Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas interview Serbian Black Belt Nenad Latincic, President of ADCC Serbia. Together they discuss living under communism in the 80's and being prohibited from training and how that compares to the current worldwide lockdowns.

Nenad Latincic

46yrs old, in bjj since 1999.

2nd Degree bb under Roberto Atalla,

3rd dan Judo BB under Grand Master Vuk Rasovic

Sambo master under Nikola Diskovic

President of ADCC Serbia and Int referee...

Head Coach of Rio Grappling Club Serbia that counts 7 schools. 

Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas interview Fr. Joseph Collins, a white belt from Cheyenne, WY. Together they discuss the difficulties presented by frequent moves associated with clergy life and how one re-establishes roots at a new local dojo.

Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas interview Stelios Shaouna, a BJJ Blue Belt under Jeff Greekas at Gracie Academy Edmonton. 

Fr. Thomas & Fr. Ted discuss situations when people need to take time off from training and how to do it effectively without losing momentum.

Fr. Thomas & Fr. Ted interview Antonis Pappas from Rhodes, Greece.

Owner of Rhodes Knights BJJ

1st Degree Black Belt BJJ (since 2008) under Christos Marquez Gracie Barra 

3rd Dan Black Belt in Judo (since 1988)

2nd Dan Black Belt in Japanese Jiu Jitsu

Greek National Jiu Jitsu Championship (2018,2019,2020)

2019 2nd place Word Cup Jiu Jitsu

2018 2nd place Greek Championship in grappling 

Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas discuss the importance of families praying together and training together.

Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas interview BJJ Black Belt Manolis Zouganelis from Morto BJJ in Heraklion, Crete. Manolis is a black belt under Gabriel Marangoni and has been training since 2007.

Fr. Thomas & Fr. Ted interview Tudor Mihaita. Tudor is the 1st BJJ Black Belt (2nd Degree) in Romania (Bucharest) under Eddie Kone.

 1st Romanian UFC Coach

 4x Euro Gold Medalist

 3x IBJJF Gold Medalist

 Owner and Head Instructor of Absoluto BJJ Romania

In this Pascha/Easter Special Fr. Thomas & Fr. Ted interview Evangelos Moumtzis From Lamia, Greece.

 Evangelos is a 1st degree black belt at Gracie Barra Greece under Christos Marquez & Vinicius Magalhaes Draculino

He teaches at the Black Belt Academy of Lamia. 

Evangelos shares his inspiring story of witnessing the miracle of the Holy Light in Jerusalem at Pascha.

Fr. Ted & Fr. Thomas explore the phenomenon of Jiu Jitsu taking on new names. Example “Brazilian Jiu Jitsu vs American Jiu Jitsu.” Does this disrespect the roots of the martial art? Contrasting this discussion with the labels of Orthodox jurisdictions. "Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox etc. etc. versus American Orthodox."