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This week we bring you Roy Dean. Roy is a great example of a martial artist he is a 3rd degree black belt in BJJ, and he also has several other black belts. Roy has recently completed his book Becoming the Black Belt: One Man's Path in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

We talk about:

• His start in BJJ
• First experiences with no-gi
• How he has used his skills in audio and video to promote BJJ
• He shares the story of getting his blue belt that is in his book
• Why he did not use stripes at his school other than white belt
• How he developed a smooth style of BJJ
• How the training environment has changed in BJJ
• Learning BJJ online vs on the mat
• His travel plans and becoming a student again
• Advice for running a school
• First tournament advice
• The good and bad of competing
• Advice for the new black belt
• More info about his book Becoming The Black Belt

Links:

• Becoming the Black Belt: One Man's Path in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
• roydeanacademy.com
• Roydean.tv
• Origin Gis

Quote of the week: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started" Mark Twain

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Catch us next week for otherer episode of The BjjBrick Podcast