Bro Away the Gi

Bro Away the Gi

With Mark from Gracie Barra Long Eaton and Paul from Five Rings Grappling Academy. www.graciebarralongeaton.co.uk and https://5ringsbjj.com

Episodes

June 15, 2020 52 mins

Another lockdown episode talking about looking out for each other in these unprecedented times, the recent FloGrappling event featuring the Ryan's and the Ruotolo's, Kid's coding, the mental impacts of missing BJJ and hear Paul get a cable tie stuck on his finger!

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Episode 72 of Bro Away The Gi features Mike 'The Atlantic Grappler' talking about his 2022 solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. The row will put him alone on the ocean for anywhere between 60-90 days. 

He explains his motivations, the charity who will receive the raised donations and the physical and mental training he will have to do to prepare.    Mike is a BJJ black belt at Gracie Barra Harrogate as well as a former Royal...
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The audio from a recent breakdown with Tye Ruotolo from his breakout match with Paulo Miyao from ADCC 2019.  Listen to how he approaches passing the almost impassable guard of Miyao and what was going through his mind during that insane kneebar.

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A different episode today - a chat with a professional Business Agility expert (or, Agile Coach) Carl Bruiners, discussing how the principles of flow and Kanban could relate to different sports, including Brazilian JiuJitsu.  Best engage your brain for this one!

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April 29, 2020 36 mins

Still in lock-down, the boys talk about the Craig Jones vs Vinny Magalhães match (and the shocking finish) the dangers of amazon when bored/drunk/locked down/all of those things!  Check out @hipoutclothing on Instagram

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April 18, 2020 34 mins

Hear how the guys are dealing with the COVID-19 lockdown.  What makes them laugh, and what infuriates them!

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March 30, 2020 41 mins

Hear how the boys are coping with lock-down and how JiuJitsu continues in an online capacity!

It's tough to find positives in this situation, but more frequent episodes of BATG? Got to be worth a little something!  ;)  

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March 25, 2020 48 mins

The gyms are closed, and the boys are over Skype - crazy times!

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December 13, 2019 48 mins

Episode 66 - Paul talks about Grapplefest 7, fan-boying at the REORG end of Year gathering and The Mandalorian.  Mark tries not to cough directly in to the Mic!

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November 6, 2019 56 mins

Episode 65 - The boys discuss the day,  spent coaching at a comp; some upcoming milestones for the Podcast (69 dude) and Paul reveals something unknown from his childhood... 

Intrigued?  Then go download it, at most decent Podcast outlets!

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October 15, 2019 44 mins

After an 8 month break the boys are back - we catch up on 2019 ADCC and the upcoming Grapplefest 7 (as well as the usual nonsense!)

Music: Warporn Industries

 

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February 8, 2019 57 mins

Episode 63 - The first of 2019 and the competitions are already coming thick and fast.  The Midlands Interclub division is looming, and hear about the behind the scenes from pantheon. Available on iTunes and Podbean.  Music: Warporn Industries.

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December 17, 2018 88 mins

Ben joins the Podcast for the third time, and tell us about how he started training Judo and BJJ, his early days training in Brazil and his  involvement in the new association 'Gordo BJJ Europe'. 

His book Surviving the Gracies should be out next year (we hope)

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November 26, 2018 62 mins

Finally, after a lot of technical issues, we're back with an episode where both of us can be heard!  So, just a lot of catching up, and watching Grapplefest - we hope you enjoy! 

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September 14, 2018 32 mins

Episode 60 - The boys are back after a long lay off, and have news of some exciting guests coming up, plus preview of Figure 4 promotions second event, a Craig Jones seminar at Five Rings and a 24hour Grapplethon in Long Eaton.  Subscribe and all that stuff! 

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May 13, 2018 74 mins

Episode 59 - the lads chat while watching ACBJJ 13, including Keenan Cornelius vs. Yuri Simoes and Gordon Ryan vs. Vinny Magalhaes.

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April 4, 2018 81 mins

Episode 58 - The boys are joined by Keiran Broadhead, who shares his amazing story.  From his first BJJ class weighing 128kg, Keiran has lost 50% of his body weight.  We discuss the mind set that enabled him to start, and continue such an amazing change. iTunes and everywhere!

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February 28, 2018 75 mins

Episode 57 - Ben Poppleton.  After a long break, the boys are back, with Ben Poppleton - this time in the studio.  Ben Poppleton is a legend of UK BJJ, and one of the UK dirty dozen.  Hear about the early days of BJJ in the UK, getting battered by Judo's greatest arm lockers, and the upcoming book 'Surviving the Gracies' all in his best northern drawl! Quote of the Podcast: "I'm an knob-head, but I'm not a w...

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November 23, 2017 83 mins

Episode 56 - Paul and Mark are joined by Jack Briggs; BJJ practitioner and new author.  They talk about his BJJ journey so far, his new book (How to give yourself a Payrise - available now on Amazon) and they (as usual) drift off to talk about money, fighting, mental health, food and a whole raft of nonsense! 

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October 22, 2017 76 mins

Episode 55 - Chris Thompson.  The guys are joined by competitor, new academy owner from the North West and BJJ brown belt, Chris Thompson.   They talk about the state of grappling in the North West, the state of the average grapplers knees, catch wrestling, cross training, the term grappling and the IBJJF.  Thanks to Chris's sponsors, GAMBARU FIGHTWEAR.

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