Epi 112 Roll Out Jiu-Jitsu With Mark Fisher

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Mark Fisher is a brown belt training at SGBi in Portland Oregon. He is one of the people that is running a Facebook page called Roll Out Jiu-Jitsu. Roll Out Jiu-Jjitsu is a online support group to help grapples that identify with LGBTQI.

Roll Out Jiu-Jitsu

Roll Out Jiu-Jitsu

We talk about:

  • The facebook page RollOut
  • The interview with Kurt Osiander from episode 108
  • Trainnig BJJ and not being out
  • How to find the correct BJJ gym for you
  • Mark’s first day of BJJ
  • How to make you gym more friendly to the LGBTQI community
  • The type of game that Mark plays
  • Why he will try to not over use his flexibility
  • Tips for new competitors
  • The start of a BJJ match compared to the start of a chess match
  • Developing a game plan
  • Why you might want to shrink your game
  • Training on a limited schedule

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Other SBGi coaches that have been on The BjjBrick Podcast!

Quote of the week: “Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can.”

Article of the week: Fools Gold

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Epi 108 Interview With Kurt Osiander

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This week we bring you an interview with Kurt Osiander.  Kurt is a BJJ black belt under Ralph Gracie.  This episode contains explicit language and some controversy, we did interview Kurt Osiander after all.Kurt Osiander

We talk about:

  • The start of “Kurt Osiander’s The Move of the Week”
  • Etiquette and respect in his gym
  • His Yelp reviews
  • His don’t ask don’t tell policy
  • Homosexuals at his gym
  • Why he does not like classes for beginners
  • BJJ is not for everyone
  • His work with Mission 22
  • What got him started with BJJ
  • His students doing wrestling in school
  • His MMA career
  • The KO Finisher tournament
  • Open mat at his school
  • Learning new moves
  • Learning online and still needing a coach
  • Giving someone a blue belt
  • Advice for a student doing a first tournament
  • Training and hanging out with Anthony Bourdain

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Quote of the week: Presented by last weeks interview John Will “Never interrupt you enemy when he is making a mistake” Napoleon Bonaparte 

Article of the week: All roads lead to Rome …. a BJJ concept.” By John Will

After the interview Byron and Gary have a conversation about gay people training BJJ. Let us know what you think in the comments.

This is an episode that is in response to people of different sexual orientation training BJJ Epi 112 Roll Out Mark Fisher 

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