Newaza Podcast

James Clingerman is a 4th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt from Indianapolis, Indiana. James owns the Indiana Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Endurance BJJ and www. TheFightHub.com and www.bjj.foundation.com . James can be reached on instagram at @james_clingerman

Joe Worthington is a BJJ Black Belt and Co-Founder/Director at Jungle Brothers Strength &Movement Gym in Sydney, Australia. Joe is also Co-Founder of Bulletproof for BJJ as well as Co-Host of both, the Jungle Brothers and Bulletproof for BJJ Podcasts.

Chasen Hill is a First Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and instructor at Redline Jiu-Jitsu in Edmond, Oklahoma. Chasen has been teaching since blue belt. Chasen quickly realized he had a passion for teaching & helping others vs focusing on the competition route. Chasen has taught thousands of adults and kids over his career via group instruction, private lesson, and seminars. Chasen i...

Ryan Ford is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the Director of Podcasting at BJJ Fanatics. Ryan began his podcasting career as the owner and host of The Grappling Central Podcast, which was the #1 ranked Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Grappling podcast on iTunes. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is Ryan’s life's passion and has been practicing for more than fifteen years and have had the privilege to learn from...

Anthony Baker is a Marine veteran with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. For the last 10 years Anthony has been a trainer and athletic coach for corporate America. Anthony’s goal is to help others transform their bodies, increase their resiliency and strengthen their minds. Anthony’s fields of study include kinesiology, exercise physiology, human anatomy, combat sports and strength and conditio...

Francisco “kiko” Gonzalez is black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and an instructor at Solidarity Jiu Jitsu in San Jose, CA. Kiko is also one of the founders of Koffee Krew which provides Northern California open mats without politics. Contact Kiko on instagram: @thekoffeekrew Website: www.nodojotrippin.com

Todd Fox is the founder and owner of the Close Protection Group. He is a former U.S. Marine and was assigned duties that spanned the Corps’ broad gamut, ranged from washing dishes to operating with JTG-6. His access to “B” billets offered insight into unique realms outside the military. Mr. Fox is also a former law enforcement officer. He was responsible for the creation, development and training...

This week I sat down and had a spontaneous and very entertaining conversation with Chad Kuhn who is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and head instructor at East Coast Martial Arts in Canton, Ohio which is an affiliate of 4th degree black belt, James Clingerman. Chad co-hosts the “Limitless Radiocast” Jiu-Jitsu Podcast with his student, Terry Seaton. We discussed Chad’s beginnings in martial art...

Today, I had the abosulte pleasure to sit down and talk to Travis and Jon who host the ver, y successful postcast, “Elbows Tight”. We had a very casual and enjoyable conversation on topics such as recovery, the blue belt “blues”, jiu-jitsu injuries, balancing your jiu-jitsu training as a honnyist with a family and a job, competition, reflecting on Jiu-Jitsu in the micro-sense and thinking about Ji...

Kristina Barlaan is a 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Caio Terra , having also trained extensively with Gustavo Dantas. Widely regarded as one of her generation’s main light-featherweight competitors, Barlaan’s reputation was earned through important wins in some of the sport’s prime tournaments, particularly in the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation circuit, where she...

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Yoshi Yamaguchi who is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Ralph Gracie and trains at Ralph Gracie, San Francisco. Yoshi is currently working on his Doctorate at the University of San Francisco in Organizational Leadership Studies. Yoshi has a YouTube Channel and Instagram page, both titled “Yoshi_SF” where he uploads shorts demonstrating variou...

Jake has been training Jiu Jitsu for 7 years and is a purple belt under Mike Murrell of Cave Academy in Pacific, California (See Newaza Podcast Episode 1 for an interview with Mike Murrell). in 2021, Jake moved to Hawaii with his wife and started the YouTube channel, “Less Impressed More Involved BJJ” which to date has 29,000 subscribers. Today, Jake and I sat down to discuss his process of breaki...

Alex Sterner is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt under Andre Galvao of Atos BJJ. Alex earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist accreditation through the National Strength and Conditioning Association resulting in a wealth of expertise in strength and conditioning. Alex is a co-founder and head coach of Electrum Perfor...

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking to Mike Murrell who is a 1st degree blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ralph Gracie. Mike earned his blackbelt in Judo in 2008 before training Jiu-Jitsu full time under Kurt Osiander in San Francisco, CA. Mike is the founder and head instructor of Cave Academy in Pacifica, CA. We discussed how Mike began his martial arts journey eventu...

In Part 1 of this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Uke Mike who is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Jordan Presinger of Limitless Brazilian Jiujitsu and Kickboxing in Ontario, Canada (see Episode 24 for an interview with Jordan). Uke Mike is one of the two cohosts of the Jordan Talks Jiujitsu Podcast and is featured in videos on Jordan's YouTube channel, "Jordan Teaches Jiujits...

Richard Jackson is the owner and head instructor at Samurai Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy, located at 2125 Winchester Blvd, in Campbell, CA. Richard trained for over 10 years at the Renzo Gracie NYC Academy’s world-famous “Blue Basement” and was promoted to brown belt by Master Renzo Gracie and Professor John Danaher.  After relocating to Northern California with his family, Rich was awarded hi...

GO to https://rolacademy.tv/ and get 20% off on Rol Academy TV by entering code: AJJJP at checkout! Thomas Rozdzynski is back for his second appearance on the Average Joe Jiu-Jitsu Podcast. Thomas’s first time on the podcast was Episode 13. Be sure to go back and listen to that episode if you haven’t already, it was a good one. Thomas Rozdzynski who is a 3rdDegree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

Jordan Preisinger is a BJJ black belt and MMA fighter out of Ontario, Canada. Jordan is the owner and head instructor at Limitless Brazilian Jiujitsu and Kickboxing located at 67 Dufferin Ave. Ontario, Canada (phone number is (613) 827-1684). Jordan hosts a very popular YouTube channel, titled, “Jordan Teaches Jiujitsu”. Jordan and I had a great conversation today discussing methods of self-learni...

Matt is the owner of several Jiu-Jitsu related business including Epic Roll BJJ and the One Bottle Company. Matt has been practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 16 years and is a brown belt and soon to be black belt under Tom DeBlass. Matt is a full-time real estate agent and also flips homes. Matt has competed in off-road races like the Baja 500 and Vegas-to-reno (a 1,000 mile, 3-day-race). Matt has...

Eli Knight is a 2nd degree black belt under Royce Gracie and had been the Senior Supervising Instructor at Three Rivers Martial Arts, located at 3055 N Friendship Rd Unit 4, Paducah, KY for 2 decades. Eli Knight is best known for his contributions to self-defense and adapting jiu-jitsu to address the needs of the real-life altercation . Eli’s social media presence is quite large (252,000 subscribe...

Steve Austin is a 2nd Degree Black Belt who is a Philadelphia native and is the owner and operator of Sion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Bucks County Pennsylvania. We discussed Steve’s powerful story of how he was born with Legg Perthes (a degenerative disease affecting the hip) which required multiple surgeries into his teen years to address and made him the target of mental and physical bullies. A long...

Today, I sat down with returning guest, The BJJ Strength Coach, Josh Settlage to talk about his new Strength Matrix website which is dropping on January 1, 2022. We also discussed programming considerations for a three day a week modified conjugate program from grapplers, as well as how to fit in mobility and kettlebells into your strength program. Josh can be contacted at: Facebook: Joshua Settla...

Alan “Gumby” Marques is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Ralph Gracie , and co-founder of On The Mat (OTM), a company that revolutionized jiu jitsu’s industry during the late 1990s and 2000s, through both their journalism and retail trade. Gumby was one of the first grappling journalists in the US, covering the initial growth of the sport in North America. Alan is the founder of Heroes Marti...

Scott is the Owner of Extreme Performance Training Systems, also known as “EPTS Gym” and is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Chris Jones who is the founder of Nucleus Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ​located at 3010 Business Park Drive Unit F, in Norcross, GA . Scott is a Vegan Iron Addict and a Practitioner of Taichi & Chi-gong. Scott is a US Navy Veteran. Scott returns for his second episode on...

Today I had the privilege of sitting down and speaking to Karel Pravec, commonly known as “the Silver Fox”. Karel is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt of Czechoslovakian descent. Karel was one of the Gracie’s very first students in the United States and studied under both Renzo Gracie and John Danaher. Karel was awarded his black belt by Renzo Gracie in July 2006. Karel is also the author of the Fl...