Epi 52 Rafael Ellwanger Gracie United
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
Release Date: 10/13/2014
Epi 374 One thing leads to the next
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
Don't put your cart before your horse in BJJ. Byron recently tried this and it does not make for great training.
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BjjBrick Epi 373 Value your teammates
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 260 That's just another tool in the tool bag Gary Hull
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
The BjjBrick podcast will be taking a break for a while. Many thanks to the listners! Byron Jabara
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BjjBrick Quick 259 "Iron Sharpens Iron But a leather strap will also sharpen iron A stone wheel will also sharpen iron The reality is, many things can sharpen an ax" Joe Thomas
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 258 "No matter how stressful the situation you find yourself to be in realize that success will come in the form of technical solutions to problems not appeals to our emotional side" John Danaher
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 257 "If you ask me what belt I am today I’ll tell you that I’m a white belt that never gave up" Jean Jacques Machado
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 256 "The art of Jiu-Jitsu is worth more in every way than all of our athletics combined." - U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 255 The older I get the better I get
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 254 The older I get the more I need to watch my diet
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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BjjBrick Quick 253 The older I get the quicker I reject techniques
BjjBrick Podcast- BJJ, no-gi and good times!
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Rafael Ellwanger is from Rio De Janeiro, he has been a BJJ black belt since April 10, 2006. He opened his won gym called Gracie United, in Hammond Louisiana. Gracie United has 15 schools in or near the Louisiana area.
- Rafael Ellwanger
We talk about:
- Rafael's early BJJ, and an accident off the mat that broke both his legs
- Why it can be difficult to start BJJ
- How safe BJJ can be compared to training other sports
- The rules of IBJJF
- His thoughts on the double guard pull and the 50/50
- Some of the current rules of BJJ
- His early training in Brazil
- His family not wanting him to do BJJ for a living
- Some of the rewards off the mat of BJJ
- The social benefits of BJJ
- Teaching BJJ full time
- Training with lower belts
- Some older BJJ matches
Contact Rafael Ellwanger on his website or on his facebook page.
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The BjjBrick Podcast has been going for 1 Year with this episode!! We have managed to pull off an episode every week. We (try to quickly) go down the episode list for anyone who has missed something that you might want to go back and check.
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