Why BJJ Camps Need Less Jiu-Jitsu
In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan is joined by Jesse Walker (Rough Hands BJJ), Mike Mahaffey (Old Bastard BJJ), and Niamh Bryn (Snowblind BJJ) for a recap of the recent Rough Hands sprin...
24 Apr 1h 2min
How to Identify "Active Clubs" in BJJ
In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan is joined by Hannah Gais, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center who has tracked white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements since 20...
17 Apr 1h 6min
How HEMA Pushed Out White Supremacists (And What BJJ Can Learn)
In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan and Stephan Kesting sit down with Eric Lowe, a 13-year HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) instructor and school founder. HEMA had a serious white s...
9 Apr 1h 7min
Jiu-Jitsu in the Face of War and Economic Disaster
Today, Jesse, Mike and Stephan discuss the impact of war on everyday life, particularly how the ongoing war in Iran could affect gas prices and essential goods if it continues. Conflicts in the Middle...
22 Mar 58min
Jiu-Jitsu Isn't Therapy
In this episode of Fighting Matters, Steve Kwan is joined by Matt Tansey and Daniel Millstein: two licensed mental health professionals who also train jiu-jitsu. They attack one of the most repeated c...
19 Mar 1h 15min
The Invisible Heart of BJJ (w/ Valerie Worthington)
In this episode of the Fighting Matters podcast, host Steve Kwan sits down with Valerie Worthington: BJJ black belt, professor of educational psychology, and one of the sport's most thoughtful voices ...
12 Mar 1h
How MAGA is Using Religion to Go to War
Stephan Kesting and Jeff Shaw explore the terrifying consequences of MAGA coopting Christianity and using misinterpretations of biblical ideas like the rapture, the apocalypse, and end times theology ...
5 Mar 53min
Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman)
School violence researcher and Homeland Security expert David Riedman joins Steve and Jesse to break down the radicalization pipeline feeding modern school shootings. David covers how isolated kids ge...
3 Mar 59min
