BJJ and Brews

Jiu-Jitsu blue belt, PhD in Biomedical Sciences, and 240lbs of muscle, John Rumsey joins Chris and Noah on a Saturday morning. They discuss his love of jiu-jitsu and his philosophy on learning and training. Chris raises the topic of using strength when rolling and how strength is viewed differently when compared to other attributes, like speed or agility. John explains some of his research and his...

Blue belt and recent BJJ Globetrotter, Tristan, shares a beer with Chris and Noah after class. Tristan recounts his early exposure to the martial arts and how he eventually made his way to ATT Orlando.  Tristan covers his recent trip to St-Barth where he attended his first BJJ Globetrotter's camp. Then Chris, Noah, and Tristan proceed to discuss all things jiu jitsu and academy related, inclu...

Mike Sahebi has a PhD in Physical Therapy and perennially has a smile on his face. He also is a sand bagging, 6+ years blue belt. Mike joins Chris and Noah before Saturday's class to share his jiu jitsu origin story -- a story which very few, if any, at the gym have heard. Chris and Noah are stunned by Mike's revelations. One of the biggest shockers is the reason behind Mike's 4 year hiatus from t...

Fueled by 10% IPAs, Chris and Noah discuss a noteworthy mat event of the the past week in the gym: a jacked-up trial student that goes like Bane on the mats. Noah recounts the trial student's time on the mats and the aftermath. Then Noah continues by revealing a horrifying realization he had while watching fellow students roll for the first time: everyone is going full porrada seemingly all the ti...

This podcast was recorded a few hours after Chris was promoted to black belt under Paul Rodriguez during ATT Orlando's 2019 winter promotions. Chris was unaware that he was being promoted and he was the surprise final promotion of the day. Noah sat down with Chris to get his fresh thoughts on his special day. They walk through the lead-up to promotions from both their perspectives along with how p...

Add "2 stripe Purple Belt Chris" to the list of all-time greats that include, TRT Victor, a motivated BJ Penn, Prime Wandy, Ubereem, Sea Level Cain, Healthy Shogun, and Chuck with that look in his Eye. Noah shares his initial impressions on using CBD oil for the first time. Then Chris and Noah discuss what motivates them to train while also speculating on the future of one of their gym's grapplers...

Post-training drunkenness returns with a vengeance! Chris, Noah, Roman (who is soon moving to NYC), and BMac pass the mics around and ramble on about jiu-jitsu and life. This episode is so random it can only be summed up in single, isolated quotes given without context: "The best Chris is 5.9% Chris." "What is the most powerful submission?" "The Life Ender." "But they don't die." "You know what's...

Tommy Gilligan, jiu-jitsu black belt and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, joins the podcast to talk about his journey from white to black. Tommy describes moments from the "glory years" of MMA/Jiu-Jitsu training in the early 2000s in Orlando. Chris and Tommy realize they both share a similar training mentality on the mats -- a mentality Noah finds too pacifist for his liking. Noah challe...

Instead of showing his longtime friend, Alan, the sights and sounds of Orlando, Chris records a podcast with him Saturday morning before jiu-jitsu class. Noah is educated on the basic traditions and practices of Tae Kwon Do. Chris and Alan reminisce about their roots while Noah tries to understand why they used to salute a WTF flag. A WTF flag? WTF is that?

Noah returns from being rave mom at EDC Orlando over the weekend to educate Chris on raves and PLUR. Then they deep dive into how people should approach rolling and how jiu-jitsu affects egos. Noah tells two stories of when he incurred the wrath of the gym's mat enforcers as a white belt, the circumstances of the beatdowns, and why they were positive learning experiences. Chris talks about how he...

Chris and Noah go back to their roots (after only 4 episodes!) and record a podcast on the mats before their 6pm gi class. They open by debating the merits of a BJJ flowcharts teaching tool. Then they get sidetracked and compare software engineering and foreign languages to jiu-jitsu. They also discuss their opinions on the subject of "creonte". Towards the end, Jaime crashes the podcast to defend...

Today, Chris and Noah are joined by black belt Ryan "Reddie Bravo" LaFrance. We discuss his views on jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, and 10th Planet systems. Later, Victor and Alexia join the conversation to talk about the difference between wrestling classes and jiu-jitsu class. We tackle the hot topic of males rolling with females and what the acceptable mentality should be. We debate how accessible...

Noah is back where he grew up in Downeast Maine. He drops into the local BJJ school, Acadia BJJ, which was founded in 2012. Noah speaks with the gym's owner and head instructor, Kris Douglas, along with three of his students, Nya, Andrew, and Justin. We cover their BJJ origin stories, training in Downeast Maine, curriculum, running a gym as a purple belt, the surge in BJJ camps in Maine, Origin, a...

We cover history, ego, belt requirements, self defense, motivations, have multiple drop in guests, rant, laugh, and have a good time; all with only alienating only approximately half of the population. And this is our FIRST episode! Jiu-Jitsu brings people together in the best ways...