BJJ and Brews

Chris and Noah reunite on a Wednesday afternoon to discuss the latest news and happenings in the world of jiu-jitsu and beyond.  Topics include: - Justin Barry, or as we know him "JB", competing on Saturday's Bellator card - Rolling with Coach after he's done a "spicy wing challenge" - The DDS breakup - Giles classification of guards as Outside, 1-in-1-out (half), or Inside - The possibility...

Topics include: - Noah dropping in to train at Acadia BJJ while on vacation. - Noah talking about bees, apple trees, and grape vines. - Chris learning of a new Gracie Garage opening in the Orlando area. - What is Web 2.0? - Jiu-Jitsu technique naming and terminology. - The fallout of the recent match between Mikey Musumeci and Geo Martinez. - The Pink Suited Reporter and MMA Cartoon Animator sensa...

After a Sunday morning gi class, John and Bryan sit down with Noah and save this week's podcast. John and Bryan are white belts, getting close to 1 year of train jiu-jitsu, and are regular training partners. They talk about their respective upbringings in South Florida, their relocation to Orlando, and their decision to start training combat sports. In addition, they discuss their careers, their c...

Nick Paul is a jiu-jitsu black belt under Paul Rodriguez. In addition, Nick served in the US Marine Corps and worked in Orlando law enforcement. He currently is pursuing his PhD at the University of Central Florida. Nick chats with Noah about his early training experiences, how he developed his jiu-jitsu half guard game, and how his jiu-jitsu philosophy was affected by his work in law enforcement.

Chris and Noah spend the entire episode recapping the inaugural Submission Grappling Series event held June 26th, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. They discuss the entire event and the matches of their teammates. Noah details the circumstances of his last minute entry into the event and gives a blow by blow account of his match. Chris and Noah each give their perspectives on the stunning end to the main...

Chris and Noah open by discussing Chris's experiences with Ricardo Liborio. Later, they preview the upcoming and inaugural Submission Grappling Series event being held in Orlando, June 26th, 2021. After recording this episode, Noah stepped in as a late replacement for teammate David.

In 2005, Chris started his training at Marcio Simas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when it was located in a small space in the Audubon Park neighborhood of Orlando, Florida. In those times, Paul Rodriguez was a brown belt and training a small group of professional MMA fighters "in the back" and the school did not bear the Gracie Barra name it does today. Chris gives his historical account of those early days...

Steven Nguyen returns to the podcast a couple weeks after his first appearance. Steve, Chris, and Noah chat more about traditional martial arts, teaching styles, and questioning authority.

For the first 34 minutes of the episode, Chris and Noah touch on current events, pop culture, and comics. Then they turn to discussing the guard in jiu-jitsu. Noah is trying to develop his guard and explains his rationale for training decisions. Chris gives his thoughts and opinions on how he views the understand the guard and its related concepts.

Steve is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu under Paul Rodriguez and has been training martial arts his entire life. The episode opens with Steve and Chris comparing their respective Vietnamese upbringings, then the conversation turns to Steve's BJJ and Muay Thai origin stories. Steve also speaks about his serious neck injury, his subsequent surgery, and his recovery. It's great to have Steve back on the m...

Our gym's self-proclaimed, Captain America, Roman Anglin saved the day by sitting down with Noah after Sunday's class to record an episode. Roman has been training BJJ at ATT Orlando for close to 6 months and currently has two stripes on his white belt. Roman and Noah discuss his background in the culinary arts and his transition from the kitchen to sales. In addition, they cover his first days on...

In late June/early July of 2020, Chris and Noah both contracted COVID-19. In this episode, they recount their respective experiences battling the virus, trace how their infections were intertwined with the podcast, and discuss the effect it had on their training after recovery.

Erik Gianini has been labeled our gym's d-bag. He has heel hooked white belts mercilessly. He has admitted to hurting people and himself by going "too hard" while rolling. In addition, Erik had a moment of internet fame when a video with him went viral. In this episode, Noah sits down with Erik to understand his psyche, his background, his love of martial arts, and his viral video experience.&nbsp...

Chris and Noah open the episode by talking about the first MCU series arrivals to Disney+, WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In the latter half of their conversation, they return to the topic of jiu-jitsu and what's new in their training.

Within 24 hours of having to publish, there was no podcast episode recorded. However, Tristan heroically agreed to record a podcast after Sunday's class and saved today's episode! Tristan and Noah speak about training, being promoted, and Tristan's upcoming trip to a BJJ Globetrotter's camp in Iceland.

After making a hilarious cameo months ago, Zander returns to the podcast for a sit-down conversation with Noah. Zander speaks candidly about his growth in BJJ, his motivations to train, and his prior athletic endeavors. In addition, he details his experiences on the mats that took him from being a brand new white belt to being one of the most dangerous grapplers at our school -- in just over two s...

From his home in Vancouver Island, Rory van Vliet joins the BJJ and Brews podcast for a remote conversation with Chris and Noah. Rory is a black belt under Rob Biernacki and is an assistant coach at Island Top Team on Vancouver Island. Rory is well-known for his online instructional content in the BJJ community and jumped onto many people's radar with his multi-part study of Gordon Ryan's float pa...

Gordon Ryan brought up Carlos Diaz's name in a recent interview with FloGrappling, saying Carlos was one of three people currently available in the USA that could ref an ADCC ruleset match between Gordon and Cyborg. Carlos Diaz returns to the podcast to discuss this topic, what he does to prepare for events, and what makes the ADCC ruleset special. Carlos Diaz is a 3rd degree black belt under Rica...

Ben Moore, BJJ black belt and beer enthusiast, joins Noah remotely from Maine for a Sunday afternoon conversation. Ben and Noah discuss Ben's BJJ origin story and the early jiu-jitsu scene in Maine. Then they talk about Ben's top travel destinations for jiu-jitsu and beer, and Ben's tips for being a good drop-in student at jiu-jitsu schools while traveling. Throughout the episode, Ben gives great...

A few minutes into their podcast, Chris and Noah have a surprise guest, Juanaconda! Juan is black belt under Ricardo De La Riva, who is also a contemporary of Ricardo Liborio, both of whom were awarded black belts under Carlson Gracie. Juan recounts some chapters from his life and early combat sports history in Florida. Juan has been a fighter, grappler, ref, and promoter throughout his life and h...

Chris and Noah discuss their recent podcast with Robert Degle, the ratio of practice to competition in other sports, and white belts. The entire time, one of the Tribe dogs, Zeek, is snoring between the two of them.

Noah interviews Robert Degle via a remote call. Degle is a decorated student under John Danaher and an active competitor and instructor. In their conversation, they discuss a myriad of topics, including: Degle's approach to creating social media content, what he teaches beginners, how BJJ classes are structured, and his brief stay in Orlando, Florida a few years ago. To conclude, Noah switches to...

Chris welcomes Noah back from a birthday vacation. They discuss a recent episode of the Sonny Brown Breakdown podcast which featured Craig Jones. Some of the interesting topics that Craig covered were his joining the DDS, his move to Puerto Rico with DDS, and how DDS trains. Chris and Noah breakdown these points and how they relate to their gym. The Sonny Brown Breakdown episode with Craig is exce...

Noah takes his first Muay Thai class. Chris talks about his beginnings in Muay Thai. Chris and Noah discuss the MCU and it appearing to move more towards series releases on Disney+ instead of theatrical releases. This episode is sponsored by Crown Rash Guards. They make durable, minimalist-style no-gi rash guards. Before being sponsored, we made sure to pressure-test them ourselves so we could vou...

Chris and Noah open by discussing what's going on inside their heads during class and during rolls. Noah talks about how his chinstrap defense in half guard is a form of reinforcement learning. Then, Chris and Noah touch on the subjects of religion and news reporting. This episode is sponsored by Crown Rash Guards. They make durable, minimalist-style no-gi rash guards. Before being sponsored, we m...