Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast

Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast

di Andre Hansel

Miglioramento personale Sport

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Boost BJJ Progress & Longevity (By Rotating Your Jiu Jitsu)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast, Andre and Chase discuss the importance of rotating your jiu-jitsu techniques and overall game plan to prevent constant wear and tear on specific joints and parts of your body as well as make better overall progress in your BJJ development. Spreading out that wear and tear can significantly impact keeping your body healthy for BJJ and life in general. They also talk about how rotating your jiu-jitsu game plan can impact your overall development of BJJ skills and competency and how all of the factors interconnect.

Are Jiu Jitsu Seminars Worth It (Evaluate For Yourself + Alternatives)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast Andre and Chase discuss whether or not it is worth it to attend jiu jitsu seminars. They talk about whether or not BJJ seminars are more or less useful based on your current skill level, some mindset ideas that allow you to get the most out of attending a jiu jitsu seminar, and a bit about the experience of attending a seminar. They also discuss factors that you need to consider about what type of instructor is teaching the seminar both in terms of their skills and their body type matching your goals and body type. They also discuss situations where there are more effective alternatives such as taking private lessons, picking and choosing video instructionals, and consuming YouTube content for jiu jitsu.

9 Reasons Why Lower Belts Can Tap Upper Belts

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast, Andre and Chase break down 9 factors that lead to BJJ lower belts tapping out BJJ upper belts. They go into the idea of balancing these factors both as a lower belt and upper belt jiu-jitsu athlete and how to integrate a mental reframe to properly handle these situations and make progress.

3 Impactful Reasons to Strength Train for BJJ (And How)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction Podcast, Andre and Cary go over some important reasons why jiu-jitsu athletes can't ignore strength training as a part of their weekly training regimen. They talk about what positive roles having a strength reserve plays in getting quality learning repetitions, what role strength plays in technique effectiveness, and what benefits strength training provides for BJJ injury prevention and recovery. They also talk about how to build up strength training for busy grapplers with competing priorities for their time.

How Jiu Jitsu Adults Could Train Better (Lessons From Kids BJJ)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction podcast Andre and Chase discuss how adults approach training BJJ much differently than kids do. Kids jiu jitsu tends to be a generally more positive environment and do not get bogged down by negative emotions. We explore ideas that adult BJJ athletes can use to shift their thinking to enjoy BJJ more consistently and ultimately end up with a smoother path to learning jiu-jitsu faster.

Mental Reframe to Prevent Boredom & Make Progress in BJJ

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction podcast, Andre and Chase discuss how to prevent the boredom that happens as a natural part of the learning cycle in jiu jitsu. Throughout training in BJJ, your skill levels and challenge levels will change and go out of balance in cycles. In this episode, we go over several ways to adjust your training and mindset to prevent boredom. Adjusting your challenge levels alongside your skill levels takes time, but keeping these in alignment will optimize both your learning and enjoyment of jiu jitsu.

How BJJ Has Evolved & When to Learn Leg Locks

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction podcast Andre and Henry discuss a variety of topics ranging from the evolution of jiu-jitsu over the last 15 years, how training BJJ as a teenager differs from training as an adult, and how and when to integrate leg lock entanglements as a jiu-jitsu athlete that is new to leg locks.

Jiu Jitsu Competition Prep (BJJ Fight Camp Principles)

Andre and Chase discuss how to prepare for a BJJ competition by mirroring what works in a fight camp type scenario. The advice applies to all forms of combat sports, including BJJ white belts or other grappling beginners preparing for a jiu-jitsu competition. Even if you are more experienced in jiu-jitsu, but have not studied how to peak your performance for an event, this episode will be useful for you. Chase Gamble is the Team USA Head Coach for Youth MMA and has been preparing his athletes for competing in the IMAAF World Championships in Abu Dhabi all year. He has made a career out of preparing combat sports athletes as a coach.

Getting Emotional After BJJ (Why It Happens & How to Mitigate)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction podcast, Andre and Chase discuss why BJJ tends to make people emotional. They also talk about mitigation strategies to help smooth out the emotional lows and turn them into productive life moments.

Why People Quit BJJ (And How to Avoid Quitting)

In this episode of the Jiu Jitsu Junction podcast, Andre and Chase discuss the common reasons why people quit BJJ. They talk about topics ranging from the issues of expectation of progress to actual progress mismatches all the way to how to set goals and adapt your life to include jiu-jitsu even when you are in a season of life in which you cannot prioritize training.

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