Jiu Jitsu Impossible

2025 was a big year for Genesis Martial Arts. Sensei Clint and Chad catch up on some of the big moments.

It’s been a minute! In this episode, Sensei Clint and Chad catch up about the past few months of Jiu Jitsu, what’s been happening around the academy, and all the other conversations we typically have when we hang out.

Riffing on Jiu Jitsu In this episode, Sensei Clint and Chad share some Jiu Jitsu dream scenarios, talk about changes in training, and why a BJJ lock-in sounds like a good time.

What Jiu Jitsu gifts would you like to see under the Christmas Tree? Join Chad and Sensei Clint as they share the top 5 BJJ related gifts they want this Christmas season.

So how do you know when you need to transition your approach to your Jiu Jitsu game? In this episode, Chad and Sensei Clint talk through how to recognize when you are at a moment you need to change, and how you start to go through transitioning your Jiu Jitsu game.

Is there any money in BJJ competition? We talk about a teammate and their recent tournament experience and we walk through what we know about the upcoming Craig Jones Invitational and its Million Dollar prize.

Have you ever had a great training session in BJJ? What about a horrible one? In this episode, Clint and Chad talk about why that happens, what we can do about it, and how to develop the best outlook on ANY training session possible.

Why do we love Friday class so much? Garry Gilmore joins the conversation as we talk about his start in BJJ and how Friday class was his way in.

This month we journeyed to Lafayette at competed at the Ludus Magnus no-gi submission only tournament hosted by Gladiators Academy. We walk through the matches and talk about the rule set.

Seminars are an integral part of training Jiu Jitsu. After a recent one, we talk about how they fit into a training strategy and why folks love them.

In this episode, Sensei Clint and Chad talk with Rick Ellis, BJJ Black Belt, Coach, and the creator of The Art of Skill. We also have Huey Daigle, one of our training partners here at Genesis Martial Arts on the show for the conversation.

Curious about Jiu Jitsu, but worried about starting it? In this episode, Sensei Clint and Chad talk about having fears before you get started, and how much fun it is to start training.

We talk about the same things many times in Jiu Jitsu. But what about those things we don’t talk about but probably should? In this episode, Chad and Professor Clint share the parts of practicing the gentle art that can use more conversation.

Why do people quit training? We talk about why people quit at different levels and ages.

It’s been a minute since the last episode, so our hosts sit down, and talk about how their BJJ has been over the last month. We then get into a conversation about how Professor Clint has seen martial arts evolve over the last 35+ years and how BJJ has been part of that evolution.

What does it look like to move from Modern Army Combatives to training BJJ? In this episode, we let two Black Belts share about training through multiple decades of life.

So how do people approach training JiuJitsu? Hear from a black belt and a white belt.

So what makes an academy great? In this episode we talk all things gym culture.

So what does a month of training look like? We talk about the difference between planning for an Academy as a Black Belt, Professor Clint’s own approach to personal training, and how white belt Chad thinks through goals.

After 15 years of BJJ in Cenla, what does it feel like to have a growing, established, and experienced Jiu Jitsu community?

What does it look like for a BJJ Academy to grow? We talk about how things grew here in central Louisiana and how BJJ culture changes as folks grow in skill.

What was it like to bring BJJ to Cenla? We get the story here.

Why are we starting Jiu Jitsu Impossible? Because we want to tell the story of BJJ in an unlikely place, but more how it creates an unlikely community that many people need. Welcome to the first episode of Jiu Jitsu Impossible with Professor Clint DuPlechian.