The BJJ Fanatics Podcast

Alec Baulding returns to talk about his recent decision to return to a student role instead of teaching, how to balance digital learning, how to process tapping higher ranks and Apple Vision for BJJ! He also talks about guard retention for short people.

Diego "Pato" Oliveira joins the show to share his very moving life story from leaving home at 15 to pursue Jiu-Jitsu, to training without food for days on end and how hunger led to his first sponsorship. Hear about his incredible journey to becoming a world champion!

Alex Enriquez joins the show to talk about pursuing Wrestling to improve her Jiu-Jitsu, becoming the team captain of an all-male team and how her drive to prove herself pushed her to break barriers. She also covers anti-wrestling for BJJ players!

Kurt is back to talk about rolling after surgery, amputations and bandit life in the Wild West, strategically crying from Half Guard, serial killers and mafia hit men. He also covers dealing with larger opponents and his hatred for handsome celebrities. 

Kent Peters is back! He discusses terrible pre-training food, organic mat sanitizers that probably don't work, steroids and testosterone, managing a training room and wrist locks. Kent also shares how he recently almost lost a nipple due to a horse bite.

Jozef Chen joins the show to explain the importance of training with intent, processing instructionals, and keeping a training journal. He also shares stories about getting jumped at a gym, his love for Crocs and fanny packs, karaoke songs, and the differences between Americanized Chinese food and authentic cuisine.

Owen Jones, a highly competitive person, talks about processing losses, facing weaknesses honestly, patience in development, and his passion for video games. They also discuss the positive mindset, identifying weaknesses, and the ADCC trials experience. Jiu Jitsu strategy is compared to Call of Duty, and they talk about snakes in England and unusual music taste. Food preferences, superheroes, and a zombie apocalypse strategy are discussed. Improving guard passes and future goals are also mentioned.

Piter Frank joins the show to talk about succeeding with limited resources, building an offensive game and flying submissions. He also shares a candid story about getting through homelessness and a suicide attempt just before becoming a world champion

ADCC legend and UFC fighter Rani Yahya joins the show to talk about how BJJ helped him overcome ADD, training with Rickson Gracie, the early days of ADCC, statistics in Jiu-Jitsu and why they are important to analyze and using BJJ in MMA

Javi Vazquez joins the show to talk about surviving his recent battle with cancer, the power of understanding configurations, transitional wormholes, defending punches on the ground and  the two controls in BJJ that change EVERYTHING.