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This week we bring you one of the top no-gi grapplers in the world. Justin Rader is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Rafael Lovato Jr.  You can find Justin training and coaching at Lovato’s School of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Here is a more detailed profile on Justin.

Justin Rader

We talk about:

• His competition style
• What he did as a child and how that has effected him today
• The calf slicer
• His role as a coach
• The current set of rules in Jiu-Jitsu and how he would change it
• What would happen if you got a -1 for pulling guard
• Why he dislikes advantages
• How a change of rules would change the art
• His ideas of what submissions should be illegal
• His history of not tapping to submissions
• Wrestling as a kid
• Some differences in training BJJ and wrestling
• The benefits of doing a competition
• How he runs the kids class
• The lack of take downs in adult BJJ
• The importance of a good stance
• Why you need good endurance to have an effective stance
• Advice for people who can only train 1 or 2 times a week
• His take on the new star wars movie 🙂

Links:

• OKBJJ
• On the Mat
• lucky gi
• Green strength training
• Mike Calimbas Photography
• Justin’s Facebook page
• Justin’s Instagram

Quote of the week: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost, 1963

Article of the week: 7 powerful ways to fail better

Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast