1-800-BJJ-HELP

Oct 27 2024 106 ep. 42 mins 27

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Brand new White Belt Josh Lu calls on Jake Luigi, BJJ Youtuber from "Less Impressed More Involved BJJ", and other guests for help on the path to improvement, performance, and enjoyment in the sport of Jiu Jitsu. Follow the journey!

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#106 Check In: Josh's Visit to Standard Jiu Jitsu

Oct 27 2024 40 mins

In this episode we recap Josh's recent trip to Standard Jiu Jitsu with Greg Souders. Leg entanglement games, scheduling, culture, and more. Hope you enjoy!Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and feedback.Check out Jake's Outlier Database to study match footage, get links to resources, and more.Use code “BJJHELP” a

#105 Eco Highlight Reel: Trey Hucks, Kabir Bath, and Greg Souders

Oct 20 2024 146 mins

In this episode, we mashed up some of the highlights from our conversations with Trey Hucks, Kabir Bath, and Greg Souders on all things ecological dynamics, constraining to afford towards the invariants in jiu jitsu, game design, and much more. Hope you enjoy the eco-marathon! Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and f

#104 Check In: Different Attacks from Guard

Oct 13 2024 30 mins

In this episode, Jake and I talk about my last competition and areas to work on when it comes to attacking from guard, off balancing, entering the legs, wrestling up, taking the back...etc. Hope you enjoy! Here's the video of Firas Zahabi teaching the leg entry we discussed.Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and feed

#103 Patrick Robinson: Multiple Time Masters Gold Medalist on Practice Design, Competition Prep, Recovery, and Sports Psychology

Oct 06 2024 77 mins

In this episode, I talk with Patrick Robinson who's won mutliple world titles at blue, purple, brown, and black belt in both Gi and No Gi in his age brackets. He's consistently one of the best grapplers for his age. We talk about his competition game plan, practice game plan, recovery, tracking metrics, affirmations, mindset, visualization, and how he uses journaling and notetaking

#102 Competition Reflections: What I Learned About Myself

Sep 29 2024 35 mins

In this solo episode, I reflect on what I’ve learned about myself from my first four competitions and nine matches as a white belt. I focus mostly on the mental/emotional sides of the journey and less on the technical. A little different than what we usually talk about. Hope you enjoy!Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thou

#101 Collab: Josh Lu is back on BJJ Meditations Podcast

Sep 22 2024 74 mins

In this episode, I get to be a guest on the BJJ Meditations Podcast! Hope you enjoy this week's swapcast.Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and feedback.Check out Jake's Outlier Database to study match footage, get links to resources, and more.Use code “BJJHELP” at submeta.io to try your first month for only $8!U

#100 The Art and Science of Judging CJI with Zach Maslany and Miha Perhavec

Sep 15 2024 61 mins

In this episode, we talk to Zach Maslany and Miha Perhavec all about CJI and the experience judging it. We go into the nuances and deep dive into the art and science of judging this new format. We cover the ruleset, format, the Andrew Tackett vs Kade Ruotolo, and Kade Ruotolo vs Levi Jones-Leary matches. We also talk about Miha's new book, Modern Submission Grappling: The No Gi Sub

#99 Check In: Jiu Jitsu at Burning Man, App Developments, and Levi's Guard/Passing

Sep 08 2024 65 mins

In this episode we talk about Josh doing jiu jitsu at burning man, behind the scenes into Jake's development with the Outlier Database, some ideas with Sherpa Journal that I'm working on, and then we dive into Levi Jones Leary's guard retention and guard passing. Hope you enjoy!Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and

#98 Randall Dibble: Wrestling for Beginners

Sep 01 2024 73 mins

In this episode I talk to Randall Dibble, who was a two time state qualifier in HS wrestling, a wrestling coach, and jiu jitsu purple belt who has competed extensively. We dive into how to get approach learning wrestling for beginners and go through the finish, attack, and setup for takedowns as well as various games/drills you can use. Hope you enjoy!Download Sherpa, the free AI-p

#97 Check In: Highlights and Thoughts on ADCC / CJI

Aug 25 2024 45 mins

In this episode, Jake and I talk about our thoughts after ADCC / CJI last weekend. We share highlights and thoughts on the format. We also discuss updates on the apps we're working on! Hope you enjoy.Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes! Join our Discord to share thoughts and feedback.Check out Jake's Outlier Database to study match footage, get links to