The BJJ Fanatics Podcast

By Ryan Ford

Our mission with this podcast is to help YOU grow on the mats! We do this by presenting deep, insightful interviews every week with the best athletes, coaches and legends of BJJ and Grappling. Whether... more

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How many episodes does The BJJ Fanatics Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 1,290 episodes available.

The BJJ Fanatics Podcast episodes:

July 13, 2017 Episode 202: Casey Halstead
Coach Casey Halstead is a highly respected coach, academy owner and entrepreneur in the BJJ community. He talks about time management, common pitfalls of gym ownership and the value of a positive gym culture. Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:

* His origins
* Why he chose 10th Planet
* His thoughts on cross training
* Elite competitors are not always great teachers
* The value of a positive gym culture
* The ingredients of a good coach
* Why coaches should always play to their fighter’s strengths
* His views on natural talent
* The ingredients of an elite fighter
* His policy on dealing with fighters who are difficult to coach
* Pulling on your fighter’s heart strings to motivate them
* How his instructors have influenced the way he teaches
* The impact that Jean Jacques Machado had on him
* Time management / Watering the garden
* How he became a gym owner
* Common mistakes academy owners make
* Overcoming failures
* His advice for entrepreneurs

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1h 18min
July 13, 2017 GCP Episode 202: Casey Halstead
Coach Casey Halstead is a highly respected coach, academy owner and entrepreneur in the BJJ community. He talks about time management, common pitfalls of gym ownership and the value of a positive gym culture
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1h 18min
July 11, 2017 Episode 201: Jon “Macarrao” Thomas
Professor Jon Thomas delivers a very insightful and technical conversation. He covers injury management, improving your weaker areas, guard retention, conditioning for BJJ and much more! Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:

* His start in BJJ
* Age of Empires
* His nickname
* The lanky body type and how to apply it
* Injuries
* Trusting your judgement with training
* The attributes needed to be an effective competitor
* Formatting your training to achieve the skills you need
* His mindset in competition
* Natural intuitions people have for Jiu-Jitsu
* Improving your weaker areas
* How drilling without resistance can hinder your game
* Spider Guard: The chink in many practitioners’ armor
* The 4 aspects to not getting your guard passed
* The phases of different positions
* Conditioning your body for Jiu-Jitsu
* Finding what mentally stimulates you to keep motivated
* Thinking of rolling as a series of mini games
* Competition tactics
* Jiu-Jitsu in the Scandinavian countries
* His plans for the future

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1h 42min
July 11, 2017 Episode 201: Jon “Macarrao” Thomas
Professor Jon Thomas delivers a very insightful and technical conversation. He covers injury management, improving your weaker areas, guard retention, conditioning for BJJ and much more! Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:

* His start in BJJ
* Age of Empires
* His nickname
* The lanky body type and how to apply it
* Injuries
* Trusting your judgement with training
* The attributes needed to be an effective competitor
* Formatting your training to achieve the skills you need
* His mindset in competition
* Natural intuitions people have for Jiu-Jitsu
* Improving your weaker areas
* How drilling without resistance can hinder your game
* Spider Guard: The chink in many practitioners’ armor
* The 4 aspects to not getting your guard passed
* The phases of different positions
* Conditioning your body for Jiu-Jitsu
* Finding what mentally stimulates you to keep motivated
* Thinking of rolling as a series of mini games
* Competition tactics
* Jiu-Jitsu in the Scandinavian countries
* His plans for the future

[powerpress]
...more
1h 42min
July 11, 2017 GCP Episode 201: Jon "Macarrao" Thomas
Professor Jon Thomas delivers a very insightful and technical conversation. He covers injury management, improving your weaker areas, guard retention, conditioning for BJJ and much more!

...more
1h 42min
July 07, 2017 GCP Community Focus: Dennis Ortega / Life as a new black belt
Professor Dennis Ortega is a black belt under the legendary Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro. He talks about his start in BJJ, the importance of idols and dealing with pre-training anxiety. Click “Read More” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:

* Origins
* Being in a band
* Losing weight in Jiu-Jitsu
* His love/hate relationship with competition
* Training under Professor Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
* His promotion to black belt
* The importance of an instructor who really cares about his students
* The importance of not limiting your Jiu-Jitsu
* The value of having idols
* Pre-training anxiety
* The biggest impact BJJ has had on him

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41min
July 07, 2017 GCP Community Focus: Dennis Ortega / Life as a new black belt
Professor Dennis Ortega is a black belt under the legendary Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro. He talks about his start in BJJ, the importance of idols and dealing with pre-training anxiety. Click “Read More” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:

* Origins
* Being in a band
* Losing weight in Jiu-Jitsu
* His love/hate relationship with competition
* Training under Professor Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
* His promotion to black belt
* The importance of an instructor who really cares about his students
* The importance of not limiting your Jiu-Jitsu
* The value of having idols
* Pre-training anxiety
* The biggest impact BJJ has had on him

[powerpress]
...more
41min
July 07, 2017 GCP Community Focus: Dennis Ortega / Life as a new black belt
Professor Dennis Ortega is a black belt under the legendary Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro. He talks about his start in BJJ, the importance of idols and dealing with pre-training anxiety
...more
41min
July 06, 2017 Episode 200: Rickson Gracie
In our 200th episode, we are joined by the man many consider to be the greatest BJJ Black Belt of all time. Master Rickson talks about controlling your breathing, teaching Jiu-Jitsu to anyone, managing fear and his thoughts on honor in modern society. Side note: This was recorded just days before his Red Belt promotion, so we would like to congratulate Grandmaster Rickson on his promotion!!
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1h 21min
July 06, 2017 Episode 200: Rickson Gracie
In our 200th episode, we are joined by the man many consider to be the greatest BJJ Black Belt of all time. Master Rickson talks about controlling your breathing, teaching Jiu-Jitsu to anyone, managing fear and his thoughts on honor in modern society. Side note: This was recorded just days before his Red Belt promotion, so we would like to congratulate Grandmaster Rickson on his promotion!!
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1h 21min

FAQs about The BJJ Fanatics Podcast:

How many episodes does The BJJ Fanatics Podcast have?

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