The Bat-Phone Podcast Ep. 88: The New Blues!! Thomas Britten-Jones and Matt Phillips

In this episode we introduce to you the First Ever Blue Belts graded at the MatLab Grappling Academy!!! I believe one of the largest gaps in grappling is from white to blue and this was such a fascinating look at how two great yet very different practitioners were able to walk in the doors, open up to a whole new world of knowledge, experience the trials and tribulations of rolling and then finally find the clarity of technique that allowed them to be awarded the new rank of Blue Belt. This journey is one we all undertake and is a path that some of you are still on! It's always great to hear how people with such different lifestyles whther it's family, work, athletic endeavour of hobby pursuit can come together and share in the process of bettering their life through grappling. We discussed so many great topics including the impact of the grappling community for positive Mental Health, finding the right weight class for competition, the different schools of thought regarding Strength and Conditioning for combat sports, the process of technical programme development at MatLab and of course fan out over the many outstanding performances at ADCC.