Catch wrestling was a brutal method for settling disputes on the American Frontier as well as one of the largest, most respected spectator sports prior to the modern era.  In this episode Val Childs - who has been training in catch wrestling since he was 5 - takes us on a tour through the historical roots of catch, the modern catch competition circuit, and the training methods that can be adopted to make any combat athlete much more effective.

Incidentally, catch wrestling has had a significant impact on my own development. For example it has had a strong influence on my submission game as you can see in something like the Kimura Roadmap. https://www.grapplearts.com/kimura.

Follow Val Childs on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cc_catchwrestling or check out his school in San Antonio, Texas at https://combatcitysa.com/

AOJ black belt Tom Wortman is a fierce competitor; he won IBJJ Pans, Euros, North Americans and Master Worlds in a single year as a brown belt.  He's also a jiu-jitsu gypsy, typically training at a club for 3 to 6 months, then moving thousands of miles to see a new part of the country and training at a new club.  Find out how he he does this, what the red and green flags are for training at new clubs, how to stay injury free even when training 7 days a week, and redefining success on your own terms.  I hope you find Tom as inspiring and insightful as I did - enjoy!

Also, please rate and review this podcast on whichever podcast platform you listen to it - I can't emphasize enough how useful this is and how much I appreciate it.

Finally, if you're interested in my take on living life on your own terms please check out my best-selling book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, available anywhere you get physical, digital and audio books and also here: https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/

Thanks!
Stephan

Mike McCastle smashed David Goggins' pullup record by doing 5,804 pull-ups in 24 hours while wearing a 30-pound backpack... and pulled an F-150 pickup truck 22 miles through Death Valley... and flipped a 250 lb tire for 13 miles... and climbed a rope for the equivalent distance of Mount Everest... and has trained MMA fighters, alpinists, and extreme adventurers like Colin O'Brady, the first man to cross Antarctica solo and unsupported.  

As such, he's the perfect person to kick off our 4-part series on hybrid training, where we'll delve into the art and science of maximising strength AND endurance at the same time.

Some key areas covered include:
- How hybrid training is about giving yourself options
- Why strength training builds durability in joints and tendons
- How to achieve your goals by reverse engineering the outcome
- How to build mental toughness through conscious choices
- Exactly how training should be tailored to individual needs and goals
- Why recovery is crucial for optimal performance.
- How to include skill development within your sport into your training phases
- The methods Mike has used to create chaos in training to prepare for unpredictability
- How training often and testing rarely is key to success.

Subscribe to this channel to be notified of new episodes in this series when they come out!

Check out Mike's website at https://www.mikemccastle.com/ and his Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/mikemccastle/

And check out my own book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, on Amazon or anywhere books, ebooks, and audiobooks are sold!  https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/

Steph Gaudreau is a strength coach, nutritionist, podcaster, author and BJJ practitioner.  I was thrilled to have her on the podcast today to discuss the overlap between strength training and jiu-jitsu. I think you'll get a lot out of it!

Check out https://www.stephgaudreau.com/ or follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/steph_gaudreau/

And while you're reading this... Check out The Grapplearts BJJ Master App for iOS and Android - there's a TON of great content on there that'll directly improve your game. https://www.grapplearts.com/masterapp

Cheers!

Stephan Kesting

In this rant I go off about conspiracism, Ivermectin, Joe Rogan, anti-vaxxers, elk meat diets and more.  This is from an Instagram Live session I did with Dr Hanan Bushkin (@drhananbushkin) - Dr Bushkin is a psychologist so he really knew how to wind me up and set me loose!

Jeff Shaw runs Bellingham BJJ and despite coming to jiu-jitsu late in life fell in love with competition and eventually competed 8 divisions in a single tournament with pretty good results. I particularly love his pre-match psych up routine which you'll learn all about in this episode!

Julian Walker has researched, written, and podcasted about cults and gurus, spiritual bypass and quantum woo in New Age circles extensively.  He is also a cohost of the (amazing) Conspirituality Podcast.

Today's episode is really important, and we discuss why certain groups (like BJJ, MMA and Yoga circles) are more into conspiracy theories (starting roughly at 4:46), the tendency for some people to make connections and see patterns where none exist (17:59), end of the world prophecies in conspiracy theories (48:08), and more.

If you enjoyed this episode then please check out episode 291 with Derek Beres (https://www.grapplearts.com/cults-conspiracies-yoga-wellness-bjj-communities/), 297 with Mathew Remski (https://www.grapplearts.com/cults-prophecies-and-deprogramming-your-friend-with-matthew-remski/), and 325 with Ami Palmer (https://www.grapplearts.com/trust-propaganda-consipiracies/)

And, as always, a review of this podcast on iTunes or Spotify would be SUPER appreciated

Thanks

Stephan Kesting

In episode 335 of The Strenuous Life Podcast Stephan Kesting talks to cult expert, cult survivor and cult deprogrammer Joeseph Szimhart. We go into depth about QAnon, New Age cults, Theosophy, cult recruitment tactics, and people escape them. I think this is a fascinating and very topical conversation.

Find out more about Joe at https://www.jszimhart.com/

And if you enjoyed this episode then please, a rating or review within the podcast platform of your choice would be super appreciated!

Thank you,

Stephan Kesting

Dr Dr Chris Kavanagh is an Oxford trained evolutionary & cognitive anthropologist who co-hosts the 'Decoding the Gurus' podcast with Mathew Browne. Together they tackle the secular gurus propagating their ideas, grievances, and conspiracies on the internet.

In today's episode we look at the 10 factors that go into their 'gurometer', a highly scientific measure that takes the signature characteristics of gurus and uses advanced mathematics (simple addition) to determine how high up the guru scale they actually are.

From Jordan Peterson, Russell Brand, Tony Robbins, JP Sears, to Brett and Eric Weinstein, we give lots of examples and pull no punches.  

Here are the 10 characteristics we discuss in considerable detail...

From the cheekiest triangle choke counter I've ever used to Khabib slamming the crap out of his opponents in the UFC, here's a short episode about the times you simply have to move the fight to a new location!  Hope you enjoy this, and if you do then a review or rating on the podcast platform of your choice would be super appreciated!

Stephan

Walter Masterson trolls anti-vaxx and pro-conspiracy rallies. He's brave, funny and insightful, and I was honored to have him as a guest on episode 332 of The Strenuous Life Podcast.

Follow Walter on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/waltermasterson

On TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@waltermasterson

On Twitter at https://twitter.com/waltermasterson

On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/waltermasterson/

Cheers, Stephan Kesting

Jon Thomas is a BJJ master strategician with an uncanny ability to connect grips, sweeps, submissions and positions together to create a seamless attack gameplan.  In this episode we do a deep dive into the closed guard position and I think your jiu-jitsu will definitely improve if you implement his training methods and organisational concepts.

Check out The Closed Guard System in video format at https://www.grapplearts.com/closedguard

Martial arts pioneer Tom Callos came onto The Strenuous Life Podcast to discuss the California martial arts scene in the wake of Bruce Lee, the importance of taking your training out of the dojo and into the world, how your students can become your school's most effective advertising, being BJ Penn's first BJJ instructor, and his thoughts about BJ's current struggles.

Tom has owned several martial arts schools, worked as a business and curriculum consultant to the international martial arts community, competed regionally, nationally, and internationally, and was a member of an internationally renowned demonstration team.  

Follow Tom on Instagram @tomcallos.

Here's a story about the first time I 'won' a streetfight when I realised that the other guy - an older, shabbily dressed, homeless man - was almost certainly mentally ill.

A good streetfight is one that you walk away from or de-escalate, because even if you KO the other guy you could still lose (as I discussed in detail in this article here: https://selfdefensetutorials.com/death-after-the-knockout/)

Be compassionate and be strategic my friends,

Stephan

P.S. Sign up for my email newsletter for free at https://www.grapplearts.com/newsletter.  I promise you'll get a TON of great training material in your email inbox!

Dom Hoskins is a BJJ black belt, coach and fierce competitor who is helping bring the lessons of jiu-jitsu to public schools in California's East Bay.

Follow Dom Hoskins on Instagram @dominat10n

Check out his school at @dominat10nma

And follow the Youth Jiu-Jitsu Collective at @yjcbjj

Today's conversation with Marcio Pie was a blend of two of my favorite topics: the science of biology and the science of BJJ.  Marcio is a professor of zoology at UFPR and practices Jiu-Jitsu in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Mike McCastle set a new world record on Jan 23, 2021, immersing himself in ice for 2 hours and 40 minutes and surviving! He joined me on Episode 323 of The Strenuous Life Podcast to talk about this absolutely insane challenge including

• The physical preparation and mental strength required to it off,
• The limits of the human body,
• Tummo (inner fire) breathing and visualisation,
• How 'normal' people can use his principles to challenge themselves,
• How his father's struggle with Parkinson's motivates him to persist in his 12 Labors project,
• And much more!

I'm SURE you're going to love this episode!

Follow Mike on Instagram @mikemccastle

For more Mike McCastle also check out our "Pain is a Universal Language" conversation, episode 240 of The Strenuous Life Podcast, also available on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYR_wHqW9w

What exactly is herd immunity? How can we be sure that the vaccine companies aren't lying to us?  What is this 'R0' value and why does it matter? What are the proven methods to stop outbreaks?  Are what are the reasons for hope? These are just some of the topics I cover on today's podcast with Colin Furness, PhD, a epidemiologist at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. 

Given the amount of deliberate disinformation and malicious misinformation going around please, please, please share this episode with someone who's on the fence about who to believe during the pandemic.

Follow Colin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FurnessColin

Today I talk with Dr Nicholas Tyau, a BJJ Black Belt and internal medicine specialist who was working in NYC hospitals during Covid Ground Zero in 2020.  We discuss the 5 key factors you need to consider after you've been vaccinated but before you decide to return to normal training, including...

1) Local hospital and ICU occupancy rates
2) Test positivity rates in your community
3) Vaccination rates within your community and your training group
4) Your tolerance for taking short term and long term risk
5) Your tolerance for, and the consequences of, potentially making others sick, especially the people you live with.

Please check out my previous episode (ep 285) with Dr Tyau here:  https://www.grapplearts.com/doctor-covid-ground-zero/

Also episode 302 with epidemiologists Kathrine Wallace and Madeline Lewis: https://www.grapplearts.com/covid-myths-debunked-with-epidemiologists-kathrine-wallace-and-madeline-lewis/

And my series of discussions with Dr Chris Moriarty on guidelines for operating a BJJ school safely during the Covid-19 pandemic: https://www.grapplearts.com/openingupbjj

Thank you, and take care of each other,

Stephan Kesting

Brandon Morgan is a high level powerlifter who trains, coaches and competes out of the Kabuki Strength gym in Portland Oregon.  In this episode we go deep into strength training and conditioning for combat sports drawing on his personal experience as a wrestler and training MMA athletes to be bigger, stronger, faster, and more injury resistant.

Follow Brandon on Instagram at @bmorg33 and at @kabuki_virtualcoaching where he shares a ton of training tips.

And please share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it.  It's how this podcast grows!

Thank you

Stephan Kesting

Today let's learn from sports psychologist Dr. Haley Perlis, who delves into the competition mindset, developing mental toughness, managing stress, avoiding burnout, the psychology of extreme sports, and how your core values shape your life and sport.

Find out more about Dr Perlis at https://drhaleyperlus.com/

And to get a glimpse into the mental aspect of dealing with suffering and self doubt check out my book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic at https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/

Thanks!
Stephan Kesting

Nini Munoz PhD has a very strong background in risk and failure analysis, and statistical process.  She has used these skills and a background in biology to make the science around the Covid-19 pandemic easy to understand and digest on her amazing Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/niniandthebrain/

I think you'll enjoy our conversation about risk, science, and who to believe.

Take care,

Stephan

Two of the best ways to develop your guard are gripfighting and kuzushi. Today I talk with Rob Biernacki about these rarely taught critical skills and how to develop them. Go to https://www.grapplearts.com/gripfighting for more info!

Cheers,

Stephan Kesting

Today I chat with Dan "TrumpetDan" Lukeheart from Brea Jiu-Jitsu in Orange County about the steps he's taken to keep his school open in a responsible manner during the Covid-19 pandemic, how to improve your BJJ skills during a training layoff, and how to win more matches in tournaments.  Check out Dan's school at http://breajiujitsu.com/

The video form of this conversation is available on Youtube at https://youtu.be/JHvGYM0HWmU

As always, please share this episode with someone you think would benefit from it!

Thanks so much,

Stephan Kesting

Your health is like a credit card..

You can definitely put things onto your credit card once in a while.  You can even use a credit card to help bridge the gap when you're short on funds. But sooner or later you need to pay it off.

But if you keep on making withdrawals against your card without ever putting money back into it then you're going to end up in serious trouble.

Your health is the same way. You can't borrow against it indefinitely.

If you keep asking your body to push hard without giving it the time and support to recover then things are eventually going to go catastrophically wrong.

After beating the crap out of your body you need to balance the books by giving it the opportunity to recover.

Hard training without quality recovery is a recipe for disaster, so recovery is a skill you need to master as well.

Article format of this episode is here: https://www.grapplearts.com/the-balance-between-stress-and-recovery/

Cheers,

Stephan Kesting

P.S.  Sign up for my newsletter because it's the best, most informative email newsletter about training out there!  https://www.grapplearts.com/newsletter

Dr Chris Moriarty is a medical doctor and a former high level black belt BJJ competitor. In this episode we talk about the rapidly evolving situation of covid vaccines, viral variants, and what it means for training jiu-jitsu and martial arts in general.  Dr Moriarty has been instrumental in creating guidelines to make BJJ training during a pandemic safer (available at https://www.grapplearts.com/openingupbjj)

• Changes to jiu-jitsu culture,
• Crazy martial arts cults,
• Channeling of ancient spirits,
• How we can get more out of drilling,
• Red flags that you're in a jiu-jitsu cult
• And much more

• Episode 290 with Steve Kwan about BJJ Cults and Conspiracies,
• Episode 291 with Derek Beres from the Conspirituality Pod about Cults and Conspiracies in the Yoga, Wellness and BJJ Community
• Episode 297 with Mathew Remski about Cults, Prophecies and Deprogramming Your Friends.

(Yes, I know there's a theme, but in my opinion focussing on this stuff is more important than ever nowadays.)

How leglocks and leglocking strategy have changed in the last 20 years. As they say for TED Talk Podcasts, this presentation contains powerful visuals and can be viewed at https://youtu.be/9mF_YtLOVI4 

I recorded this while editing the Oliver Taza No Gi Leglocks instructional which is now available at https://www.grapplearts.com/taza.

Much of the terminology I use comes from The Modern Leglock Formula with Rob Biernacki https://www.grapplearts.com/leglocks

The 12 Positions of Modern Leglocking PDF I talk about in the video can be downloaded for free here: https://www.grapplearts.com/main-positions-modern-leglocking/

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction
2:05 Difference #1: Refinement of Control Positions
8:13 Difference #2: Less Variety of Actual Leglock Finishes
13:02 Difference #3: Focus on the Reverse Heel Hook
14:59 Difference #4:Refined Dig Mechanics
18:00 Difference #5: Improved Breaking Mechanics
21:50 Difference #6: Transitions Between the Control Positions
23:52 Difference #7: More Entries from the Bottom

Today I'm joined by wrestler, jiu-jitsuka, and author Chris Jessulat (https://www.thewrongsideof35.com/) to discuss the best practices for staying relevant on the mats as you enter your fourth decade and beyond...

00:00 Training as an Older Grappler

02:48 The Transition from Competitive to Recreational Training

05:46 Physical Changes and Changing to a Mobility Focus

08:34 Quantifying Progress in Jiu-Jitsu

11:47 Breaking Through Training Plateaus

14:23 Comfort in Unfamiliar Positions

17:11 Training Strategies for Older Grapplers

29:35 Creating Positive Training Environments

31:12 The Impact of Focussing on Recovery and Positive Lifestyle Choices

33:41 Proactive Injury Management and Recovery Strategies

37:44 Navigating Injury Diagnosis and Treatment

40:51 Adapting Techniques and Mindset in Training

44:22 Reflections on Writing and Sharing Martial Arts Experiences

48:26 Lessons Learned from Martial Arts Training

51:20 The Importance of Community in Martial Arts

If you've read this far down then check out my best-selling book Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, available everywhere including Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/

Jules Evans studies the history of ideas and was the perfect person to help me understand the abundance of insane conspiracy theories on BOTH sides of the political spectrum right now.

We discuss why there are so many lizard people in tunnels, why  many Nazi leaders held new age beliefs, how BLM resembles a religion, and why BJJ is such a fertile breeding ground for conspiracy thinking in 2020 and 2021. 

Follow Jules on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/julesthephilosopher/ and on Medium where he posts many thoughtful and well researched articles: https://julesevans.medium.com/

2020 has been a hell of a year, but better times are coming soon, so it's time to get our collective asses into gear. In today's podcast I'll take you through the 7 mental hacks I've successfully used to punch on through to the other side and that I'm going to develop and keep my momentum in 2021 as well!

The second half of today's podcast was recorded during my 1000 mile solo in the arctic (go to https://www.grapplearts.com/solo to see my notes from the field for that trip).

If you found today's episode useful then please share it with one person who might benefit from it as well.

Take good care,

Stephan Kesting

How to get better at predicting what your opponent is going to do, develop faster reactions and train your intuition with Rob Biernacki.  Check out Rob's Submission Formula instructional in which you'll learn how to make all your chokes, armlocks and leglocks much tighter and much more effective: https://www.grapplearts.com/submissionformula

01:32 - Qualifications of epidemiologists Dr Katrine Wallace and Madeline Lewis
04:42 - Is COVID-19 actually 99.5% survivable?
06:33 - What are the current best estimates of the COVID-19 infection fatality rate and case fatality rates?
10:00 - How important are IFR and CFR in the policy decisions?
10:50 - Is COVID-19 no more deadly than the flu?
13:55 - Problems with comparing Covid to the seasonal flu
15:18 - Are scientists under-reporting the flu and/or counting every case or the flu as covid?
22:05 - Do scientists and the CDC want everyone to lock down forever?
23:57 - Did lockdowns work in other countries?
26:28 - Would less intrusive measures work to control COVID-19?
28:54 - Where are the deaths, is this a casedemic, and are there only more cases because of more testing?
31:40 - How long does it take to go from infected, to getting sick, going to the hospital, and dying?
32:56 - When will we see the cases and deaths peak from 2020 Thanksgiving celebrations in the USA?
36:16 - How many people are going to die per day this winter?
37:11 - How infectious is COVID-19 (comparing the R0 value of covid to that of the flu)?
40:08 - Why are the CDC and the WHO changing their stories and the advice they give?
44:31 - Is Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment being suppressed by big pharma?
50:02 - Judging the quality of evidence and data in disease research
55:39 - Are scientists coordinating their findings and suppressing inconvenient findings?
59:33 - Do hospitals get paid more to count deaths as COVID-19?
1:05:38 - Are COVID-19deaths being overcounted or undercounted in the USA?
1:08:24 - Do cloth masks and surgical masks work?
1:13:56 - Are masks enough to stop the pandemic?
1:15:48 - Car accidents deaths vs COVID-19 deaths
1:17:50 - The minimum infectious dose, or will you automatically get sick if you're exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus?
1:19:23 - How can we have confidence that the vaccine will be safe?
1:29:57 - What about herd immunity, the Swedish approach and the Great Barrington Declaration?
1:37:50 - Potential longterm health effects of COVID-19
1:38:57 - Are personal sacrifices and limitations necessary to deal with the pandemic?
1:42:14 - How can one convince vaccine skeptics?
1:45:24 - Gyms and fitness facilities during the COVID-19
1:51:51 - False dichotomies and false choices in the jiu-jitsu community
1:56:40 - The difference between case numbers and test positivity rates
1:59:45 - How do epidemiologists stay sane in 2020?

Please share this podcast episode my friends - it may be one of the most important ones I've ever done. The video version of it is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgxjZRBV38&feature=youtu.be

Follow Dr Katrine Wallace on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/epidemiologistkat/?hl=en and on Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@epidemiologistkat

Follow Madeline Wallace on Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@maddy.epidemiology

Take care,

Stephan Kesting

Back pain is incredibly common in sport, including all combative sports like jiu-jitsu, MMA, boxing and judo. That is why I was thrilled to talk to Dr Stuart McGill, one of the world's leading experts on back pain.

Dr McGill spent 30 years researching and teaching spinal mechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada.  He has published more than 300 scientific papers, written 3 textbooks, and has worked to improve sports performance with countless athletes from almost every sport.  

His book, "Back Mechanic: The Step-by-Step McGill Method to Fix Back Pain" has become a classic manual for living a painfree life and "Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance" is a guide for many coaches to bring their athletes up to the next level of performance while avoiding a debilitating back injury.

Here is just a little of what we covered today...

00:42 - How to become a world class expert in spinal mechanics and back pain
08:16 - Studying spines in the lab and what that tells you about spines in athletes
14:08 - Disc herniations and back pain
19:42 - Dr McGill's work with Olympians and elite athletes
24:00 - The athleticism of MMA fighter George St. Pierre
29:55 - Principles for avoiding back pain injury
34:40 - The power of the neutral spine
45:24 - The advantages and dangers of developing power through spinal rotation
51:04 - How elite strikers hit so hard
54:28 - Posture and spinal position in jiu-jitsu
1:01:07 - Hip morphology and leg flexibility of great jiu-jitsu fighters
1:06:07 - Books and other resources by Dr McGill

Injury is the enemy, and avoiding injury is the key to a long and successful athletic career, so I hope you enjoy this episode!

Cheers,

Stephan Kesting

P.S. If you get the chance a rating or a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your audio would be HUGELY appreciated.

Here are 5 principles that I use on a daily basis for evaluating risk, along with concrete examples from martial arts training, fire fighting, white water kayaking, and behavior during a pandemic. I hope you find this useful!

The single best way to stay in touch with what's going on with the podcast, grapplearts, and everything else is still my newsletter.  Sign up for free at https://www.grapplearts.com/newsletter 

Cheers!

Stephan Kesting

Rob Biernacki has some very impressive competition victories, including black belt masters gold at both No Gi Worlds and ADCC.

In this podcast episode he reveals...

• Why people sometimes just don't perform up to their potential and how to fix it,
• How to reframe tournament nerves,
• The optimal state of arousal for competition,
• Building and executing on gameplans,
• Why some people just shouldn't compete,
• His best advice for first-time competitors
• And more.

If you compete (or are thinking about competing), then this is a must listen!

Resources referred to in this video include:

• Gripfighting and Kuzushi with Rob Biernacki: https://www.grapplearts.com/gripfighting
• Omoplata 2.0 with Stephan Kesting: https://www.grapplearts.com/omoplata/
• Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, by Stephan Kesting https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/
• BJJ Concepts by Rob Biernacki: https://www.bjjconcepts.net

Please pass this episode on to someone you think would like it - that really helps us grow!

Thanks,
Stephan Kesting

Today I chat with Black belt no gi world champion Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins about how the most efficient training methods to master the highly complex world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  Lots of great takeaways in this one!!

Check out the 265 page full color book we wrote together at https://www.grapplearts.com/nonstop-jiu-jitsu-book/ - it's the best BJJ book of the year for sure!

Cheers

Stephan Kesting

I was thrilled to talk to Matthew Remski, a cult researcher and cohost of the Conspirituality Podcast who has written extensively about the pervasive cultism and abuse in Yoga, spirituality, and wellness culture.  The parallels to what's happening in BJJ are obvious.

Here are some highlights...

Multiple time world champion Robert Drysdale comes onto the podcast to share his discoveries about the history of BJJ. Here's just some of what we talked about...