Episode 275: Charlie Liu - a podcast by Ryan Ford: Grappling Enthusiast, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host

Professor Charlie Liu is the co-founder of Digitsu and a long time BJJ practitioner. He talks about self defense, small joint manipulation, asking questions in class, starting Digitsu and filming disaster stories.Click “Read More” for show notes! SHOW NOTES:



* Origins

* Training Japanese JuJutsu before BJJ

* Royce Gracie

* Early UFC commentary

* Japanese JuJutsu compared to BJJ

* Small joint manipulation for self defense

* Realistic perspective of self defense

* jiu-Jitsu’s ability to demonstrate effectiveness

* Draculino’s ball grabbers video

* Why asking questions in class is good for everyone

* Training with Matt and Nick Serra

* Combative Jiu-Jitsu style and longevity

* The birth of Digitsu

* Information overload and balancing video study

* Competing with Youtube

* His favorite thing about running Digitsu

* His favorite technical insight he’s learned

* Paul Schriener

* Filming disaster stories

* Abmar Barbosa

* The Pummel

* Cooking “like a mofo”

* David Jacobs

* Renzo Stories

* Paul Creighton (Ryan’s instructor)

* Future goals



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