Chris speaks with Jiu Jitsu black belt Roy Dean about everything from his early start earning black belts in the traditional martial arts of Judo, Aikikai Aikido, Seibukan Jujutsu and Enshin Itto Ryu Batto Jutsu, a Japanese sword system, all the way to achieving his 4th degree in BJJ under Roy Harris. They discuss martial arts in general, but mostly their shared passion for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the best ways to learn, to teach, and Roy's unique approach to it all as colored by his history and his training under Roy Harris.

Roy has a great website and produces a lot of excellent video content for the Jiu Jitsu community often in collaboration with his student and friend Rick Ellis who was on episode #39. Roy also has two books out about his martial arts journey, "The Martial Apprentice" and "Becoming the Black Belt" (Chris has read the latter and highly recommends).

He is also producing a new coffee table style book called "Groundswell, the Rise of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in America" which is a beautiful piece of work that honors the history of the art, and you can see the fully funded Kickstarter page for here.

Website: https://www.roydean.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@roydean
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roydeantv
IG: @roydean_

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Chris and jiu jitsu black belt Rick Ellis talk about his career path that led him to establish The Art of Skill website which produces engaging video content primarily for the BJJ community, his founding and hosting of the Old Grapplers Summit events for practitioners over 40, teaching jiu jitsu, the unique style of his teacher Roy Dean, and of great importance to Chris, who is 49 now, they also get into training methodologies for the aging grappler.

Website: https://www.theartofskill.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/theartofskill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartofskill/
IG: @RickEllisHQ

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Chris has an enlightening conversation with Jack Taufer, a Dave Kama Jiu Jitsu black belt. They talk about his beginnings in the art looking for a way to deal with street fights in Utah as a young man and then finding Jiu Jitsu which changed his life. They also discuss his time traveling and teaching the art to students all over the world. They also talk about the importance of Rickson Gracie teachings and why he is interested in continuing to share that knowledge with other practitioners.

IG: @JackTaufer

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Chris has a conversation with 3rd degree black belt Ryan Young who runs Kama Jiu Jitsu's Dallas Texas location. Ryan has been training since 1989 under Relson Gracie in his home state of Hawaii. He talks about the early days of Jiu Jitsu in America and how he eventually met Rickson Gracie student and Dirty Dozen member Dave Kama. Chris and Ryan also talk about the preservation of Rickson Gracie lineage Jiu Jitsu as a holistic system, the difficulties of teaching and learning the art, and what is lost in modern Jiu Jitsu.

Kama Jiu Jitsu and Instagram

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Chris catches up with Nathan Orchard, a 3rd degree BJJ black belt under Eddie Bravo at 10th Planet. They talk about his unorthodox beginnings as a self taught MMA fighter, and his move to focus on Jiu Jitsu in the 10th Planet system where he was promoted to blue belt status before ever taking a class. Later the conversation turns to philosophy not just on Jiu Jitsu but ancient wisdom practices and observations on modern trajectories.

NathanOrchard.com and Instagram

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Host Chris Odell has a long and amusing conversation with BJJ Black Belt and somewhat reluctant BJJ instructional video star Chris Burns. They discuss Chris' history and current work in the realm of Jiu Jitsu, their shared passion for the original martial art, particularly as shown by Rickson Gracie, in contrast to the sport style. They also explore the teaching mindset, and dig into Chris' unique, sometimes controversial personality and presentation.

Chris Burns is a second degree black belt under Rickson Gracie and the founder of the Zero Point Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy. He also works with The BJJ Project which produces a ton a of great content with his teachings.

Chris Burns' Instagram and Facebook

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Chris sits down with James Driskill, a Rickson Gracie black belt currently serving as Rickson's full time uke and assistant instructor. James has applied the principals of learning to many areas of life including regenerative agriculture, cannabis farming and many more topics covered in the discussion.

Intro and outro music by Twenty Shades of Red with excerpts from a speech by Alan Watts (Do You Do It, or Does It Do You).

Josh McKinney and Chris Odell have a fun talk about various topics revolving mostly around Josh's life journey from being a fat kid needing exercise to becoming a top level competitor, to founding his own gym.

Josh is also the host of a podcast that Datsusara proudly sponsors called "I Suck at Jiu-Jitsu". " where "each episode will help you suck just a little less at jiu-jitsu, or your money back"!

Josh McKinney's "I Suck at Jiu-Jitsu" Podcast and YouTube Channel

Intro and outro music by Twenty Shades of Red with excerpts from a speech by Alan Watts (Do You Do It, or Does It Do You).