specifically made together (under her guidance) through my competitive career.

This is THE episode you want to listen to if you’d like to learn how to apply “holistic health” to your life (nutrition, s&c, learning patterns, energy leaks, etc.), even if you’re not into astrology, crystals, and mushroom supplements. Lots of science talk here in this episode. 😉

Follow Ashley here + dm her directly with any questions regarding how you might be able to work with her, either in person or remotely: https://www.instagram.com/abundantmind3/