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This week we bring back a listener favorite Roli Delgado. Roli has been a BJJ black belt for ten years. He runs a very successful school in Little Rock, and he is well known for his ability to perform and teach leg locks. Roli trains with GFteam and his coach is Denilson Pimenta.
We talk about:
This week we bring back a listener favorite Roli Delgado. Roli has been a BJJ black belt for ten years. He runs a very successful school in Little Rock, and he is well known for his ability to perform and teach leg locks. Roli trains with GFteam and his coach is Denilson Pimenta.
We talk about:
- His off the mat life and changes toward jiu-jitsu
- Changes in his coaching jiu-jitsu
- The difference between coaching and teaching
- Coaching a student that is having a difficult time finishing a match
- The mental side of competing
- His martial arts background
- How he learned to work off the fence at TUF
- Training with Billy Robinson
- How Billy Robinson would answer questions differently than you would expect
- Catch wrestling as a sport and it’s uses for MMA
- How dangerous heel hooks actually are
- The rule sets he likes
- He explains the funnel concept for BJJ
- Developing athleticism and doing BJJ
- Dealing with a hand injury
- He gives us a cheat sheet for running a BJJ gym
- Interesting thoughts on handling complements
