The Raspberry Ape Podcast

Emily Kwok is Canada's first female BJJ blackbelt and world champion

In this episode we talk about Emily's journey into martial arts, the early days of BJJ in the US and Canada, training with some of the greats of the sport, competing and competition mindset, performance coaching, and much more

Ffion Davis is the current IBJJF and ADCC world champion.

Recently off the back of her history-making ADCC win, we chat about the whole ADCC experience, her training camp, her competition mindset, travelling, teaching, opening up a gym and much more.

Simon Hayes is a BJJ black belt, BMX champ and oscar-winning sound Engineer.

One of the most popular episodes of the entire podcast, Simon Hayes is back again. We chatted modern BJJ, ADCC, lockdowns, long-distance cycling, weight lifting and a whole lot more.

Priit Mihkelson is a BJJ black belt and owner of Defensive BJJ.

In this episode we talk about Priits background in martial arts, how he got into grappling, his different approach to teaching and learning, the importance of defense, and much more.

Shanti and Marina are the two ladies behind "Women Who Fight", an organisation formed to empower, promote and educate women within combat sports.

In this episode we discuss how and why WWF was created, how we can get more women into BJJ, various issues within womens combat sports and much more.

Leo Negao is an old-school BJJ black belt and former pro MMA figher.

In this episode, we discuss how Leo got into BJJ, his early days training with Carlson Gracie and his legendary vale tudo team, his philosophy of training and fighting, being one of the earliest Brazilians to bring BJJ to European and much more.

Adisa The Bishop is a BJJ black belt, author, journalist, educator, and curator specialising in the fields of hip hop, chess, and jiu jitsu.

In this episode we talk about Adisa's journey in hip hop, finding himself amongst future legends of the game from an early age, his journey in chess and combining chess with hip hop to form the hip hop chess federation, his martial arts journey, meditation and much much more.

Andy is a BJJ black belt, former Judo British squad member, Pro MMA fighter, boxer, Kickboxer, and chess boxer.

In this episode we talk about Andy's martial arts journey starting with his highly accomplished judo career, getting in MMA in its early days in the UK, competing in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and chess boxing. Andy's life outside of martial arts including working as a police officer, finding himself on the wrong side of the law and performing stand up comedy.

Tim is a freerunning world champion, ninja warrior and biomechanical explorer.

In this episode we discuss Tims journey, his freerunning and parkour days, ninja warrior, his deep exploration into human biomechanics, Weck method, rolling the rope, the important function of fascia and much more.

Pedro Bessa is a BJJ black belt under Telles, Terere and 'Careca' and worlds and european medalist.

In this episode we talk about Pedro's start in BJJ, his training in Capoeria, his time at TT training amoungst some of the legends of the sport, coming over to the UK and starting academies in Bristol and Wales, his competition career and more.