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This week we bring you one of the top no-gi grapplers in the world. Justin Rader is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Rafael Lovato Jr. You can find Justin training and coaching at Lovato’s School of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Here is a more detailed profile on Justin.
- Justin Rader
We talk about:
- His competition style
- What he did as a child and how that has effected him today
- The calf slicer
- His role as a coach
- The current set of rules in Jiu-Jitsu and how he would change it
- What would happen if you got a -1 for pulling guard
- Why he dislikes advantages
- How a change of rules would change the art
- His ideas of what submissions should be illegal
- His history of not tapping to submissions
- Wrestling as a kid
- Some differences in training BJJ and wrestling
- The benefits of doing a competition
- How he runs the kids class
- The lack of take downs in adult BJJ
- The importance of a good stance
- Why you need good endurance to have an effective stance
- Advice for people who can only train 1 or 2 times a week
- His take on the new star wars movie :)
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Quote of the week: “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost, 1963
Article of the week: 7 powerful ways to fail better
Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast
