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Walking the BJJ Gauntlet covers everything from the history of Brazilian Jiujitsu, why it matters, its effectiveness as a street defence and kids being bullied, as a bulwark against PTSD and anxiety, what happens in a BJJ class, even how to survive your first three months training. We’ll also explain the belt grading system and we’ll remove, or perhaps even add to, the great mystique of the black belt. At the end of each episode, John will deliver a little secret black belt’s tip .Stay tuned for that. New podcast weblog
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Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
James Tomlinson is a man who came into Brazilian jiujitsu armed with a black-belt in Taekwondo only to be belted to hell and back.
For the next thirteen years, JT trained non-stop until he held a black belt in BJJ, competing hither and yon, Brazil, America, Canada.
JT's an author, an inventor of a jiujitsu card game (JuGo) and comes equipped with fantastic stories of heel-hook kings Lachlan Giles and Craig Jones and of rolling with "mythological creatures".
"I'm an adversity seeking creature," he says.
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