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This week we bring you Roy Dean. Roy is a great example of a martial artist he is a 3rd degree black belt in BJJ, and he also has several other black belts. Roy has recently completed his book Becoming the Black Belt: One Man’s Path in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
We talk about:
- His start in BJJ
- First experiences with no-gi
- How he has used his skills in audio and video to promote BJJ
- He shares the story of getting his blue belt that is in his book
- Why he did not use stripes at his school other than white belt
- How he developed a smooth style of BJJ
- How the training environment has changed in BJJ
- Learning BJJ online vs on the mat
- His travel plans and becoming a student again
- Advice for running a school
- First tournament advice
- The good and bad of competing
- Advice for the new black belt
- More info about his book Becoming The Black Belt
Links:
- Becoming the Black Belt: One Man’s Path in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- roydeanacademy.com
- Roydean.tv
- Origin Gis
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Catch us next week for otherer episode of The BjjBrick Podcast