Epi 125 Becoming The Black Belt: Roy Dean - a podcast by Byron Jabara

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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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