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The Grappling Monthly Podcast celebrates the art, the community, and the culture of grappling. Join host Sébastien Maniatopoulos as he chats with guests from around the grappling world. Learn about each guest’s personal grappling journey, and their views on the current state and future of grappling, the business side of the grappling arts, cross-training, nutrition, and much more!
SebDM hosts The Grappling Monthly Podcast, a sports show with 48 episodes published.
In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, I sit down with Professor Rose Miller in San Diego for a conversation about jiu-jitsu, identity, competition, injuries, coaching, and the psychology of taking the sport s
In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, I sit down with Professor Aleksandr Ustimenko at All In Academy Los Angeles. Aleksandr's story starts in Russia, where he first found Brazilian jiu-jitsu after earning hi
Professora Monika joins The Grappling Monthly Podcast to discuss building a jiu-jitsu practice around learning, movement, and longevity. Monika began training after first trying Muay Thai in Hollywood, where watching the
Professor Shoya Ishiguro is Japan's top black belt competitors and a fixture at the highest levels of IBJJF competition. He joins the podcast in Los Angeles, where he has been training for three weeks ahead of the IBJJF
Tayane Porfírio joins The Grappling Monthly Podcast at Alliance Jiu Jitsu in Huntington Beach for a conversation about her start in Brazil, the Alliance competition team, winning early, returning to high-level competitio
Professor Lila Smadja-Cruz is a second degree black belt from 10th Planet under Eddie Bravo. She started at the Bomb Squad in West Hollywood doing Muay Thai at fourteen, watched Eddie Bravo and a group of no-gi practitio
Mike Dytri is the founder of Vanguard Kimono. He is also a third-degree black belt under Chris Haueter, a former MMA fighter, a longtime designer in streetwear and skateboarding, and the design consultant behind Gracie B
A lot of beginners do not struggle in jiu-jitsu because they are untalented. They struggle because they go too hard, too soon, and never learn how to pace themselves. In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, Rod
Professor Fabio Holanda has spent decades teaching jiu-jitsu and MMA through a clear lens: top position matters, fundamentals matter, and technique should still work when the pace rises and the consequences change. In th
From Rio de Janeiro to Montreal’s West Island, Professor Marcelo Bonança talks about starting in martial arts, leaving a finance career, reconnecting with jiu-jitsu in Canada, and what it means to teach in a way students
If you train jiu-jitsu long enough, pain is not the surprise. The real question is whether you know how to recover intelligently and stay on the mats. In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, I sit down with Dr.
Professor Marvin Castel and Coach K of 10th Planet Torrance join The Grappling Monthly Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, gym ownership, teaching philosophy, women’s training, self-defense,
Mauricio “Tinguinha” Mariano joins The Grappling Monthly Podcast for a conversation on the older generation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the transition from vale tudo culture to modern academy structure, and the changes that
Professor Anjanette Lima started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in her mid-30s. No athletic background. No grappling experience. She Googled "gentle martial art" and ended up on a mat in Virginia doing forward rolls until
What can jiu-jitsu actually give you beyond technique and medals? In Episode 34 of the Grappling Monthly Podcast, we sit down with Professor Thyago Martins — owner and head instructor of TM Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in
In Episode 33 of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, Professor Laercio Fernandes of Alliance Laguna Hills shares his journey from São Paulo, Brazil to building a structured, system-driven academy in Southern California. Profe
A jiu-jitsu gym is supposed to be the safest room you walk into all week. The recent allegations involving some of the biggest names in our sport pushed a harder question into the open: what does real safety look like in
On this week's episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor Blake Kasemeier in sunny Glendale, CA. @blakeoftoday is a father of two, a prolific storyteller, a writer, a bada
On this week's episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, I had the honor of sitting with Professor Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller at his academy in Ventura, California: Paragon BJJ. Professor Ricardo Miller, commonly known i
This week's episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast we had the privilege of sitting down with 6th degree black belt and legend in the game: Professor Chris Haueter in his home in Redondo Beach, California. Prof. Haueter
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