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Hosted by SebDM · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 56 episodes
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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 56 episodes published.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Pierre-Olivier Leclerc on 12 years at Tristar in Montreal, nogi competition, teaching, and training at 33 with 75 in mind. He walked into Tristar Gym as a white belt at 21 and never left. H
"If you understand the art at its core it is the art of de-escalation." That is Professor Jay Zeballos, three decades on the mats at the Jean-Jacques Machado Academy in Woodland Hills, describing Brazilian jiu jitsu in t
Every beginner does the same thing the first time someone tries to throw them. They stiffen. They fight it. They plant their feet and try to make themselves impossible to move. Sensei Kenji Osugi has spent sixty years ex
What happens to a jiu jitsu gym when you remove the head instructor entirely? In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, we sit down with Alex and Howard, co-founders of The Coop in Culver City, CA, a grappling gy
How does a major university wrestling program thrive as a club program rather than varsity? Coach Dave Guerrero has an answer that has nothing to do with money. In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, we sit do
In this episode of The Grappling Monthly Podcast, I sit down with Professor Hector Beltran at Academy Jiu-Jitsu for a conversation about competition, longevity, coaching, pressure, and the deeper lessons that come from s
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
Dr. Diana Wang
Doctor of Physical Therapy · Open Mat Physio
1 appearance on this show
Kenji Osugi
Sawtelle Judo
1 appearance on this show
Hector Beltran
Academy Jiu-Jitsu
1 appearance on this show
Tayane Porfírio
Alliance Jiu Jitsu
1 appearance on this show
Lila Smadja-Cruz
10th Planet
1 appearance on this show
Mike Dytri
Vanguard Kimono
1 appearance on this show
Rodrigo Freitas
InSpirit Jiu-Jitsu
1 appearance on this show
Fabio Holanda
Brazilian Top Team
1 appearance on this show
Marcelo Bonança
Gracie Barra
1 appearance on this show
Marvin Castelle
10th Planet Torrance
1 appearance on this show
Mauricio Tinguinha Mariano
Tinguinha BJJ
1 appearance on this show
Anjanette Lima
Legacy Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
1 appearance on this show
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