Are you a failure when you tap out in Jiu Jitsu?BJJ Dirty Dozen member David Meyer was a newly promoted Rigan Machado black belt who was struggling on the mats. He was so nervous about being bested by anyone since becoming a black belt that became all he could think about. That was until Rigan said, David, I give you permission to tap. After hearing those words David looked at the tap in a whole new way.On this Takeaway, Thomas and Gary discuss the different ways people look at tapping and how tapping can be beneficial to your Jiu Jitsu.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://fsi.org/Episode Highlights:3:16 Win a T-Shirt5:08 Our Beautiful Guest11:38 Brazillian Jiu Jitsu vs Other Jiu Jitsu15:45 Has Jiu Jitsu Been Watered Down22:56 David’s New Journey28:32 Taking Off My Black Belt and Putting on a White     Belt36:37 First Last More43:19 Training with Rigan Machado53:32 Permission to Tap1:04:58 Paving the Way1:23:14 Gustavo Dantas’ Question

On today’s episode, we have another Dirty Dozen member, David Meyer. David is not only one of the first non-Brazilians to receive a bjj black belt but he is the first American to medal in the IBJJF World Championships.David was already a black belt in a different style of jiu jitsu before he started training with the Machados. He soon realized that what Rigan Machado was doing on the mats was vastly superior to what he knew. David started a new martial arts journey under Rigan and he shares that journey here with us.Here is The RŌL Radio with Dirty Dozen member, Rigan Machado black belt, author, animal welfare activist, and a man who went from black belt to white belt and back again, David Meyer.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://fsi.org/Episode Highlights:3:16 Win a T-Shirt5:08 Our Beautiful Guest11:38 Brazillian Jiu Jitsu vs Other Jiu Jitsu15:45 Has Jiu Jitsu Been Watered Down22:56 David’s New Journey28:32 Taking Off My Black Belt and Putting on a White     Belt36:37 First Last More43:19 Training with Rigan Machado53:32 Permission to Tap1:04:58 Paving the Way1:23:14 Gustavo Dantas’ Question

How do you measure your Jiu Jitsu? Do you measure it against the other people on the mats or do you measure it against who you used to be? After a great conversation with Gustavo Dantas, Thomas and Gary, discuss how you should focus on what you have done, the gain, rather than what you want to do, which puts us in the gap.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://gdjiujitsu.com/http://jiujitsutribe.org/https://www.thebjjmentalcoach.com/https://www.instagram.com/gustavodantasbjj/https://www.instagram.com/jiujitsutribe/https://www.instagram.com/gdjiujitsuacademy/

On this episode, we are lucky enough to have, for the second time, Professor Gustavo Dantes.Today Gustavo discusses his views on work-life balance, how to find what type of training is best for you, the difference between watching and studying jiu jitsu, focusing on the gain vs the gap, and his nonprofit Jiu Jitsu Tribe.Here is The RŌL Radio with 6th Degree Black belt, Owner and head instructor at GD Jiu Jitsu in Tempe Arizona, author, podcaster, public speaker, certified Mental & Life Coach, president of the Arizona Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation, and co-founder of the nonprofit Jiu Jitsu Tribe, Gustavo Dantes.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://gdjiujitsu.com/http://jiujitsutribe.org/https://www.thebjjmentalcoach.com/https://www.instagram.com/gustavodantasbjj/https://www.instagram.com/jiujitsutribe/https://www.instagram.com/gdjiujitsuacademy/Episode Highlights:3:39 Kicking Doors Down9:19 Work-Life Balance12:16 Busy vs Productive17:35 Patterns27:07 Systems and Focus41:02 Speed Chess49:08 The Gain and the Gap55:53 Jiu Jitsu Tribes1:17:06 Kyle Watson’s Question

Kyle Watson and the other cast members had to fight their way onto season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter.  On their first night together everyone was getting along and having a great time. The next day they picked teams and everything changed. John Danaher one of the coaches that season said something like it was all us, until there was a them.On this Takeaway, Thomas and Gary discuss the Us vs Them mentality and how maybe having a different approach, a more inclusive and communal  one, may benefit everyone in the long run.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.watsonbjj.com/https://www.instagram.com/watson_martial_arts/https://linktr.ee/watsonbjj

Today’s guest went from a town so small that didn’t even have a stoplight, all the way to the UFC.On this episode, Kyle Watson shares his martial arts journey, one that started in college at bar room MMA fights, through to The Ultimate Fighter and the UFC, and now as a successful coach, instructor and academy owner.Here is The RŌL Radio with 3rd degree bjj black belt, Pan American Champion, Semi-finalist of TUF season 12, Total Fight Challenge Lightweight Champion, Kage One Lightweight Champion, and head instructor and owner of Watson Martial Arts, Kyle Watson.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.watsonbjj.com/https://www.instagram.com/watson_martial_arts/https://linktr.ee/watsonbjjEpisode Highlights:5:33 I Got Punched a Lot9:43 I Wanted to be Good at Something14:10 Training at Eastern’s Wrestling Room17:44 What’s the Goal of Your Gym20:10 TUF24:11 Entertainment vs Skill28:27 Toughest Parts of TUF37:27 Bet Parts of TUF47:38  Shorting the Curve54:30 Building a Culture1:04:15 Nick The Tooth’s Question1:07:18 Wisdom Comes With Expeience

Can you achieve the Mushin Mind, or mind without mind? Mushin is a mindset free of thought or emotion allowing you to connect with everything around you.After speaking with Nick "The Tooth" Gullo, Thomas and Gary discuss why being free of thought and emotion can be incredibly important on the mats.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.instagram.com/theinnerblade/https://www.instagram.com/nickthetooth/https://www.amazon.com/Into-Cage-Rise-UFC-Nation-

On this episode we are joined by Nick Gullo. NIck literally wrote the book on the UFC and shares his experiences on having unrestricted access to the the biggest fight promotion in the world. He also discusses his reluctance to train bjj, what it is like to train with the world class Mendes brothers, the Mushin mind or mind without mind and how that relates to his jiu jitsu and life off the mats.Here is The RŌL Radio with bjj black belt, multi-time world champion, author, podcaster, diet logevity and midfullness guide, and the man who currently has the best mustache in bjj, Nick “The Tooth” Gullo.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.instagram.com/theinnerblade/https://www.instagram.com/nickthetooth/https://www.amazon.com/Into-Cage-Rise-UFC-Nation-Episode Highlights:3:04: Gary’s Cranky Again5:52 Nick’s Stache9:27 Gary’s a Jedi11:42 I Already Wrestled I Don’t Want to Do Jiu Jitsu16:22 Telling Dana White Not to Buy the UFC19:08 Behind the Scenes at the UFC29:50 The Rise of the UFC33:56 Training with the Best of the Best39:35 The Mushin Mind53:02 Love Being Bad at Something57:45 Why is it Easy to Quit1:02:49 Jon Will’s Question1:14:05 GSP Sharpens His Steel

John Will has trained with many of the most respected and famous martial artists in the world, seemingly by accident. But were these encounters coincidences or did John unwittingly set these encounters up b decisions he made earlier in his life?On this Takeaway Thomas and Gary discuss whether or not coincidences exist or if everything that happens, even things that appear to be random happen for a reason.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.bjj.com.au/pages/john-willhttps://www.instagram.com/johnwillbjj/?hl=enhttps://www.redcatacademy.com.au/

Today’s guest is one of the most influential martial artists of his generation. He has trained with martial arts legends Judo Gene LeBell, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, and the Machado Bros. John Will is a member of the dirty dozen and is in fact the man who coined the phrase for the first 12 non-Brazilians to earn their BJJ black belts. On this episode John shares incredible stories of traveling the globe to train in various martial arts including some that have become dead arts.Here is The RŌL Radio with the first Australian BJJ black belt, author, world traveler, and instructor for various military and law enforcement agencies including the Australian Delta Force, and at Quantico Virginia, John Will.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1000 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey.http://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradio/https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.bjj.com.au/pages/john-willhttps://www.instagram.com/johnwillbjj/?hl=enhttps://www.redcatacademy.com.au/Episode Highlights:4:26 Podcasting from the Future5:30 Pioneer by Accident11:22 John’s First BJJ Experience17:21 Training with the Creators26:17 Reconsider My Life32:48 Rules of Engagement34:08 Bringing BJJ to Australia37:02 Reluctance to Accept the New39:21 India and the Dead Art51:11 How Many Arts Have Come and Gone56:00 Setting the Record Straight1:00:35 Fuzzy Goals1:06:57 Getting Smashed1:12:13 Jay Zeballos’ Question