Ep. 236: Empathy, feat. Valerie Worthington

This week we're joined by Rachel Ranschau! Rachel is a black belt under André Galvão and an avid Jiu-Jitsu note-taker. In this episode, Rachel shares her approach to note-taking, and explains how it...

27 Feb 20231h 4min

This week we're joined by Jake Luigi! Jake is best known as the creator of the hugely popular BJJ YouTube channel, Less Impressed More Involved. In this episode, Jake explains his analytical approac...

20 Feb 202358min

This week we're joined by Amanda Bruse! Amanda is a new black belt under André Galvão, and just joined the BJJ Mental Models review team! In this episode, Amanda provides some great perspective on h...

13 Feb 202358min

This week we're joined again by BJJMM team member and fan favorite Margot Ciccarelli! They call her "The Nomadic Mars" for a reason: Margot has lived the nomadic lifestyle and has trained at gyms all...

6 Feb 20231h

This week we're joined by Taylor Biagi! Taylor is the founder and head instructor at Taylor Biagi Jiu Jitsu in Chicago. In this episode, Steve and Taylor talk about how instructors learn, and how th...

30 Jan 202354min

This week we're joined by Jorgen Matsi! Jorgen is an Estonian BJJ black belt with a background in sports psychology. In this episode, Jorgen explains how coaches and students can use incentive syste...

23 Jan 20231h 12min

This week we're joined by Justin Su'a! Justin is the Head of Mental Performance with the Tampa Bay Rays. In this episode, Justin draws on his world-class experience to discuss how coaches can help t...

16 Jan 202359min

This week we're joined by Lyzz "Daemonette" Mitrovic! Fresh off winning gold in black belt masters at the 2022 IBJJF Worlds, Lyzz joins us to talk about something she (and all of us, really) battle w...

9 Jan 20231h 8min