George Mandujano | BjjBrick

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This week we interview four people who won IBJJF worlds as a white belt in 2016. The interviews are comprised of the same four questions that we hope give you some insite into why they are winning. This is a great way to find out how some people are finding competition success early on in their BJJ career.

Janine Mutton (20m 40s)- Middle From Action & Reaction Mixed Martial Arts Toronto. Janine started BJJ with no background in martial arts. She quickly found a passion for being on the mat and training hard.

Janine Mutton

Janine talks about:

Starting BJJ
Setting the goal of winning worlds
Competitions before the worlds
Making an eight week plan
Training 3 or 4 times a week to avoid over training
Positive self talk
Pressure passing with her body type
The take down game
Her favorite submissions
Her training schedule
Her background in body building and soccer
Doing squats and deadlifts
Advice for white belts

Maui Lacaze (39m 56s)- Light Feather From GF Team. You will find Maui training at Millenium. Maui was able to submit all his opponents at worlds.

Maui Lacaze

Maui talks about:

Winning every match at worlds by submission
What BJJ is like in French Polynesia
Starting BJJ with his cousin
His game plan
His training schedule
Surfing
His plans for competing in the future
Getting his blue belt

Gabriela Lembcke (45m 40s)- Rooster From Alliance. You can find Gaby training at Snow MMA. She credits some of her early success to wrestling and having a great BJJ team. You can watch a video of Gaby’s match in the finals here.