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This week on the podcast we have listener favorite John Will. John shares his many years of experience and talks about many topics from class structure to embracing the difficulty of BJJ.
We talk about:
- Appreciating the little things on the mat
- Designing the class structure
- Different things for a class to focus on
- The importance of defense in BJJ
- Making a safety net for your BJJ
- The culture of BJJ compared to MMA
- Being a good teammate
- What holds back schools from growing
- Getting your family on the mat
- Leveraging things you learn on the mat to help you off the mat
- A learning technique called fast forwarding
- Different teaching styles
- Backpacking
Links:
- How to start a movement video
- John Will’s Website
- John’s Rogue Black Belt Books
- John’s Facebook Page
- Epi 107 with John Will
- Epi 127 another John Will interview!
- Epi 172 Six Amazing Black Belts Answer Questions About Blue Belts
Quote of the week: “It never gets easier, you just get better”
Article of the week: 12 Tips to Better Hygiene when Training BJJ
We also have a new Mat Tales #26 Neck Mole
Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast
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