GrappleTv Podcast - English

Kenny interviews brown belt Megan Parducho. We discuss Megan's fun times competing at tourneys, a little behind the scenes of EBI, coordinating at DREAM Championships and her new career as Real Estate Agent.

Felicia and Kenny talk to one of the Pioneers of women Jiu Jitsu, Black Belt Penny Thomas. They discuss training in South Africa, coming to the states for her first tournament, living and training in Hawaii and raising her two kids. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

Felicia and Kenny talk with their old friend, Black Belt Rudy Fischmann. Rudy is a brain cancer survivor and details the discovery all the way to recovery. He also tells a few stories including the Cleber incident and trying to wear a luche libre mask at a few tournaments. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Kenny and Felicia interview Scotty Nelson, one of the co-founders of On The Mat(OTM). They discuss his early training days at Ralph Gracie's, some dojo storming and some stories of Ralph. He also shared how he became involved in a hospital in Mexico, which offers alternative medicine, stem cell therapy, cancer treatment and auto immune issues at a fraction of what it costs here in the United States. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Applet Podcasts.

Kenny and Felicia chat with Ralph Gracie Student, fellow podcaster and founder of Hip Hop Chess, Adisa Banjoko. They discuss his beginnings, including his first day of class with Dave Camarillo and Bobby Southworth. Also he tells a few stories including Cameron Earl, Ralph Gracie and BJ Penn. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Stitcher.

Kenny and Felicia interview Cindy Hales, DC Maxwell, Jocelyn Chang and Kris Shaw, four members of the Womens Dirty Dozen, of which Felicia is also a member. The Women's Dirty Dozen is the first 12 women to achieve BJJ black belt status outside of Brazil. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Kenny and Felicia interview the first woman to receive a BJJ black belt outside of Brazil Cindy Omatsu. She discusses the early days of BJJ, training with the Machados and Leka Viera. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

In this episode, Felicia and Kenny interview Black Belt Freddy Trillo. Freddy teaches BJJ to many of the police departments in Florida and has since retired from active duty. Freddy talks about his first encounter with with a suspect who took him down, then pummeled Freddy from the mount position. Freddy, then realized that he had to learn something to protect himself which lead him to the Gracie Combative s in the 90s. And since that training, he had a high rate of taking his suspects into custody without any incidents. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and Apple Podcasts/iTunes. Picture credit JiuJitsuTimes.

Felicia and Kenny speak with Submissions on the Shore promoter Albert Tapia and competitor Amanda Bruse, who won a gold at the 2019 NoGi Worlds Championships. They discuss the upcoming Submission on the Shore event, Amanda's move from the East Coast to come train at ATOS and training with the ATOS team. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Felicia and Kenny interview Black Belt, Bill Tetsch. They talk about overcoming his visual impairment, training with Ken Gabrielson & Cleber Luciano, opening his own school and teaching kids. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.