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It’s great to have Keith Gavin on the podcast with Mike Wilkins and Me, Warren Stout.  Keith has turned around Pittsburgh University’s wrestling program making them a nationally competitive division one team.  Last season Pitt had it’s first national champion since Keith himself won in 2008.  He is a great wrestler as well as a successful coach.  He stops in from time to time to train with Stout PGH competition grappling team and share some of his knowlege with us.  His children also train at our Strip District location in Pittsburgh and our Zelienople/north location. We talk about what he looks for in recruits, how he overacheived in his college career, what are some differences between wrestling and submission grappling.  We also talk about Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt’s most recent national champion who is a Pittsburgh native.  We discuss youth wrestling and what Keith sees as the value of Jiu Jitsu training for children.  There is alot of practical experienced based advice and discussion in this podcast  athletes and practitioners of combat sports can learn from.  There are also topics of interest for fathers and mothers as well as fans of NCAA and specifically Pitt Wrestling.

Keith Gavin – head Pitt U wrestling coach, helping with our competition grapplling practice.

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Brady wrestling in PIAA high school championship

Brady Joling and his Father Michael join us for this podcast episode.  Brady is part of the first generation of jiu jitsu practitioners who moved to a successful wrestling career.  Me, your host, Warren Stout  was part of some of the first group of college wrestlers who transitioned to BJJ in the early 2000’s.  Now we are seeing athletes go in the opposite direction as jiu jitsu becomes more main stream and quality kids jiu jitsu programs are available in many parts of the country.  Brady is a great example of this.  He started at Stout PGH in your youth program and just finished his high school wrestling career culminating in a PIAA State Championship 3rd place medal. He is going on to wrestle at the Division I Collegate level at Davidson College. He hasn’t been wrestling long and he is getting better.  We talk about his unique style and how jiu jitsu influenced it.  We talk about the different attitudes and training methods of each sport.  Michael also talks about guiding a wrestler and jiu jitsu practitioner as a father.  There is a lot of interesting information that jiu jitsu atheletes, wrestler, parents and fans of wrestling and jiu jitsu/ submission grappling will enjoy.

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In this wide ranging interview/ conversation Zack Esposito and I talk about his wrestling journey from starting as a youth in NJ and at Blair academy, to being a standout competitor, NCAA DI champion, and on to his coaching career.  Zack shares annadotes and stories from his own career.  We also talk about some interesting interactions between Zack and all-time greats in wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA ).  Zack talks about what he sees as commonalities he sees in ultra successful combat sports athletes.  He gives some advice on both mental and physical aspects of becoming a great competitor. Zack has helped to coach international wrestler as well as some of the best college wrestlers.  He has also helped with some MMA fighters such as Daniel Cormier, Robby Lawler, and others. He has some good wisdom for coaches and athletes interacting with coaches.  Zack is one of the best selling instructional video teachers for BJJ Fanatics / Wrestling Fanatics.  This podcast will make you better at Jiu Jitsu, MMA and/or wrestling. Zack is a NCAA Division I national wrestling champion.  He was know for his dynamic, exciting style.  He is a respected coach at the highest levels of NCAA and international wrestling in the United states.

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John Swisher is the co-founder and leader of Ronin Adverstising, a successful marketing national marketing agency that has worked for Fortune 500 companies, large charity based organizations such as YMCA groups, and a couple of jiu jitsu schools including mine, as passion projects.  John is a purple belt and dedicated jiu jitsu student who trains regularly at almost 60 years old.  In this podcast we discuss John’s philosophy of marketing.  He talks about what the biggest mistake he sees jiu jitsu schools and businesses in general make in marketing.  He talks about his approach to training  jiu jitsu and improving his game.  He discusses work with Stout Pittsburgh schools.  This podcast will be of particular interst to those starting jiu jitsu later in life and training as an older person, ” old man jiu jitsu “,  and anyone involved in owning a jiu jitsu school or similar business. It may also be of interest to member/students of Stout PGH schools because we discuss some of my (Warren Stout) philosophy and guiding principals of the Pittsburgh schools that John has help communicate and articulate.  John also discusses his personal philosophy of jiu jitsu and why it is important to him.

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Warren Stout and Bridget Grace have a conversation after her Pittsburgh Seminar at Stout PGH.  Bridget is the women’s team coach for Renzo Gracie NYC academy, an active competitor, and world silver medalist at adult black belt. She has also fought kickboxing and mma fights.  In addition to describing her jiu jitsu journey thus far, she talks about training methods, mental preparation, and teaching others. She also talks about different teachers who have influenced her and which competitors she is paying attention to on the scene today.  This conversation will be of particular interest to any jiu jitsu competitors and women starting Jiu Jitsu.

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Rolles Gracie showing a technique with Warren Stout at a seminar in Pittsburgh 2019

This is Warren Stout’s jiu jitsu origin story. In this audio only version of a video interview Warren Stout and Rolles Gracie are interviewed by John Swisher of Ronin Advertising.  They discuss how they met in Brazil in 2002 and how Warren helped him with wrestling and how Rolles introduced Warren to Jiu Jitsu.  Warren is the founder and head instructor for Stout PGH – team Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu and MMA schools in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Rolles has competed in jiu jitsu including a medal at ADCC.  He has competed in MMA as well. He runs a school in new Jersey, helps teach at Renzo Gracie Main Academy in NYC and runs Kasai Pro Jiu jitsu events.  There is also a video version of this on @stoutpgh instagram tv and on Stout PGH YouTube channel.

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Karel is in his late 50’s and still trains jiu jitsu 7 days per week often with other high level competitive blackbelts.  Karel recently taught a seminar at Stout PGH on armbars.  He has some unique concepts and techniques around armbars and many other techniques.  Karel has coach champions in jiu jitsu at the highest level and has coached several successful MMA fighters.  He runs two successful schools in NJ.  He also works with Firas Zahabi of Tri-Star and hosts the weekly free live stream “Roll With the Fox”.  You can get on the mats with Karel at his schools or the many camps and seminars he teaches in Europe, USA, and Costa Rica.  In this episode Warren Stout talks to Karel about developing creativity in jiu jitsu, thhe importance of attitude that team leaders adopt, and some of his background growing up in Europe.

Karel Pravec Silver Fox armbar seminar Pittsburgh Stout PGH 2021

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Daniel Gracie, Shawn Williams, and Warren Stout sit down next to Potrero Beach, Costa Rica to talk about how Jiu Jitsu has changed, MMA training, and the Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp.  Daniel talks about coaching strategy for fighters. He also talks about Costa Rica and the Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp reminding him of the atmosphere of the early days in Rio and Barra Brazil.  Shawn talks about the 3 main type of Jiu Jitsu, training methodology, and his new gear company Carbyne .

Daniel Gracie, Shawn Williams and Warren Stout at Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp in Costa Rica

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Rick training Jiu Jitsu at Stout PGH – Team Renzo Gracie

This podcast guest is someone that most people have not heard of.  He isn’t a Jiu Jitsu celebrity or coach.  Rick is an insurance professional in his 50s who is battling cancer.  He has been a long-time supporter of the Local Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and MMA scene in Pittsburgh.  He has supported Stout Fights events via sponsorship since our first event 3 years ago.  His insurance company  The Thompson Gusic Insurance Group specializes in insuring extreme sports businesses and participants among other things. He’s also an inspiration at Stout PGH – Team Renzo Gracie.  For many of the past months he’d be on the mats training with a special chest shield that protected his chemo port.  In the podcast we talk about what its like starting Jiu Jitsu later in life and being one of the older people on the mats.  We talk about training through Cancer and why Rick feels his mat time has helped him.  We discuss the perspective shift that happens when you get a diagnosis of cancer and living with it day to day.  We discuss some of the non-obvious benefits of Jiu Jitsu training.  This is a powerful podcast and there are takeaways for everyone.  There are some heavy subjects but Rick manages to keep it light and fun.

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Javier Valenciano at Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp in Costa Rica

Javier is the first Costa Rican Competitor to have success at adult blackbelt division of IBJJF world Jiu Jitsu tournament.  In this podcast he talks about overcoming the mentality that he is from a small country and not supposed to succeed agains the people from countries and areas with developed Jiu Jitsu traditions.  Sort of like the 4 minute mile barrier, he talks about how he broke through and helped establish Costa Rica as a place developing top level competitors.  He also talks about fighting Mma, his team Athletic advance, and the Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp http://www.puravidabjjcamp.com  that Stout PGH hosts every year.  This is a short podcast with tips that will help many Jiu Jitsu practitioners over mental barriers.

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