Rob Kahn is a BJJ black belt under the legendary Royce Gracie.
Chris Lytle and Mike Davis of the #LytesOut Podcast take Rob Kahn deep in an interview where we go long!
As one of the first five black belts in America under Royce, Khan was there for much of the early days of JJ in the States. A wealth of knowledge, Kahn has gone on to be one of the foremost teachers and tacticians in JJ, but you know us, we like the old school stuff! Enjoy.
Interview from January of 2021.
0:00 Podcast intro
0:19 Guest intro, interview start 0:40 Starting at a boxing gym
5:00 Golden Gloves tournament
6:05 Intro to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu:
meeting Jon Burke
9:20 Moved to California to train with the Gracies,
went back to NY to set up
Gracie affiliated school
11:17 Telling parents he wants
to study BJJ
12:59 Won two MMA fights:
why not pursue MMA?
16:45 The fast track: a double edged sword
18:50 Gym fighters vs
"moment of truth" fighters
19:22 Clay Guida story
21:03 Why didn't Rickson fight
Gokor Chivichyan or
Kazushi Sakuraba?
23:47 BJJ school rivalries
24:48 Fake Brazilians and fake people in SoCal
26:47 How BJJ changed from the early 90s
31:33 Relationship with Justin
"Chim Chim" Garcia
35:40 Justin Garcia at ADCC, faces Roger Gracie
39:57 Meeting Matt Arroyo
43:01 From coaching strict BJJ
to MMA BJJ
43:35 The impact of wrestling
on MMA
46:34 Matt Arroyo on The Ultimate Fighter
47:47 Matt Arroyo at ADCC
51:22 Discussion about fighter's mentality
53:01 Ed O'Neill tells old school boxing story
55:47 Thrown in the deep end:
Matt Arroyo vs Matt
Brown (I and Il)
59:35 Coaching Billy
Quarantillo
1:03:00 Bubba the Love
Sponge stories
1:07:32 Meeting Howard Stern and his wife
1:10:42 Real coaching vs poaching
1:12:16 Rob Kahn's "BJJ
Manifesto"
1:14:53 Thoughts on Robby
Donofrio
1:16:06 Joe "Bamboo"
Wissmann
1:17:06 Gabe Maldonado
1:18:01 Anton Yalch
1:21:03 Sonny Parlin
1:22:57 Wrick Tomas
1:24:40 Jeff Morris
1:25:41 Cristina Rodriguez
1:27:23 Tony and Brittany Way
1:29:21 Jeff Fleming
1:30:07 Interview wrap up
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