Malachy Friedman Part 2.

Malachy and I got back together to continue our discussion, including: 1.  Championship Mindset. 2.  How we can beat people who are better than us by taking them into a part of our game that may be better than theirs.   3.  How to improve while injured. Post production by MediumCool

On this episode Malachy joined me to discuss: 1.  His "JREAM" Podcast. 2.  Adapting to injury. 3.  What made him interested in producing grappling instructional DVD's. 4.  His conceptual approach to Jiu-Jitsu as a coach and player. 5.  Using concepts to "cheat" techniques and get ahead of your opponents. 6.  Game Planning with Kimbo Slice for his Ken Shamrock fight. 7.  MMA Game Planning exercise (Max Holloway v. Volkanovsky). 8.  A look at MMA matchups and why the style of the fighters is more important than ranking in any matchup. 9.  Ways to improve BJJ competition (creating a viable overtime option, and ways to fix the advantage in IBJJF) Post Production by MediumCool. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this insightful interview with Malachy!

Luis Joined me to discuss: 1.  Safe training in busy academies, and why even as a seasoned judoka he recommends most rolls start with one person up and one person down in guard. 2.  How Judo teaches effortless domination through kuzushi and how to translate that to BJJ and grappling. 3.  Sweep theory he learned from Kit Dale. 4.  Why the simplest moves are the best even in creating dilemmas.  5.  Learning from Sensei Youtube. 6.  Origins of the Blue Belt Mafia. 7.  Being trained and ranked up to Brown Belt by a fake Black Belt, demoting himself and working back up from White to Purple. 8.  The first callout ever on The Old Rollers Podcast. Check out the Blue Belt Mafia on Facebook or at www.bluebeltmafia.com. Post production by MediumCool, check www.mediumcool.productions for your podcast production needs.

Matt is a brown belt under Nick "Chewy" Albin at Derby City MMA.  This interview was conducted while he was competing in the Professional Grappling Federation's round robin tournament.  The PGF scoring system only gives points for submissions, with emphasis on chokes or "kills" because they are worth more than two times the point value for joint locks. Matt joined me to discuss: 1.  His start in Jiu-Jitsu. 2.  Early days getting humbled and how he dealt with it. 3.  The PGF (Professional Grappling Federation) point structure, and how his triangle game plays into moving up the ranks in that tournament. 4.  Training and recovery for the PGF weekly match structure as an older competitor (39). 5.  Building a game plan around his triangle game that includes wrestling and top game. 6.  Switching gyms to train at Derby City MMA with Nick "Chewy" Albin. 7.  Mat culture at DCMMA. Check out the PGF youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TenthPlanetDecatur *Audio post-production by MediumCool.  Look them up at www.MediumCool.productions

If you only listen to one episode of this podcast let it be this one or maybe episode 1. This interview with Tom Corrie completely changed my mentality on longevity.  I don't want to put traditional show notes on it, and have gone back and forth with what to add.   Listen to this episode beginning to end, as I have done multiple times and tell me you don't leave it with a different attitude and sense of possibility after you finish than you had when you started. I can only say that whether The Old Rollers Podcast is "successful" or not by any traditional metric of podcast success, having done this interview and how it has affected me and my BJJ journey has made this adventure worth it lock, stock, and barrel. *post production by MediumCool* look them up at www.mediumcool.productions

Kent joined me to discuss: 1.  Learning from DVD's and YouTube. 2.  Building a BJJ community and cultivating a positive culture in a BJJ club. 3.  Being a teacher from the time he was a white belt and turning that experience into a business as a teacher. 4.  Note taking techniques. 5.  ERM BERRRRRS!! 6.  How to learn from the haters in YouTube comments. 7.  BJJ is a mental health activity. 8.  How to run a class. 9.  Why the students who rep the technique taught in class the most are always the ones that improve the fastest over time. 10.  Giving a game plan to a student for rolls and competitions and how that can drive student retention. 11.  Why losing in training drives learning. 10.  His Tozi Pass tutorial on YouTube which has had a huge impact on me.  Check it out here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkkZ0PE-w-I *Audio post-production by MediumCool*

On this episode Dr. Ron Pavkovich AKA Uncle Ronnie joined me to discuss: 1.  His decision to change career paths from Law Enforcement to the Medical Field via Physical Therapy. 2.  Common injuries he sees with BJJ athletes in his practice. 3.  Injury prevention and reduction through Strength and Conditioning and Mobility work. 4.  The benefits of coming to class when you can't roll due to injury. 5.  How to pick a PT if you do a sport like BJJ. 6.  Modifying your game to accommodate acute or chronic injuries to stay on the mat and continue to improve. 7.  Longevity benefits of Warm-ups and Cool-downs for BJJ athletes. 8.  Balancing training load for ligament and tendon health. 9.  Why sleep is the biggest key to recovery. **Audio post-production by MediumCool, check him out at www.mediumcool.productions.

In this episode Sean joined me to discuss: 1.  The early days of MMA in the USA. 2.  Competing in the UFC at the age of 18. 3.  Transitioning from Kickboxing to MMA. 4.  Why Buffalo, NY is the ultimate party city. 5.  Joining the Lions Den, and mistakes made/lessons learned during his time there. 6.  Meeting and learning from John Saylor. 7.  How cultural norms affect grappling traditions and why SAMBO culture was the best fit for him. 8.  How adaptation and change is required as an athlete ages both in technique and strength and conditioning needs. 9.  Taking the driver's seat in training and injury rehab. 10.  The Apache Leg Pin System and Scythe Armbar system.   Check out his seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K33NOcVatII&t=383s 11.  How armlocks and leg locks are related. 12 How a wrist injury led him to develop "hands-free" submission finishes and ultimately upped his finishing skills. **Post production by MediumCool, check them out at www.mediumcool.productions**

On this episode Jason Clark joins me to discuss: 1.  How Jason introduced me to Jiu-Jitsu. 2.  Jason's intro to BJJ from a friend with a VHS tape of UFC 2 while he was in the military. 3.  Early days at the Relson Gracie Academy in Hawaii. 4.  Getting his blue belt from Royce Gracie. 5.  Sparring with strikes. 6.  Why removing strikes allowed even self defense jiu-jitsu to evolve. 7.  Grappling with weapons. 8.  His time as a research scientist studying kidney development and birth defects, and how that experienced informed his jiujitsu journey. 9.  Why you should put your BJJ belt rank on every resume. 10.  The "1 Year Rule" from Angela Duckworth's book "Grit." 11.  How he structures his classes and why he emphasizes culture in his youth and adult classes. 12.  His scholarship offer for LEO's. **Post production by MediumCool, look them up at www.mediumcool.productions for your podcast audio needs.**

On this episode Brian Freeman discusses: 1.  His introduction to BJJ through his daughter. 2.  Meeting his BJJ instructor and coming up with a training plan based on his abilities. 3.  Why we are all adaptive athletes in one way or another. 4.  Coming to his first class and learning to move in new ways organically through BJJ training and trial and error. 5.  Adjusting concepts to his body, and its abilities and disabilities. 6.  Using BJJ competition as a training stimulus vs. just going to win or lose. 7.  How Kyle Maynard influenced his BJJ journey. 8.  Having a game built around attacking from unorthodox or bad positions. 9.  Why 40 is the best age for a BJJ athlete. 10.  Life lessons from Renzo Gracie. 11.  Why coming to class when injured is still beneficial even when rolling is not an option. **Audio production by MediumCool**