Episode 144

It’s easy to think that jiu-jitsu should only be focused on winning. Kaelum Kalista has been running his new academy in Georgia for 4 months and as a competition focused school he has actually been thinking about losing. How do you teach people to deal with losing? Winners can’t be winners all the time and failing is just a part of being successful. In this episode Kaelum discusses where he wants to take his academy, teaching youngsters and dealing with an injury. •Where in the world is Kaelum Kalista right now? (00:42)•What is happening with Kaelum’s 4 month old academy and focusing on being a competition school (02:00)•You can’t have an academy focused on everyone (03:29)•Making your business focus on something which you happy (04:59)•Selling competitive jiu-jitsu to parents (06:31)•What Kaelum wants the academy to look like in 5 years (11:40)•Deciding whether to go back to the Dominican Republic (14:44)•How coming to the states has greatly improved his kid’s jiu-jitsu (16:18)•Guys who are talented but can’t handle losing (20:00)•Coaches want to teach their students how to win but how do you teach them how to deal with losing? (21:29)•How Kaelum and his brother dealt with their childhood adversity in different ways (24:49)•Tearing his pec and the benefits of Kaelum’s student’s watching him deal with injury (30:58)•The next dvd’s Kaelum wants to produce (40:53)•Competing in 2021 (42:12)•Jiu-jitsu is a way of life (43:20)Vince Lombardihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_LombardiSoutheastern Grappling Associationhttps://www.segabjj.com/