From Skeptic to Practitioner

Professor Brian Glick is BJJ black belt under John Danaher and Renzo gracie. He is a world renowned instructor and coach, and John Dananher’s longest running student. In this interview he discusses the culture shock of Moving to NYC at 17,  his introduction to Gracie Jiu Jitsu, his introduction to John Danaher at Renzo’s academy, what the the environment was like at Renzo’s academy in the early days and how he persevered through the crazy times, witnessing Jiu Jitsu’s growth, the fact we all have doubts and struggles in Jiu Jitsu and feel like giving up at times, one huge important thing that he learned from John Danaher,  why being an apprentice to a master teacher  is so beneficial, his (very interesting) thoughts on training  (how, when, how much etc) and skill acquisition, how a Master Renzo was an innovator and why he’s been able to produce so many high level successful people, a memory of Master Renzo and what makes him so special, something about him that people may not know, his instructional videos, and more…