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How to Become a Professional Grappler, with Chris Wojcik

September 22, 2024 by Stephan Kesting

As a first-time ADCC competitor, Chris beat the odds and came in fourth, beating a couple of legends along the way. In episode 410 of The Strenuous Life Podcast with Chris Wojcik, we cover... The qualifying process for ADCC, the Olympics of Grappling Training with a herniated disk How to go from enthusiastic amateur to dedicated professional What natural athletes need to do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: ADCC, Aoki lock, Chris Wojcik, CJI, Competition, false reap, Heel Hook, Injuries, Interviews, Leglocks, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

BJJ Competition Preparation and Training Camp Design with Rob Biernacki

December 16, 2023 by Stephan Kesting

Tournament preparation and training camp design

Rob Biernacki and his competition team are on a tear. Rob recently took gold in masters middleweight the Canadian ADCC Open, silver at the California ADCC Open, and gold in black belt M4 at the IBJJF No Gi Worlds. In episode 394 of The Strenuous Life Podcast we talk about Designing an effective training camp Dividing your conditioning and skills training Detaching emotionally from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Conditioning, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ Games, Competition, Conditioning, Drills, Gameplan, IBJJF, No Gi, Rob Biernacki, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Video

How to Find the High Percentage Jiu-Jitsu Techniques, with Rob Biernacki

February 24, 2022 by Stephan Kesting

High Percentage BJJ Techniques

This podcast I did with BJJ black belt Rob Biernacki covers quite a bit of ground, including, How to find the high percentage techniques in jiu-jitsu, False positives when you observe lower belts, The standards of jiu-jitsu evidence, MMA vs gi BJJ vs submission grappling, Attribute based techniques, How to know what the next big thing is in jiu-jitsu And much more! To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, Competition, Podcast, Rob Biernacki, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Training Modalities

Sim Go and the Legacy of Cobra Kai

August 21, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Podcast interview with Sim Go from Cobra Kai Vegas

Simpson (Sim) Go is a BJJ blackbelt and owner of Cobra Kai Jiu-Jitsu in Las Vegas. He is also a 14 time Grappler's Quest champion and competed at ADCC 2007, so he know his jiu-jitsu inside-out! In this podcast we chatted about many things, including 00:54 - How they decided to use the name 'Cobra Kai' for a jiu-jitsu school 06:16 - The influence and training of Marc Laimon 08:20 - How … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ, Coaching, Cobra Kai, Competition, Interviews, Marc Laimon, Schools, Sim Go, Teaching, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting

Podcast Episode 137 with Riccardo Ammendolia, BJJ Ambassador

April 6, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

riccardo ammedolia bjj podcast

In this episode I talk with Riccardo Ammedolia, BJJ black belt under the Mendes Brothers, ADCC commentator, and worldwide jiu-jitsu ambassador. We talked about training in Brazil, rolling with Rafa Mendes, judging and reffing in BJJ, staying well rounded, curriculum development and more. If you train BJJ then I think you'll really like this one! To listen, go to your favourite podcasting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ, Brazil, Competition, IBJJF, Interviews, Mendes Brothers, Riccardo Ammedolia, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

How Vinny Magalhães Survived Fabrício Werdum’s Armbar to Win ADCC

March 11, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Armbar Defense Vinny Magalhaes vs Fabricio Werdum

In the heaviest weight class of the 2011 ADCC submission fighting championships there was a fascinating matchup between accomplished grappler and MMA fighter Vinny Magalhães and the two time ADCC champion, Fabrício Werdum. After an initial exchange on the feet Vinny caught Fabrício in an omoplata sweep and got ahead on points. Fabrício escapes, they get back to the feet, there's another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: ADCC, Armbar, BJJ, Competition, Escapes, Fabricio Werdum, Marcus Buchecha Almeida, No Gi, Physical Attributes, Rob Biernacki, Roger Gracie, Submission, Techniques, Video, Vinny Magalhaes

Podcast: 8th Degree BJJ Coral Belt Carlos Machado!

February 9, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Carlos Machado and Stephan Kesting

I loved talking to jiu-jitsu pioneer Carlos Machado about all things BJJ in episode 115 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. He shares stories about growing up training with Rickson and Rolls, the importance of universal principles in Jiu-jitsu, pushing the tables aside to train with his brothers Roger, Rigan, Jean Jacques and John, competing in ADCC with a broken foot and more. I hope you get as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ, Carlos Machado, Competition, History, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

Training with BJJ World Champions

January 20, 2018 by Stephan Kesting

Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting and rob biernacki podcast episode 111

This episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast started out so well! After debating the plot holes in The Last Jedi we moved on to discuss the role that Rob and leglocks played in the training camp for ADCC champion Yuri Simoes.  Also we touched on what makes multiple time BJJ World Champion Caio Terra so damn good. But then things went off the rails and we pissed off leftists, rightists, geeks, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: ADCC, Caio Terra, Leglocks, Rob Biernacki, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training, Yuri Simoes

BJJ Competition Mindset Tips

October 13, 2016 by Stephan Kesting

Tips for competition mindset

Here's a video that I shot with Rob Biernacki and one of his visiting students in response to a question I'd received from an email newsletter subscriber about competing at your very best in BJJ tournaments. You can watch the video below or scroll down to see the main points that we covered... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0HTOI9qKkk I get a lot of questions asking for tips, tricks and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ, Competition, IBJJF, No Gi, Rob Biernacki, The Mental Aspect, Video

Does the Spider Guard Translate At All to No Gi?

September 19, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

No gi Spider Guard

TONS of top BJJ practioners use the spider guard as their primary form of guard from the bottom. This position has won many BJJ tournaments, from local competitions to the Mundials. And although you'd think that these champions would be completely lost in no gi submission grappling competitions like ADCC that's usually just not the case.  Even though there aren't any sleeves or collars to hold … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques Tagged With: ADCC, Butterfly Guard, Elliott Bayev, Gi vs No Gi, No Gi, Spider Guard, Techniques, Triangle Choke, Video

The 2 Easiest Takedowns for No Gi Submission Grappling and MMA

August 29, 2015 by Stephan Kesting

2 simplest no gi takedowns

Just because you didn't wrestle in High School or do 10 years of Judo doesn't mean that you always need to pull guard! In this 5 minute Youtube video Denis Kang and I riff about the the simplest, easiest takedowns for No Gi. Denis is a BJJ black belt and has fought in Japanese Pride, the UFC, and ADCC, so his credentials are impeccable. And me? I just like to find the easiest ways to do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grappling Techniques, Mixed Martial Arts Tagged With: ADCC, Denis Kang, MMA, No Gi, Pride FC, Takedowns, Techniques, UFC, Video, Wrestling

Podcast EP17: Rafael Lovato Jr. on Training and Competing in BJJ

August 1, 2013 by Stephan Kesting

This is a great interview with BJJ competition legend Rafael Lovato Jr. This podcast episode, along with all my others, are available on my Strenuous Life Podcast, which you can subscribe to with a few easy clicks! Choose your audio player below and click on it to open up The Strenuous Life Podcast and from there, you can click to subscribe, or simply search for this episode which is episode # … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Interviews, Training Tagged With: ADCC, BJJ, Competition, Conditioning, Guard Passes, Interviews, Rafael Lovato Jr, The Mental Aspect, The Strenuous Life BJJ Podcast with Stephan Kesting, Training

‘My’ Technique at ADCC…

July 21, 2009 by Stephan Kesting

Talk about synchronicity! A month ago I told you about a specific guard position I've been having a ton of success with - the logsplitter position. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Grappling Techniques Tagged With: ADCC, Competition, Guard Passes, Open Guard, Techniques, Video

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