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This week we talk to Wil Horneff. This interview is packed full of great training advice and you can tell Wil has a passion for training and helping his students. Wil is a Black belt under Ralph Gracie, he owns a school in Westwood NJ called Training Grounds Jiu-Jitsu & MMA. At Training Grounds they teach BJJ, MMA, kickboxing, and have a kids program.

We talk about:

• How some movies eventually got Wil into BJJ
• What it is like running his school
• Books he recommends: Gold Medal Mental Workout for Combat Sports, and The Inner Game of Tennis
• Why he focuses on adding pressure to his game
• Training with some high level BJJ athletes
• The current rules for IBJJF and why they are set up the way they are
• BJJ and self-defense
• Some of the ways BJJ needs to be changed to help in a street fight
• How training in the Gi can help for self defense
• He gives advice for 1st year students
• The importance of drilling until you can't do the move wrong
• S-Training and how it helps develop skill
• Wil's current goals
• Why creating space is bad for BJJ
• Why you need to not drill moves in isolation
• Getting more confidence and being calm during competition
• Advice for your first time compeating
• What Wil was like as a blue belt
• Advice for developing your own game plan
• Developing a culture of learning and leadership in his gym
• Some traits that Wil looks for in a good student
• We talk about some of Wil's history in acting
• He played the bully in the movie "The Sandlot"
• He gives behind the scenes stories of "The Sandlot", "Born to Be Wild", and "The Shining"

Wil Horneff Contact info- Westwood NJ Training Grounds Jiu-Jitsu & MMA, His email wil@njtraininggrounds.com

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