Rickson is a world class martial artist that has changed the world view of jiu jitsu.  In this episode he talks about growing up training and how his dad inspired and supported him. Other topics are how jiu jitsu helps law enf...

Roger Gracie is one of the best BJJ players of all time and he tells us how his determination and acceptance of loss gave him the tools to become a World Champion multiple times.His story about not being the best athlete and struggling ...

Rigan Machado is one of the pioneers of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as we know it.  He competed for almost 9 years undefeated and has done amazing work in Hollywood with stars and movies. His stories are amazing about his time with th...

Belisa Vranich is a clinical psychologist, author, public speaker, and founder of The Breathing Class. She has been an active consultant and columnist in popular US Journalism, promoting intentional breathing practices to improve health. <...

Jack talks about his 25 years in the military and how the training influenced him.  He also tells about his constant search for improvement, which led him to change a lot of courses in the military with a more principle focused learning st...

Nicolas is a highly talented jiu jitsu practitioner that moved from South Africa and started training with Roger Gracie to become his first black belt.  He tells us how he approached training and didn't realize the level of proficiency tha...

Carlos Machado is one of the pioneers of Jiu Jitsu all over the world, from his time with the Gracies to his television career with Chuck Norris he has always been an advocate of BJJ.  Professor Machado now has a worldwide organiza...

Chris Bradford is a multi time champion Muay Thai and MMA fighter.  He has been training most of his life in Australia and has learned how to take the struggles of life and turn them into lessons to pass on to his students.  He still ...

Elvis is well known in the mma world as an exciting athlete and fan favorite.  He has fought in many promotions including the UFC and has also been an active commentator.  Now his focus is on helping his students and trying to inspire...

Kit Cope has been training martial arts most of his life and his love for striking has carried on.  Kit was a World Champion striker and then transitioned to MMA for a short time.  He has coached some of the best fighters in the world...

Professor Sauer tells stories of Helio getting him off childhood medication and the Gracies teaching him how to train hard and be a fighter.  He also talks about the "Socialization" part of Jiu Jitsu and his structured approach. <...

Kristina Castle is a Professional Boxer, but she also has 17 years of experience in Hapkido.  She is a unique blend of a traditional martial artist with a modern competitive edge in Boxing and Kickboxing compiling a record of 17-0 before g...

Egan tells us how he started in BJJ and his growth in the sport.  He also was the first non brazilian world champion in  IBJJF/CBJJ World Jiu Jitsu Championships.  Egan tells us how he stays in shape, achieves his goals and leads...

Mr. Kovar is a world renowned martial artist and business consultant that has built an amazing organization and has helped people find self actualization.  He talks about his structured steps and systems he uses to keep moving forward, sta...

Jake tells us about the origins of Catch Wrestling and its pure form and how it has evolved into different ideas and iterations.  We discuss the idea of "pinning" and "submissions" being a concept that has complemented mma and bjj plus som...

Draculino is known throughout the world for his accomplishments in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu but its his growth as a person and the people he shares the journey with that are worth more than any medal.  He tells about growing from being an aggre...

Master Ken has been educating the martial arts world for years explaining how all styles are "BS", in this episode he continues our education explaining why he is so awesome and why the rest of us are so terrible.  He also tells th...

Felicia discovers finding martial arts later in life, being intimidated by it and then overcoming the challenges of training.  Her story of good training partners and the support system of the gym is inspiring. Felicia also ta...

Stephen K Hayes has been training martial arts most of his life, his time in Japan is well known due to being an outsider and getting to train with the Grandmaster of the Ninja.  He has written 22 books and has traveled the world sharing h...

Melissa has always been outspoken and driven, Jiu Jitsu provided an outlet for her energy and helped increase her focus.  She tells several stories of struggles she has had in life and how she has learned to cope with challenges and overco...

Mr. Dillard tells amazing stories of his martial arts beginnings and how martial arts has enriched his life in all areas.  This humble story has some amazing funny moments of Mr. Dillard working out with some of the worlds best martial art...

Marcus Vinicius has spent his entire life becoming a Master level instructor in all senses of the word.  He outlines how he feels instructors need to take their job very serious and study all aspects of the human experience to be able to h...

Bob has an amazing story of training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for most of his life and spending it with the Gracies and Machados.  He was the first Machado American Black Belt.  He tells of how he met his instructors and the amazing storie...

Enson tells the story of growing up and actually not enjoying martial arts in the early years, but the necessity of self defense pushed him to train and then he met the Gracies.  Travelling to Japan for Racquetball gave Enson his c...

Many of you know him from Dexter, Supernatural, Lost, National Treasure and The Big LobowskiMark talks about his first experience with martial arts as a kid, his constant training and love for growth.  The conversations gets into how h...