The BJJ Fanatics Podcast

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  Fear Inoculation with Demian Maia 16.06.2026 1t 19min

  Demian Maia discusses performance anxiety in combat sports. He explains how it impacted him early in his career and how he overcame it. He also talks about the love/hate relationship elite athletes can have with their sport due to the pressures of winning.
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  BJJ Fanatics 673: Jake O'Driscoll 07.04.2026 1t 33min

  Jake O'Driscoll joins the show to talk about creating a training environment that breeds champions. He talks about the importance of coaches dedicating themselves to studying the game to help their athletes succeed. He also talks about straight ankle locks
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  BJJ Fanatics 673: Alberto Crane 24.03.2026 1t

  Alberto Crane returns to talk about his life in Jiu-Jitsu since being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He talks about how exploring Neurology has helped him and lessons he's learned. He also talks about the early days of being an American in Brazil!
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  BJJ Fanatics 672: Colton Crawford 05.03.2026 1t 13min

  Colton Crawford is a BJJ Brown Belt and the banjo player for the very successful Bluegrass band The Dead South. He talks about learning how to learn and the similarities between pursuing music and Jiu-Jitsu! 
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  BJJ Fanatics 671: Dallas Niles 24.02.2026 1t 29min

  Dallas Niles returns to talk about teaching and the fact that you do NOT have to be a champion to be an elite instructor. He also talks about heavy metal and getting sick overseas, and the value of simplifying your game. 
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  BJJ Fanatics 670: Michael Heinz 03.02.2026 1t 41min

  BJJ Black Belt Michael Heinz joins show show to talk about how meditation has impacted his journey in the art. He explains how to use meditation concepts before, during and after training to achieve better results. 
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  BJJ Fanatics 669: Glyn Powditch 20.01.2026 1t 9min

  Glyn Powditch is a leading voice in Jiu-Jitsu on breathing and breathwork. He explains how something as simple as learning how to manage your breathing during training and competition can have a tremendous impact on your cardio and performance.
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  BJJ Fanatics 668: Shawn Williams 06.01.2026 1t 29min

  Shawn Williams joins the show for the first episode of 2026! The topic for this episode is how to coach athletes. Shawn talks about providing relevant information, game-planning, managing nerves and strategy from the coach's chair. He also talks take downs!
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  BJJ Fanatics 667: Xmas with Kurt 23.12.2025 1t 4min

  Kurt joins us for the final episode of 2025! We talk about the potential alien craft near Earth, conspiracy theories, and how AI consistently fools Kurt on Instagram. Kurt also takes questions from the listeners and spreads Christmas cheer. 
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  BJJ Fanatics 666: Jeff Curran 02.12.2025 1t 45min

  Jeff Curran returns to share what its like to start and run a grappling tournament from scratch and life after professional fighting. He also opens up about growing up in poverty and a violent home and how Jiu-Jitsu changed the direction of his life
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  BJJ Fanatics 665: Roberto Godoi 18.11.2025 1t 18min

  Roberto Godoi returns to talk about competition for Masters athletes. He covers mindset, conditioning, tactics and conserving energy. He also explains how being "starstruck" when competing against a famous athlete is something to be completely avoided!
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  BJJ Fanatics 664: Shawn Melanson 04.11.2025 1t 51min

  Shawn Melanson joins the show to talk about running a gym specifically for competitors, how anxiety has impacted him on and off the mats, and developing take downs. He also shows his impressive reptile collection (check out the video episode on YouTube) 
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  BJJ Fanatics 663: Robert Drysdale 14.10.2025 1t 19min

  Robert Drysdale joins the show to share his latest research on the history of BJJ. He also discusses the ways that commercialization has helped and hurt the art and his thoughts on professional grappling's influence on the culture and future of BJJ
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  BJJ Fanatics 662: Chris Wojcik 01.10.2025 1t 33min

  Chris Wojcik joins the show to talk about goal setting, finding purpose, the value of regret and removing self-doubt from your mind. He also talks about his beginnings as a wrestler, his passion for writing and his recent performance at CJI 2! 
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  BJJ Fanatics 661: Malachy Friedman 16.09.2025 1t 23min

  Malachy Friedman returns to talk about his recent shift back into coaching high level athletes. He talks about competition mindset, how to gameplan for specific opponents and implementing your game intelligently. 
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  BJJ Fanatics 660: Roy Dean 02.09.2025 1t 33min

  Roy Dean returns to talk about ego-less training, the balance of ego for competitors and how to process losses in a healthy way. He also details his nomadic teaching lifestyle and talks about his recent trip to Japan, where he trained at the Kodokan!
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  BJJ Fanatics 659: Kurt Osiander 19.08.2025 1t 33min

  Kurt is back! In this episode, Kurt responds to lots of questions from the listeners, we talk music and the passing of the legend Ozzy Osbourne, Kurt breaks out his Boston accent and he talks about his desire to start a new cooking show!     
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  BJJ Fanatics 658: Justin Flores 05.08.2025 1t 3min

  JFlo is back! In this episode he talks about building good habits on your feet. He shares valuable insights for older or injured grapplers that breaks the traditional Wrestling meta; to not fight for positions so hard and yet still be dangerous.
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  BJJ Fanatics 657: Rick Ellis 15.07.2025 1t 13min

  Rick Ellis joins the show to discuss Jiu-Jitsu for older guys! He talks about what your goals should be and reframing your mentality as you age on the mats. He also talks about pitfalls to avoid like not regulating your intensity and comparing to others
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  BJJ Fanatics 656: Renato Canuto 01.07.2025 1t 46min

  Renato Canuto joins the show fresh off his professional MMA debut! He talks about his experience stepping into the cage, balancing grappling competitions with his MMA training, and gives a detailed breakdown of the 100 men vs a gorilla question!