Epi 120 American No-Gi Legend Justin Rader - a podcast by Byron Jabara

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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.

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

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