North Leeds Jitz

This week we are back in the academy after fighting off a bout of Covid and we introduce the newest member of the GBRL team - Andy Bone

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This week on the show we are honoured to be joined by the legendary Master Mauricio Gomes

Mauricio is now an 8th-degree Coral Belt in BJJ having started at the age of 4. He was awarded his black belt in 1981 from Rolls Gracie entering into a group now known as 'The Famous Five' - people who were awarded black belts from Rolls prior to his tragic death.

Mauricio pioneered BJJ in the UK having come to Birmingham in 1998 starting Gracie Barra UK. He awarded the first 3 British Black Belts ( Mark Walder, Jude Samuel, Rick Young) and is the father of Roger Gracie who is considered the greatest of all time! 

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This week on the show we are joined by owner and head instructor of Empire Jiu-Jitsu - Kurt Osiander

Kurt is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, under Ralph Gracie. Osiander is one of the cult heroes in BJJ’s community,  having been an active competitor since the mid 1990’s. Kurt Osiander’s straight forward personality and witty comments expressed in his video blog (Kurt Osiander’s Move of the Week) have given us well recognized phrases such as “shut up and train”, "go train!" and “you f****d up a long time ago”,  now echoed in academy around the world! 

Kurt's authenticity and no BS attitude has turned him into one of the most beloved personalities in the sport!

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This week on the show we are delighted to be joined by European and World Champion - Vanessa English. 

Vanessa was Victor Estimas first world champion student and earned her black belt in less than 6 years!

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This week on the show Mike and T answer some of your questions such as: How we started BJJ, What our biggest lightbulb moments have been in BJJ, the best ways to maximise off the mat learning, what we would do differently is we could start GBRL again and how Prof. Mike keeps his hair so nice and much more!!

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This week on the show we are joined by a former professional rugby league player and now a personal trainer and founder of @youfituk - Jonny Grayshon.

Jonny is a member with us here at GBRL and despite being one of the biggest guys in the room is also one of the most technical with a hunger for learning and skill acquisition.

Be sure to check out his 12-week transformation programme here: https://youfituk12weektransformation.com/

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This week on the show we are privileged to be joined by a 5th-degree black belt under Master Carlos Gracie Jr, multiple-time world champion and European champion - Prof Carlos Lemos Jr. (@carloslemosjrgb)

Prof Carlos started BJJ at the age of 14 having previously trained TKD and Judo. He quickly earned the nickname “Escorrega” meaning slippery on account of him being so hard to hold down.

In 2004 Carlos Lemos was given the task to spread Jiu Jitsu in Europe, Escorrega followed Carlos Gracie’s instructions and successfully built several Gracie Barra academy's on the continent, where he graduated a few BJJ practitioners, namely: Niclas Gustafsson (@therealnicoboyish) and Peter Berglund (@blackb31t) from Sweden, Salvadore Pace (@gracie_barra_bath_) Federico Tisi (@federico_tisi) who is the head of the @tribe_jiu_jitsu in Italy, Gibran Alvares (@gibrangbjj) in Cancun & Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Ryo Ominami (@ryoominamigb) black belt team representative in Japan and finally Markku Tapiola (@feragb), Joni Iman (@ramboz_amazinglife) and Jukka Lemola (@jukka_lemola) who are in charge of Gracie Barra in Finland.

Prof Carlos now lives with his family in Chicago and teaches at his schools @graciebarradownersgrove and @graciebarraenaperville

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This week on the North Leeds Jits Podcast we are joined by someone who has done it all in the world of grappling - Robert Drysdale!

Born in the US from a Brazilian mother and American father, and having spent his life between these two countries, Robert Drysdale remains the only American competitor to have ever won both the IBJJF and ADCC World Championships, the two most prestigious tournaments in all of Jiu-Jitsu. Furthermore, he has also cultivated a career in MMA, both as a fighter and as a coach.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History, as well as a long-held passion for this discipline. Prof. Robert has produced a yet to be released documentary on the history of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil. Additionally, he has a book out called 'Opening Closed Guard' about the making of the documentary.

He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA. He is also the co-founder of the international team Zenith Jiu-Jitsu and is the father of two girls.

Robert Drysdale Links: 

Amazon: Opening Closed Guard Book

Instagram: @robertdrysdalejj

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Podcast: http://breakingtheguard.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC3R60mpFw4dziyUsZj02w/featured

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This week on the show we head over to the awesome @gracie_barra_harrogate to be joined by head Instructor and long time friend of Prof Mike - Prof Lewis Matthews! @lewis.matthews.gbh

Lewis is a first-degree black belt under @victorestimagb and has been into martial arts for most of his life. We discuss, the changes to GBH, the professionalisation on BJJ, developing as a teacher, advice to white belts, competition and competing as a black belt, how to use instructional courses, BJJ nostalgia, what it means to be a martial artist and much more!

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This week on the North Leeds Jitz podcast we are joined by a former professional rugby player and GBRL member Oliver Goss! 

Oli has an incredible story of perseverance, taking chances, being pro-active and believing in yourself! He is also a big part of our competition team and we squeeze in some BJJ talk too 🤙

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