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The Raspberry Ape Podcast

A podcast hosted by BJJ black belt Daniel Strauss Aka the Raspberry Ape. Every episode I will be getting a new guest on to talk BJJ, training and everything else.

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Episode 94 - Leo Negao from 2022-02-16T21:34:50

Leo Negao is an old-school BJJ black belt and former pro MMA figher.

In this episode, we discuss how Leo got into BJJ, his early days training with Carlson Gracie and his legendary vale t...

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Episode 93 - Adisa Banjoko - The Bishop from 2022-01-09T22:39

Adisa The Bishop is a BJJ black belt, author, journalist, educator, and curator specialising in the fields of hip hop, chess, and jiu jitsu.

In this episode we talk about Adisa's journey ...

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Episode 92 - Andy Costello from 2021-11-22T23:17:29

Andy is a BJJ black belt, former Judo British squad member, Pro MMA fighter, boxer, Kickboxer, and chess boxer.

In this episode we talk about Andy's martial arts journey starting with his ...

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Episode 91 - Tim Shieff from 2021-11-04T23:15:11

Tim is a freerunning world champion, ninja warrior and biomechanical explorer.

In this episode we discuss Tims journey, his freerunning and parkour days, ninja warrior, his deep exploratio...

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Episode 90 - Pedro Bessa from 2021-10-20T21:03:22

Pedro Bessa is a BJJ black belt under Telles, Terere and 'Careca' and worlds and european medalist.

In this episode we talk about Pedro's start in BJJ, his training in Capoeria, his time a...

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Episode 89 - James "Hunter" Crossley from 2021-08-10T07:56:47

James Crossley is a former bodybuilder, strongman, and Gladiator from ITV's "Gladiators"

In this episode we talk about Jame start in bodybuilding as a youth, being scouted by ITV to join t...

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Episode 88 - Dan Hardy from 2021-07-26T08:13:47

Dan Hardy is a former UFC fighter, commentator, and fight analyst.

In this episode we discuss Dan's start in martial arts, his entry into professional MMA, his career in the UFC, his retir...

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Episode 87 - Jimmy Wallhead from 2021-07-12T08:49:32

"Judo" Jimmy Wallhead is a judo black belt and professional mixed martial artist.

In this episode we talk through Jimmy's martial arts career, from his start in Judo to his career fighting...

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Episode 86 - Jeff Lawson from 2021-06-27T22:03:33

Jeff Lawson is a BJJ black belt, a judo black belt, and a former MMA fighter.

In the episode we talk about how Jeff got into judo, how he transitioned into mixed martial arts in the early ...

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Episode 85 - Matthew Benyon from 2021-06-13T22:24:54

Matt Benyon is a BJJ black belt and the brains behind multiple BJJ brands including Scramble and Polaris.

In this episode, we talk about Matt's journey into martial arts, his inspiration f...

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Episode 84 - Andrew Marshall 3: The Redemption from 2020-06-25T09:05:15

I'm joined again by strength and conditioning coach Andrew Marshall to discuss training, lifting and the passage of time.

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Episode 83 - Rick Young from 2020-04-02T08:02:27

Rick Young is a lifelong martial artist whos full list of accomplishments is too long to note but include:

Scotlands first BJJ black belt, judo black belt, Karate black belt, full instruct...

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Episode 82 - The Stone Man - Martin Jancsics from 2020-03-26T09:43:46

Martin Jancsics is one of the world's leading authorities on Stone lifting.

In this episode, we talk all about historic stone lifting; its history, the culture, the stories, the myths and ...

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Episode 81 - Steve Campbell from 2020-03-19T00:41:19

Steve Campbell is Manchesters first BJJ black belt and owner of Stealth BJJ.

In this episode, we talk about Steves BJJ journey which included living in Brazil for 8 years and all the stori...

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Episode 80 - David Horne from 2020-02-27T00:59:55

David Horne is a master of all things strength.

Legendary in the grip strength world David has competed in over 300 contest including tug of war, strongman, powerlifting, arm wrestling an...

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Episode 79 - Sam Crook - The Francis Ngannou Foundation from 2019-12-16T05:35:51

Sam Crook is a BJJ black belt and head coach at the Francis Ngannou Foundation, a martial arts based social project in Cameroon.

In this episode, we talk about how Sam came to head up the ...

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Episode 78 - Pete "The Greek" Letsos from 2019-11-01T00:01:16

Pete "The Greek" Letsos is a Carlson Gracie Jr black belt and founder Rio Jiu Jitsu club.

Pete has been training BJJ for over 20 years, starting with Carlson Gracie Jr and spending years l...

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Episode 77 - Rosi Sexton from 2019-09-26T12:16:54

Rosi Sexton is a former professional MMA fighter, Musician, Mathematician, Osteopath and politician.

In this episode, I chat to Rosi about her incredibly interesting life. Her unique combi...

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Episode 76 - Klaus Yohannes - The Black Vikings from 2019-08-05T23:59:31

Klaus is a strength and conditioning coach and founder of the Black Vikings movement.

In this episode, we talk about the founding of the Black Vikings, the sagas, the movements, the mantr...

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Episode 75 - Alex Reid from 2019-07-10T08:41:08

Alex Reid is an actor, MMA fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner.

In this episode, we talk about Alex's acting career, his MMA career, being thrust into the media spotlight through big ...

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Episode 74 - John Will from 2019-07-03T23:19:21

John Will is Australia's first BJJ black belt and one of the "dirty dozen" - The first 12 non-Brazilians to receive a BJJ black belt.

In this episode, we talk about Johns journey in the m...

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Episode 73 - Lucio “Lagarto” Rodrigues from 2019-05-17T01:06:04

Lucio “Lagarto” Rodrigues is a multiple European champion and UAEJJF world champion

In this episode we talk about Lucio’s journey into BJJ, having to fight strangers on the weekend before ...

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Episode 72 - Samantha Cook from 2019-05-02T23:25:26

Samantha Cook is a BJJ black belt and one of the UK's finest competitors.

In this episode, we talk about Sam's heavy competition schedule, travelling, weight cutting, the growth of women'...

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Episode 71 - Braulio Estima from 2019-04-09T23:55:36

Braulio Estima is a multiple time BJJ World champion, ADCC weight and Absolute champion, and multiple time Pan-American and European champion.

In this episode, I sit down with one of the ...

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Episode 70 - Ben Poppleton from 2019-04-03T12:03

Ben is an old school UK BJJ legend and one of the earliest British black belts

Ben started training in the earliest days of UK BJJ and spent large periods of time training in Brazil with t...

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Episode 69 - Lachlan Giles from 2019-03-26T01:42:22

Lachlan Giles is an elite competitive black belt, coach and physio.

In this episode, we talk Australian jiu jitsu, coaching, competition, leg locks, rule sets, running an academy, injurie...

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Episode 68 - Darragh O'Conaill from 2019-03-14T00:05:14

Darragh O'Conaill is an Irish BJJ black belt competitor and coach who runs East Coast Jiu Jitsu Academy.

In this episode, we talk about Darragh's competition career, how he got into BJJ, h...

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Episode 67 - Eric Uresk from 2019-02-16T09:40:59

Eric is a former professional MMA fighter and the head coach at Phuket top team.

In this episode we talk about Eric's pretty wild childhood and youth, how he escaped it, how he got into f...

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Episode 66 - Hooman Tavakolian and Saeed Esmaeli from 2019-02-08T02:03:04

Hooman Tavakolian is a former wrestler, wrestling coach, sports diplomat and philanthropist.

In this episode, we discuss how wrestling is deeply built into Iranian culture, an athletes re...

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Episode 65 - Tom Barlow from 2019-01-24T01:34:30

Tom is a BJJ black belt and multiple time nogi world champion.

In this episode Tom and I discuss how he got into BJJ, his gymnastics background, training with some of the best in the world...

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Episode 64 - Bob Breen from 2018-12-19T01:29:30

Guro Bob Breen is a martial arts pioneer. Renowned in multiple disciplines including Karate, Kali/Escrima, Philipino martial arts and Jeet Kun Do.

Bob has been teaching martial arts for ov...

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Discussion. Episode 5 - Polaris 8 rundown from 2018-12-14T00:18:12

I'm joined by Luke Dalmedo again to discuss Polaris 8, and many irrelevant things.

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Episode 63 - Ant Lambert from 2018-10-20T14:08:36

Ant Lambert is a former Marine and adventurer.

One half of the two-man team; the Mad Explorers. The Mad Explorers have undertaken a challenge they have named "Expedition 5", in which they ...

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Discussion. Episode 4 - Quintet 3 rundown from 2018-10-14T16:39:15

This episode is a rundown of Quintet grappling 3 event in Las vegas.

I sit down with Luke Dalmedo and David Ooi to chat about Quinet 3 and sin city.

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Episode 62 - Ben Hodgkinson from 2018-09-23T23:19:22

Ben Hodgkinson is a BJJ black belt and the director of Grappling Industries Aus and UK.

In this episode, we talk about Ben's journey in BJJ, training around the world, his work with Grappl...

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Episode 61 - Tom "Kong" Watson from 2018-09-10T15:11:28

Tom Watson is a former BAMMA Champion and UFC veteran.

In this episode we talk about Tom's journey into martial arts, his time training at some of the best MMA camps in the world, includi...

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Episode 60 - Josh Palmer from 2018-08-10T12:45:54

Josh Palmer is a top MMA and BJJ commentator.

Josh commentates on some of the worlds biggest grappling shows such and Polaris and Kasai and MMA show such as Cage warriors. In this episode...

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Episode 59 - Kurt Osiander from 2018-07-27T01:12:19

Kurt Osiander is one of the most well-known characters in all of BJJ, known for his crazy personality and zero-fucks-given attitude

Kurt talks about his split from longtime coach Ralph Gr...

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Episode 58 - Danny Batten from 2018-07-22T23:27:38

Danny Batten is a UK MMA pioneer and Roger Gracie black belt.

In this episode we talk through Danny's MMA career, the reason he retired from fighting, being a brown belt for 10 years, figh...

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Episode 57 - Rob Long from 2018-06-25T01:27:45

Rob Long is a blind veteran injured in Afghanistan and a BJJ competitor.

In this episode, Ron talks about his experience in the army, his training, what it's like living in one of the mos...

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Episode 56 - Lee Doski from 2018-06-15T00:43:31

Lee Doski is a Bjj black belt and UK MMA pioneer.

In this episode, the "Guitar hero" talks about his start in MMA, gives a history lesson on UK MMA, shares some stories, serenades us with...

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Episode 55 - Nick Osipczak from 2018-05-16T23:34:48

Nick Osipczak is a former UFC fighter and all round martial artist.

In this episode we talk about gambling, kung fu, MMA, Nick's UFC career, why he retired, tai chi, fighting animals, Aya...

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Episode 54 - Ffion Davies from 2018-05-02T01:00:21

Ffion Davies is one of the UK's top BJJ competitors and a Judo black belt.

In this episode we talk about how Ffion got into martial arts, her judo career, how she got into BJJ, breaking d...

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Episode 53 - Lee Kemp and Saeed Esmaeli from 2018-04-27T23:05:48

Lee Kemp is a 3 time wrestling world champion and hall of famer. Saeed Esmaeli is a renowned wrestling coach working with some of the top wrestling, MMA and Jiu Jitsu competitors.

In this...

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Discussion. Episode 3 - Quintet rundown from 2018-04-20T00:43:04

In this episode Im joined by Luke Dalmedo as we chat about last weeks Quintet Grappling event in Japan.

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Episode 52 - Maximiliano Ulloa York from 2018-04-04T09:33:12

Maximiliano Ulloa York is a paraplegic jiu jitsu competitor and runs the International Jiu Jitsu without Limitations Federation and Para Jiu jitsu magazine.

Maximiliano started jiu jitsu ...

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Episode 51 - Shaun Escoffery + George Asprey - The Lion Kings from 2018-03-25T20:16:03

Shaun Escoffery and George Asprey star in the London production of The Lion King musical. Shaun is a BJJ black belt and George is a blue belt.

I sit down with Mufasa and Scar to talk abou...

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Episode 50 - Simon Yeo from 2018-03-19T01:20:35

Simon Yeo is a 15th degree Bujinkan Ninjutsu black belt and a Roger Gracie BJJ black belt.

In this episode we talk about Simon's journey into martial arts. The history of ninjutsu. How he...

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Episode 49 - Arlans Siqueira from 2018-03-12T08:41:12

Arlans Siqueira is a BJJ black belt and the first person to teach BJJ in the UK.

In the episode we talk about how Arlans got into BJJ. Coming to the UK when there was no jiu jitsu and tea...

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Episode 48 - Ben Whybrow - The Judo Physio from 2018-03-06T18:32:49

Ben Whybrow is a musculoskeletal, sports & music physiotherapist. Squad physio for Comberton Judo Club and a judo black belt.

In this episode we discuss injury prevention, recovery and an...

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Episode 47 - Brian Jacks from 2018-02-04T23:25:27

Brian Jacks is an Olympic judo medalist and multiple time Superstars champion.

Brian Jacks is a legendary British judo figure. Being the first brit to medal at a world championship. Put in...

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Episode 46 - Jon Hegan from 2018-01-29T00:45:18

Jon Hegan is a BJJ, Judo and Krav Maga black belt and former Marines Commando.

In this episode we talk about Jon's time in the Marines, how he got into BJJ, training with the Gracie family...

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Episode 45 - Romeo Carlo Pagulayan from 2018-01-22T23:46:47

I chat with Romeo about entrepreneurship, design, grip, diet, cryptocurrencies, driverless cars, competition mindset and much more.

Follow Romeo on instagram at:

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Episode 44 - Gareth Riddy from 2018-01-11T09:46:11

Gareth Riddy is the author of "How to Undo the Shit the Modern World Does to Us", a personal trainer and physical therapist.

In his episode we discuss all the shit the modern world does t...

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Episode 43 - Marc Walder from 2017-12-18T10:17:31

Marc is a Mauricio Gomes black belt and one of the first people in the UK to train BJJ.

We talk about Marc's introduction to BJJ, his experience at the Gracie academy in the mid 90's, bri...

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Episode 42 - Andrew Marshall 2: The Revenge from 2017-12-10T23:53:38

Andrew Marshall is a Strength and Conditioning coach.

I talk to Andrew about training.

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Episode 41 - Dean Amasinger from 2017-12-01T23:54:44

Dean Amasinger is a former professional MMA fighter, TUF contestant and a world renowned sports performance coach.

In this episode we talk about how Dean got into MMA, his experience in t...

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Episode 40 - Drew Sullivan from 2017-11-17T09:54:12

Drew Sullivan is the former GB basketball captain, Olympian and Roger Gracie blue belt.

In this episode we talk about how Drew got into basketball, going to America at a young age to play...

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Episode 39 - Sebastian Junger from 2017-10-23T23:22:39

Sebastian Junger is a world renowned author, filmmaker and journalist.

In this episode we discuss why Sebastian got into war journalism, his experiences in increasingly hostile locations, ...

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Episode 38 - Sebastian Brosche - Yoga for BJJ from 2017-10-15T23:10:59

Sebastian Brosche is a BJJ black belt and owner of Yoga for BJJ.

In this episode we talk about yoga, injuries, nutrition, sleep, Yoga for BJJ and much more.

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Episode 37 - Ray Stevens from 2017-10-01T21:33:51

Ray Stevens is a Judo Olympic silver medalist and a Roger Gracie black belt.

We talk about how Ray got into judo, his experience training in Japan, his competition career, his Olympic game...

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Episode 36 - Danny Williams from 2017-09-27T00:04:46

Danny Williams is a judo Olympian and Commonwealth gold medalist.

In this episode we talk about how Danny got into judo, his experience at the 2012 olympic games, his training, his experie...

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Episode 35 - Ryan Mairs from 2017-08-31T22:21:58

Ryan Mairs is a grappler, mixed martial artist and mental health advocate.

In this episode I talk to Ryan about his experience of mental health, from his own to those around him. Why its s...

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Episode 34 - Brad Pickett from 2017-08-16T10:52:33

Brad Pickett is a UFC veteran and UK MMA legend.

In this episode I talk to Brad about how he got into MMA, his career during the WEC and later the UFC, his retirement, his upcoming profes...

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Episode 33 - Marc Goddard from 2017-08-14T11:53:43

Marc Goddard is a UFC referee and BJJ black belt under Braulio Estima.

In this episode I sit down with world renowned MMA referee Marc Goddard. What many people don't realise about Marc is...

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Episode 32 - Mauricio Gomes from 2017-08-07T01:01:03

Mauricio Gomes is a 7th degree coral belt in BJJ, one of the "famous five" under Rolls Gracie and father of Roger Gracie.

It was a absolute honour to be able to sit down with Mauricio and...

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Episode 31 - Leigh Remedios from 2017-07-31T09:24:18

Leigh Remedios is a UK MMA legend with over 30 professional bouts.

We talk about how Leigh got into MMA before it was even called MMA, his match against Genki Sudo at UFC 38, his career a...

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Episode 30 - Kameron Atakuru from 2017-07-18T07:56:52

Kameron Atakuru is a BJJ black belt competitor and coach, a former professional MMA fighter with a background in catch wrestling.

In this episode Kam explains the history of catch wrestli...

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Episode 29 - Ross Nicholls from 2017-07-08T17:51:45

Ross Nicholls is a Roger Gracie black belt and one of the UK's top competitors.

Me and Ross talk Polaris ahead of both our matches, strength and conditioning, mindset, sub only rules, bei...

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Episode 28 - Lee Johnstone from 2017-07-03T07:55:14

Lee Johnstone is a BJJ black belt and owner of the Combat Sports Academy.

Lee has a long a varied background in the martial arts, having training in sambo, wresting, judo, ju jitsu, MMA a...

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Episode 27 - Andrew Marshall + CJ Swaby from 2017-06-19T23:27:23

I sit down with strength coaches Andrew Marshall and CJ Swaby.

In a relaxed and unplanned podcast we begin talking about men's health week and soon spiral away from there.

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Episode 26 - Rob Blair from 2017-06-11T21:41:26

Rob Blair is an ex Royal Marines Commando, Worlds strongest hands 83kg, owner of The Commando Temple and a Marathon DesSables finisher.


In this episode we talk about being in the Mari...

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Episode 25 - Nicolas Gregoriades 2 from 2017-06-04T20:31:42

Nic Gregoriades is a Roger Gracie black belt and founder of the Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood

Nic returns to the podcast to discuss how his focus and changed since our last discussion. We talk ab...

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Episode 24 - Paul Bridges from 2017-05-29T21:44:46

Paul Bridges is a BJJ black belt, instructor and one of the UK's "dirty dozen".


Paul is seriously old school, having begun training in the mid nineties. Travelling to America to train...

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Episode 23 - Steve O'keeffe from 2017-05-21T22:45:42

Steve O’keeffe is a BJJ black belt, professional MMA fighter and coach.

Steve is a BJJ black belt, pro mma fighter, taekwondo black belt, judo brown belt, Level 2 Boxing coach, Weight lif...

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Episode 22 - Gavin Allinson from 2017-05-15T23:30:34

Gavin Allinson is nutritionist, writer, rugby coach and BJJ brown belt.

In this episode I talk to Gavin about the ketogenic diet, ketones, fasting, supplements, longevity and much more. Listen

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Episode 21 - Maj Donald MacIntyre & Maj Shamus Kelly from 2017-05-07T23:08:23

Shamus Kelly is a serving Major in the British army and a BJJ purple belt, Donald MacIntyre is a recently retired British army Major and a BJJ brown belt.

Shamus and Donnie are two of a g...

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Episode 20 - Daren Bartlett from 2017-05-03T00:26:53

Daren Bartlett is a film maker and BJJ black belt.

Im joined by Daren Bartlett who has recently released "Tradition: The Rise of a Gracie Fighter". A documentary about Roger Gracie and his...

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Episode 19 - Dickie Martin from 2017-04-23T23:42:25

Dickie Martin is a BJJ black belt, instructor at Carlson Gracie London and a world, pan am and european double champion.

In this episode we talk about his introduction to BJJ, his thrill s...

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Episode 18 - Chloe Moore from 2017-04-16T09:57

Chloe Moore is a transgender BJJ competitor.

This episode was brought about after a heated debated on the UK BJJ underground group about whether it was fair for a transgender woman to com...

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Episode 17 - Ashley Williams from 2017-03-19T10:57:12

Ashley is one of the UK's most active black belt competitors. A 2 time EBI vet, multiple IBJJF and NAGA champion and full time Coach at the Chris Rees Academy.

Me and Ash have a similar st...

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Live Q&A with Mike Leng from 2017-03-06T15:38:59

Mike Leng of Unorthodox Nutrition is a nutritionist who specialises in combat sports athlete.

This is the audio from a Facebook live Q&A session where we answered the audience's nutrition...

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Episode 16 - Benjamin Naylor from 2017-02-11T09:54:26

Benjamin Naylor is a strength and conditioning coach and owner or Beyond Boundaries S&C. I met Ben when he took a workshop during a seminar camp I was teaching on and I really enjoy he's unique sty...

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Discussion. Episode 2 - UFC 207, Rizin, 2016 run down from 2017-01-07T06:19:11

I sit down with BJJ black belt and jiu jitsu nerd Ricky Rout to discuss UFC 207, Rizin, a review of 2016 in BJJ and its highlights and a Euro's 2017 preview.

Follow Ricky at: www.instagram...

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Episode 15 - Alain Guerra Pozo from 2016-12-15T09:44:47

Alain Pozo is a Carlson Gracie London black belt and instructor at Carlson Gracie Essex.

An active competitor as well as a renowned instructor Alain had a unique and inspiring journey to ...

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Episode 14 - Mike Leng - Unorthodox Nutrition from 2016-12-04T11:46:55

Mike Leng of Unorthodox Nutrition is a nutritionist focusing on sports performance for a range of athletes, many of which are BJJ or combat sports athletes.

We talk about cutting weight, ...

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Episode 13 - Seymour Yang aka Meerkatsu from 2016-11-17T12:52:10

Seymour Yang aka Meerkatsu is a blogger, reviewer, artist and BJJ black belt. His art is seen on martial arts clothing, logos and posters all over the world.

In this episode we talk his j...

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Discussion. Episode 1 - EBI and UFC 205 from 2016-11-15T12:47:42

I sit down with Andrew Marshall to chat EBI and UFC 205 in a pilot episode for a new format to run alongside the standard interview episodes.

Let me know if you want more of this style or...

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Episode 12 - Callum Medcraft - Jiu Jitsu Style from 2016-10-19T10:26:35

Callum Medcraft is the creator of Jiu Jitsu Style magazine. One of the biggest jiu jitsu magazines in the world and a brown belt under Roger Gracie.

In the episode we talk about how he ca...

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Episode 11 - Kev Capel from 2016-09-22T11:06:09

I sit down with Roger Gracie black belt and owner of RGA Bucks Kev Capel.

In this episode we talk about the early days of UK BJJ and MMA, Kev's time in the army, training with a young Rog...

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Episode 10 - Leoni Munslow from 2016-09-06T12:43:23

Im joined by newly crowned brown belt masters world champion Leoni Munslow.

Leoni is one of the UKs leading figures in womens BJJ. With national, european and now a world title under her ...

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Episode 9 - Nick Brooks from 2016-08-26T12:54:29

This episode I sit down with my own coach Nicholas Brooks. Nick is a second degree black belt under Roger Gracie and Maurcio Gomes and head instructor at Mill Hill BJJ. He has had one of the most a...

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Episode 8 - Oli Geddes from 2016-08-08T11:30:27

Today I'm joined by Roger gracie black belt and jiu jitsu nomad Oli Geddes. Oli has spent his jiu jitsu journey travelling around the world teaching and competing more than almost anyone else.
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Episode 7 - Lisa Filippina Price from 2016-07-29T09:31:37

This episode i'm joined by competitive strongman, qualified yoga, freediving and weight lifting instructor and sports masseuse Lisa Filippina Price.

We discuss competing in strongman, get...

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Episode 6 - Jude Samuel from 2016-07-16T12:38:02

Jude is the UK's first home grown Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt, a UK BJJ pioneer, a renowned instructor as well as a top level competitor.

In this episode we talk about Jude's training h...

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Episode 5 - Nicolas Gregoriades from 2016-07-05T23:24:53

Today I’m joined by BJJ black belt and founder of the Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood Nicolas Gregoriades. In this episode we talk about his nomadic lifestyle, travelling, his conceptual approach to jiu jits...

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Episode 4 - David Onuma from 2016-06-26T22:54

Today i'm joined by Multiple black belt holding life long martial artist David Onuma. David has reached the highest level in more martial arts than anyone else I know and this gives him a very uniq...

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Episode 3 - Simon Hayes from 2016-06-18T10:54

This episode I sit down with BMX champion, life long martial artist, judo black belt, jiu jitsu black belt, Carlson Gracie London instructor, bulldog owner and Oscar award winning sound engineer Si...

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Episode 2 - Alan Whitton - The Mind as a Weapon from 2016-06-10T09:35:10

This episode i'm sitting down with Alan Whitton of Fighter's mind to talk about training the mind to be the most effective weapon possible. We discuss my experiences working with him, the technique...

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Episode 1 - Andrew Marshall from 2016-06-02T16:52:09

For my first ever episode i'm joined by Andrew Marshall, a strength and conditioning coach and founder and owner of Villain Strength and Villain Barbell Club.

We talk about the fitness ind...

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