Published by Josh Lu and Jake Luigi
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!
Listen on Apple PodcastsElton Wells is the owner and head coach at Ambush Muay Thai. We chat about his system for striking, CLA for striking/mma, the retrospectives he does with his team and much more. Hope you enjoy this conversation! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Jake and I talk about getting inside and outside the elbow from standing and while defending front headlock and what options you have from there for wrestling. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Drake Roth ( @dek_grappling ) returns to talk about open vs closed skills, how individuals can be intentional with their training, measure progress/learning, operationalize improvement, and adjust task goals over longer periods of time. Drake also writes periodically on substack, Grappling with Skill . The blog post we referenced can be found here . Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, I chat with Ahmed Gebril ( @gebrilgrappling ), a purple belt training out of Connecticut Submission Grappling . He's been actively competing since he started training a year and a half ago and we dive into CLA, improvement, mindset, and how he approaches skill training vs open mats as he preps for competition. Hope you enjoy the episode! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Jake and I revisit the cross grip half guard passing and Russian two on one as I start to play with those in training. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode I chat with Drake Roth (@dek_grappling) about his journey learning about the science of skill, information processing vs dynamic systems theory, and how this all relates to jiu jitsu. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode Jake and I talk about the leading edge as it relates to half guard passing. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Jake and I brainstorm some ideas we've been thinking about for stand up / wrestling. Here's Jake's video we referenced , hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, I chat with Rob Cole, we talk about CLA, his grappling style, the neutral top bottom framework that guides the intention for this CLA games, and much more. We also dive into guard, turtle and how he guides the intention for those positions. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode we chat with Max Bickerton , Head coach of Grapple Collective . We talk about Injana Goodman 's journey from a purple belt in 2023 to winning ADCC Trials in 2026, CLA, how Max thinks about mount and back in grappling, and more. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, we catch up on Jake's return! Getting back into jiu jitsu after injury, thinking about the leading edge when playing guard/passing, Deandre vs Dorian, and updates on our apps. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Ryan Moutinho ( @ryanmoutinho ), Owner of Connecticut Submission Grappling ( @connecticutsubmissiongrappling ) returns to the podcast to dive into what it was like opening a CLA gym, learning the business side of a gym, lessons and examples of scaling practice and more. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode I sit down with Raymond Chou ( @raymondchoujj ) and we talk about his experience coaching the UCSD team using CLA, our training here at Corvus, brainstorm games for berimbolos, the physics and anatomy lens of jiu jitsu, and more. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, we talk about where we're at with our apps, Jake's Outlier Database and Sherpa, the mobile app. We also reflect on years creating content, first time monetizing, and the journey thus far. Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode we get to talk to Rod (@ intheblack.jj ) from Standard Jiu Jitsu. Rod has been training under Greg Souders for many years and we talk about the evolution of Standard Jiu Jitsu, the CLA wave in jiu jitsu, making content for the Youtube Channel, Standard Jiu Jitsu, and their Skool Community . Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, I chat with Alex , Gino , and Mateusz about their journey's evolving and coaching with the contraint led approach. Hope you enjoy another edition to our coaching panel series! You can check out the Standard Jiu Jitsu Skool community here . Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, Jake brainstorms ideas with Lucas Kanard on various finishing positions from match footage and study. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this check in episode, we talk about our journeys as creators comparing youtube, podcasting, streaming, and then get into jiu jitsu and explore the quad pod, cross grips, and concepts like using connection vs grips. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode, we have three coaches, Ryan Moutinho ( @connecticutsubmissiongrappling ), Rudy Gonzales ( @mythicfightteam ), and Nick Hernandez ( @vacavillegrappling ) who I met from Greg Souder's Skool Group who have started coaching using the Constraint Led Approach within the last few years. We talk about the common early challenges, lessons learned, and try to capture recent advice for anyone trying out the approach. Hope this is helpful! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
In this episode we revisit Lucas Kanard's instructional, his match footage, and talka bout how he defends outside passing and under the legs passing. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa , the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50% off your first month on 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!
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