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JIU JITSU Lou

Welcome to the Jiu Jitsu Lou Podcast, the show in which I discuss the challenges and successes from the best in the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.So, to inspire you, and make you feel more confident in starting or continuing with your jiu jitsu journey, I will be chatting with those personalities and brands we may have heard of before, but don"t really know what goes on before they get to the mats!It takes someone like you to even think about starting in this sport, so come and follow my personal

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E064: Enea Lapa - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/02/15

Enea Lapa, also known as BJJ Comedy, has recently been promoted to Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He started Jiu Jitsu just to find a way to stay in shape as a twentysomething. As like many of us, Enea went into his first class thinking he could beat most guys in the room, of course this wasn't the case!Jiu Jitsu has changed Enea's life from many perspectives, and has always used his determination to keep going. The mindset he shares is that training and competing at Jiu Jitsu is not going to be

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E063: Paul Caswell - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/02/08

Paul Caswell is living the dream! Having started Lau Gar Kung Fu in his 20's, he now trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has recently been promoted to Black Belt. Paul is incredibly intentional in all of his jiu jitsu practice, and shares some of the detail that has got him to where he is today.We talk about the benefits of using the Kata gatame in the game, and ways that Paul records and measures his progress, gaps and skills in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Exploring how he approaches competition, and some of

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E062: Natalie Day - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/02/01

Natalie Day is a Mum of two, and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt who shares her story from being a Social Worker, feeling lonely and having not yet discovered her tribe, through finding her calling, to now having found human connection and growth in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.Natalie took the brave step in giving up her career as a Social Worker, to go all in on learning how to teach jiu jitsu. Having a dedication to serving people, and especially young people is what Natalie focuses her energy on, not

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E061: Professor Salvo Pace - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/01/25

Professor Salvo joins me to talk about jiu jitsu for community, and welcoming new students. Travelling around the UK, and all over the World to teach, or train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is something that grows our game, both in the art and in life.Progressing skills in Jiu Jitsu, is done by training more jiu jitsu is very wise advice shared by Salvo in this episode, and whilst we can find ways to enhance our own health, training jiu jitsu is the only thing that is going to make us better. Salvo talks

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E060: Jolie Boyle - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/01/18

Jolie joined a Women's Open Mat at the age of 33, and is now a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu having had an amazing journey. She shares her experience of training, and testing her jiu jitsu at both open mats and competitions.Getting through sad times in life has been helped by training jiu jitsu for Jolie. Over time, she has increased her ability to listen and act upon intuition, as much for life in general as well as for jiu jitsu. Jolie shares heartbreaking stories of the domestic abuse she

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E059: James Gwinnett - Blue Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/01/11

James Gwinnett is now a Blue Belt, who needed a new challenge when he started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Having spent years doing Ultra Marathons, it was seeing and hearing Tom Hardy competing, and describing how life changing BJJ was in dealing with addiction. James was inspired to begin his journey of sobriety back in 2013, after a number of years of heavy addiction and depression due to injury, and began long distance running.As a new parent, James now balances his family life with regularly

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E058: Craig Young - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2025/01/04

Craig Young is a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu having started training by-chance. Craig shares that very first experience; all the bad, and all the learning. Finding an outlet for his mental health was supported with training jiu jitsu regularly, and now has an incredible amount of focus, dedication and gratitude for competition.Moving gyms as a new Black Belt, can be intimidating. Craig talks about joining Checkmat Essex, with Spencer Hewitt, and being welcomed by everyone at the gym. Craig has

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E057: Mike Leng - Blue Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/12/28

Mike started martial arts as a child, albeit 'McDojo' martial arts, and it wasn't until he first experienced UFC that his love for the all-round approach of martial arts came into play. Mike took a period of 8 years out of training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu due to life experiences, and now trains as a Blue Belt at Stealth Teesside.Being a Nutritionist for the last 16 years, Mike now serves Athletes and Hobbyists in the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We discuss the importance of health and nutrition for

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E056: Simon Morgan - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/12/21

Simon Morgan is a Black Belt and has just returned to training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from an Arthroscopy, and a bit of an ACL repair, and he shares his experience of his last 15 years practicing the art, for Simon, BJJ is a way of life.Attending 40+ BJJ events gives Simon the opportunity to keep hold of his limbs and not get injured as much! Seeing friends and having fun really is a priority at these type of Open Mats and Seminars.Simon has the open-mindedness to want to learn from everyone, even as a

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E055: Dan Lester - Purple Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/12/14

Dan Lester is a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and started his martial arts journey back in 2014, during the time of the infamous Ice Bucket Challenge. One of Dan's specialism is leg locks, and combining that with his mission to support a mental health charity with seminars and open mats, he really is doing amazingly.We talk about Blue Belts being the 'Buffet Belt', where one might have a little go at everything, and it's not until the Purple Belt where one might skip warmups, and be found

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E054 Julia Scardone Livesey - Brown Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/12/07

Julia Scardone Livesey is an icon in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Judo in the UK. She now is moving to Thailand to continue her journey, along with the rest of her family. Julia shares her competition story, which began back in Brazil as a child. We talk about competing, winning or losing and the benefits of testing out your BJJ skills, together with some of the barriers that are faced when taking part in competitions.Bringing high level women, that train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu together was the initial aim

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E053 Zoë Lundy - Purple Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/11/30

Zoë is a Purple Belt who eats, sleeps and breathes Jiu Jitsu. She started Judo as a kid, and has since overcome the frustration of learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the beginning as she observed no purpose to it all. Zoë has an incredible confidence in her standup game from her Judo experience and she also has incredible skills at taking the back. Her goal is to be a well-rounded fighter.Having a coach is an integral part of the journey for Zoë. Leigh Remedios has contributed a significant number of

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E052: Spencer Hewitt - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/11/23

Spencer is now a third degree Black Belt after starting martial arts during his childhood, and ended up injuring his back boxing, losing his muscle strength until he started training and sparring in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Spencer shares the challenges of going from being very active and physical, to losing his confidence, a drop in mental health, and changing careers.The story of learning to deal with customers, especially in retail has served Spencer in dealing with individuals joining his BJJ

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E051: Dan Strauss - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/11/16

Dan Strauss is an experienced commentator, and talks about his recent experience on Polaris 30, along with some of the technicalities of the role. He talks about the 50-60 matches commentating on Cage Warriors available on UFC Fight Pass since 2020.Dan was first interested in martial arts as a teenager, starting with Japanese Jiu Jitsu in Mill Hill, and he's been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for close to 20 years, and has been a Black Belt for 10 years. We talk about the journey of the art,

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E050: Ian Butler - Wrestler & Grappler

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/11/09

Ian Butler is fresh off of Polaris 30, having brought his family to London for his debut at Polaris Professional here in the UK. He fought to the very end, and very much delivered the joy of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Ian reflects on his match performance and like many of us, being stuck in a really tight closed guard!Reflecting on every match you participate in, win or learn, you have to refresh and learn from feedback, video footage and anything else is so important for your personal progress. Ian talks

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E049: Danielle Sanniti - Blue Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/11/02

Dani's journey of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu started in Qatar shortly after her Mother suddenly passed away. Taking steps to grieve, heal and grow through the art of Jiu Jitsu is something many of us turn to. One of Dani's friends during this time took her to her very first class, that she describes as 'Jiu Jitsu Heaven'!Working through grief for Dani brought her a physical connection that was able to reconnect her emotionally to the present moment, on the mats. What comes through is that we don't know

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E048: Jade Barker - Brown Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/10/26

Jade Barker always wanted to be a Power Ranger, and ditched Ballet for Taekwondo at the age of 5. She trained with kids who were much older than her, and they became an inspiration to Jade, as did seeing, and wanting the large competition trophies. Growing up, Jade found a passion for fighting and striking during her teenage years and then met Colin Howells and began her jiu jitsu journey.She makes a very inspirational point in the transition from her beginnings of Jiu Jitsu at a small gym, to her

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E047: Andy Harris - Brown Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/10/12

Andy trains at Checkmat Plymouth under Ian Harrop, and is a Brown Belt. He brings his extensive years of coaching to the mats and always works on his A-Game.Topics:Training hoursBottom gameOne-to-One TrainingGuard PlayerRoute to SubmissionCoachingBoxingCompetition PrepStrength and ConditioningAndy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harris.a.bjj_and_fitness/The Jiu Jitsu League: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8infsWRCsQWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JiuJitsuLouCheck out my new show

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E046: Jon Bell - Purple Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/09/28

Jon Bell is a competitor in Freestyle Wrestling, and also trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu because he was unable to find places to continue his wrestling after returning from Afghanistan. He is now a Purple Belt and trains in and around York, UK.He is also a Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and is currently running a Grappling Injury Research Study, where he is trying to further understand injury prevention. Jon is seeing the majority of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu injuries in knees, because of the amount of

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E045: Michael D'aguiar - Black Belt

JIU JITSU Lou ·

2024/09/21

Michael is a Black Belt, and started his return to competition with a very smooth inside heel hook at Impact Invitational, albeit injured. He is also Head Coach at Gracie Barra Salisbury. The return to competition was something Michael wanted to do, to test the quality of his Jiu Jitsu, regardless of any barrier on the day.Being a smaller guy, Michael has built up a personal brand and positive reputation that far exceeds his physical persona. He has deep belief in his jiu jitsu, and brings such

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