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We’re back from a short hiatus and preparing to release several new podcasts and photo sessions of all of the Jiu Jitsu happenings in the DMV. Our first project is our “Why we compete” series which I’m super excited about. I will be visiting / training / photographing academies and competitors throughout the DMV as they prepare for the upcoming IBJJF DC Spring Open. The goal is to try to answer the most commonly asked questions asked by people who don’t train, “WHY do you do it” and “Whats the point?”

This weekend I will be at Standard Jiu Jitsu in Rockville https://www.standardjiujitsu.com  (Saturday) and Ground Control Columbia http://columbia.groundcontrolusa.com (Sunday). If your academy has competitors or you yourself are competing send me a message! I’m looking for men, women, young, and old who want to be heard.

I have a lot of questions lined up that I am sure the listeners want to hear.  Is it a requirement at your academy? Do you want to be a world champion? Is it simply a personal challenge to test your courage or face your fears? Or maybe its to test your skills against someone who doesn’t know your “game” and to pressure test  how you can handle yourself under stress.

If you don’t know why you compete, maybe this series will give you a few reasons to pass on to your family and friends so you don’t just look like some deranged lunatic who likes to torture your body.

As a bonus, for those who do not or have not competed, this series may motivate you to step up your training, join your teammates and finally take the plunge into competition.

DC Spring open is April 7/8. Plenty of time to sign up and grind out some tough training and preparation. http://ibjjf.com/championship/washington-dc-spring-international-open-jiu-jitsu/

Until next time, train safely and Keep Grinding

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If you haven’t heard the news or already seen us in action, we have recently begun to stream interviews via Facebook Live! We absolutely love the ability to interact with our viewers and answer your questions real time. For those who miss the Live Stream we will post the videos here on the website and continue to stream the audio via all of our usual podcast servers. Attached are our first two live stream interviews, the first with Professional Mixed Martial Artists Jesse Stirn and the second with Shogun Fights owner and organizer, John Rallo. These videos can also be found on our Facebook and Youtube pages.

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This episode is a special collaboration with TRAPP BJJ, full training library of world class black belt video instruction. We catch up with Ground Control and Shogun Fights owner John Rallo in between recording clips for the video library. We discuss the growth of Jiu Jitsu over the years and the increase in accessibility of Jiu Jitsu instruction both in person and online and whether or not this is a good thing. The actual recording is the audio captured from the live streaming video interview which can be found on Facebook at TRAPP BJJ. If you have time I recommend you check out the video. We are pretty entertaining guys.

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