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Hosted by Anna Janovics · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 26 episodes
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Grip Grind Glory is the lifestyle brand for judo players who train with purpose and think deeper than just drills and medals.The podcast is hosted by Anna Janovics — late starter, full believer, and fellow grinder — this show explores the real journey behind the mat: the mindset, the meaning, and the mess of personal growth through grappling.If you're a judoka rebuilding yourself through movement, you'll find raw reflections, honest conversations, and the kind of fire that keeps you coming back — to training, to yourself, and to the life you're building.No hype. No shortcuts. Just the grip, the grind, and the glory.
Anna Janovics hosts Grip Grind Glory: Judo Reimagined, a sports show with 26 episodes published.
This year we stopped talking about the adult pathway in judo — and started building it. In this episode, Anna and Balázs sit down to reflect on the first two Grip Grind Glory Experience events. Why did we create The Expe
4% of judo players compete. 96% don’t. So why is the goal to make that number higher? In this episode, I unpack a recent survey sent to veteran members by the British Judo Association — and the assumption sitting quietly
E24 - 2025: The Year Grip Grind Glory Became Real 2025 was the year Grip Grind Glory stopped being an idea and started becoming real. In this end-of-year episode, I look back at how GGG was born — not from ambition, but
Judo and BJJ have spent years arguing about who does it better — the throws or the ground, the tradition or the lifestyle. But the truth is simpler: neither sport is complete on its own. In this episode, we break down th
Most adults don’t leave judo because they stop loving it. They leave because the sport stops giving them a path. In this episode, we go straight into judo’s biggest blind spot: the 20–50-year-old “lingering adult” who st
Judo doesn’t need fixing — but the way we talk about it does. In this episode, we take a hard look at the current judo landscape: who it speaks to, who it leaves out, and why so many adults feel disconnected from the spo
In this episode of Grip Grind Glory, Anna sits down with lifelong judoka and coach Lisa Lydon, whose journey spans decades of change in British judo — from strict dojos and bowing rituals to today’s more relaxed, inclusi
Episode 19 – The White Belt Who Doesn’t Care About Belts Not every judoka trains for the next belt. Some just show up — no deadlines, no grading pressure — simply to feel the difference in themselves. This episode is abo
Why Do We Start Judo Late? And Why Do We Wait? Why do some of us step onto the tatami late in life — and why do so many of us wait? In this episode of Grip Grind Glory, we dig into the real motivators that push adults to
In this episode, I sit down with Oscar Pearson, a 23-year-old martial artist who has already trained across taekwondo, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and now judo. We talk about what each discipline gave him, why he ad
In this episode, I sit down with Balázs, head coach of Hajime Judo Club, to explore what it really means to live judo. From starting as a five-year-old in Hungary, to competing, recovering from injuries, and eventually c
Episode 15 — Hard Is The Point. It’s Judo. In this episode, I dive into one of my favourite topics: hardship. Judo is supposed to be hard — that’s why it works. The grind isn’t a punishment, it’s the training itself. Fro
Episode 14 — Your Well-Deserved Holiday You might not want a break from judo — but sometimes, the club closes, the coach is away, and the holiday season forces one on you. In this episode, I share why these breaks don’t
Episode 13 — Showing Up With an Injury In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of my finger injury that almost made me stop training judo — but didn’t. After two weeks of limited movement and uncertainty, I re
In this episode, we challenge the overuse of the word elite in martial arts — and the quiet damage it causes. What started as a descriptor for full-time athletes has become a dividing line that makes everyday judoka feel
E11 — You Don’t Have to Be Serious to Take It Seriously Are you too committed for a hobby... but not chasing gold medals either? This one’s for the judoka stuck in between. In this episode, we dismantle the lie that only
Nobody likes the warm-up. But what if the part you rush through is actually the one that matters most? In this episode, we’re diving into the warm-up — not just in judo, but in life, business, comebacks, and personal gro
Episode 9: 9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Judo Starting judo as an adult isn’t just hard—it’s awkward, humbling, and wildly unpredictable. In this episode, I’m sharing a few things I wish someone had told me befo
Episode 8 – Why Female Judo Community Matters In this episode of the Grip Grind Glory Podcast, we go deep into a topic close to my heart — the lack of a real female judo community, and why that needs to change. If you’ve
Episode 7 – Women in Martial Arts In this raw and honest episode, I open up about what it’s really like to be the only woman on the mat — and what that experience has taught me about confidence, leadership, and self-wort
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