Jason Manly: Italian food, Berkeley and Diaz brothers, BJJ for self defense, team Vettori

Jason Manly was born and raised in Southern California. He then relocated to the Bay area with a track and field scholarship at Berkeley; in the meanwhile, he started to train BJJ under Cesar Gracie, earning his black belt. Jason coached countless MMA elite athletes, including Ronda Rousey, Rampage, and Marvin Vettori. That led him to visit Italy numerous times, to the point he could start understanding Italian cousine and the differences with its representations overseas. In this podcast, we discussed his college experience, the effectiveness of grappling in MMA, and BJJ in a street context.