If you're reading this, you know becoming a professional Jiu Jitsu athlete and it's very difficult, but in this episode black belt and CEO of Inverted Gear, Nelson Fuentes tells you how to surf the process of getting pro and how to find sponsorship.

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Former UFC and Bellator fighter Phillipe Nover tells us his highs as a fighter, battling injuries and surgeries. 

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It's purple belt time! Today we talk about life as a purple belt, why reducing weight for competitions is awful and the discipline Jiu Jitsu brings to each area in your life.

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We talk to head trainer of Mendez Boxing Gym Leo Morales to find out how they are doing. 

Who the hell are the instructors of Masterskya? We speak with both of them in this episode and we talk about their philosophy, how to create a donation-based business and how to keep the academy going. A couple of ratched stories included ;) 

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We've come a long way from toilet paper hoarding, but we still are transiting unknown territory. People are reopening businesses, some use face masks, others don't. So in this episode we're trying to make sense of the current state of everything happening in the old NYC.

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Making it in Jiu Jitsu requires balls, but making as a woman requires much more. In this special episode two Renzo Garcia female athletes join us!

Boxing olympian, Pro MMA Jennifer Lopez, and published author Jennifer Dugween Cheign talk about how to navigate through a male dominated sport and spill their personal experiences in Jiu Jitsu.

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In this week's episode we're going to talk about the blue belt power, remembering when we got our own and how it feels to be smothered by a blue belt when you are in a higher rank.

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As every business on Earth, Jiu jitsu gyms have been affected by the pandemic. Today we talk about finding opportunity in madness, how hard is to keep the investment afloat and when is the right time to get back. We discuss everything with brown the belt and owner of Odyssey Jiu Jitsu in Atlanta.

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In this very special episode we have our first woman guest in Ratchet Dojo. Erin Herle is the founder of Submit the Stigma and a black belt. She comes to tell you why you need to chill the f**k out with assumptions and judgement towards anxiety, depression and other mental illness. Plus building a nonprofit and being a badass woman in Jiu Jitsu.

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