Oct 7, 2012
Proof that a serious BJJ competitor can still be classy; Roy Dean talks with Stephan Kesting about BJJ, Judo, Aikido, and Path of the Martial Artist.
Roy Dean has black belts in kodokan judo and aikikai aikido, japanese jujutsu and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He's recognized as a black belt by the international brazilian jiu...
Jul 28, 2012
How do you go from being the smallest person in the class to a BJJ world champion! This is a really interesting interview with my friend Brandon 'Wolverine' Mullins. I first polled the Grapplearts.com newsletter readership if they had any questions for Brandon, and boy, did they ever!
I sifted and sorted hundreds of...
Jul 20, 2012
Vinicius 'Draculino' talks with Stephan Kesting about how surfing beach fights brought him into jiu-jitsu, what it was like training with the top Gracie and Machado fighters in Rio in the 1980's, and how self defense and vale tudo training were incorporated into the classes.
He also talks about the early BJJ competition...