Episodes
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Eco in Jiu-Jitsu and Hockey?!? | HoG 42
In this conversation, Mike Lady and Matt Guffey explore the intersection of grappling and life, discussing the application of ecological dynamics in sports coaching, the transition from hockey to jiu-jitsu, and the importance of strength and conditioning for grapplers. They delve into load...
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Grappling with Mental Health | HoG 41
In this conversation, Mike Lady and Doug Ancey explore the intersection of grappling, mental health, and community support. They discuss the importance of recognizing mental health stigma, the role of medication, and the significance of community in jiu jitsu. The conversation also touches on...
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Speaking the Language of Skin | HoG 40
In this engaging conversation, Mike Lady, Cesar Clavijo, and Ryan Scialoia explore the profound connections between Jiu-Jitsu and life. They discuss unique teaching philosophies, the importance of health and longevity in martial arts, and the ethical responsibilities of instructors. The dialogue...
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Analyzing Data and Jiu-Jitsu | HoG 39
In this conversation, Mike Lady and Brad Congram explore the intersection of grappling, life, and personal growth. Brad shares his journey in Jiu-Jitsu, the challenges of balancing life as a new parent and a black belt, and the insights gained from both competition and professional life. They...
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Advocate for Your Health and Jiu-Jitsu | HoG 38
In this conversation, Mike Pabua shares his journey through Jiu-Jitsu and healthcare, exploring how grappling has influenced his life and career. He discusses the challenges he faced in both fields, the importance of resilience, and how Jiu-Jitsu provides perspective on life's difficulties. Mike...
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Ecological Jiu-Jitsu Collective | HoG 37
In this conversation, Eric Robinson shares his extensive journey in Jiu-Jitsu, from his initial introduction to the sport to his evolution as a content creator. He discusses the challenges and joys of building a community through social media, the importance of crediting creators, and the...
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Mastering the Art of Jiu-Jitsu and Mountain Biking | HoG 36
In this conversation, Mike Lady and James Wilson explore the intersections of mountain biking and Jiu-Jitsu, discussing James's journey from fitness training to becoming a Jiu-Jitsu black belt. They delve into the principles of mastery, the importance of biomechanics, and the evolution of…
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How to find your passion and pursue it to the fullest | HoG 35
Welcome back to Humans of Grappling, where we explore the intersection of grappling and everything else in life. We talk about applying grappling to everyday life, and everyday life to grappling. Mike describes how he’s been feeling in 2024 and how it’s different than what he felt in 2022. He…
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How to create ecological games in BJJ | HoG 34
Mike describes how anyone can start training ecologically by defining their own games with the elements of: 1. where to start 2. where to end 3. what each player is trying to do 4. how to "handicap" yourself to make things easier or harder depending on your skill level. Mike also talks about his...
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Use video game mechanics in BJJ | HoG 33
Mike describes how we can frame ecological Jiu-Jitsu games similar to video game tutorial levels. Mike relates this to his course and community on Sandbox BJJ. If you want to level up your game with a curriculum and community that guarantees results, check out www.sandboxbjj.com ⏩ the fastest way...
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Sandbox BJJ | HoG 32
Let’s play around in a sandbox to work on something How do we fuck around and find out? Doesn’t mean that this is directionless, it’s actually very empowering. We don’t have to have a “master” coach to get better. We can just start where we’re having trouble and sit there until we figure some...
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Work is going to be hard, but not necessarily in the way you expect it. | HoG 31
Summary In this episode, Mike reflects on his journey as a content creator and shares his insights on the challenges and expectations of work. He emphasizes the importance of taking action and iterating to figure out one's niche. Mike also discusses the difficulties of college and the transition…
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"Technical Writing and Jiu-Jitsu: Maintaining an Open and Critical Mind" with Doug Ancey | HoG 30
AI-Generated text: In this episode, Mike interviews Doug Ancey, a black belt in jiu-jitsu and a technical writer. Doug shares his journey in grappling, from starting with wrestling in middle school to discovering jiu-jitsu in college. He talks about the importance of fostering relationships in…
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Historical Ecological Innovations | HoG 29
One of the first things that blew my mind in history class was when my middle school teacher taught us about how boats were developed in parallel around the same time across cultures geographically nowhere near each other. Same thing happens today between companies, like fitness tech wearable...
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Ecological Incantation, or: Stories You Tell Yourself About Your Goals | HoG 28
Mike talks about how we can better use our natural pattern-matching subconscious mind to accomplish our goals, and how ecological dynamics may explain the practice of "manifesting". Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. What "slow parts" of the TV show of your life are you willing to sit...
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Progressively Overloading Life | HoG 27
Mike talks about recent small changes he's made in his life that are compounding already, such as his back squat working weight for 3 sets of 5 reps moving up from 225lbs to 270lbs in one month, adding 5 lbs to the bar each time. He shows how we can apply this principle to life in general.
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The Pain Teacher | HoG 26
Mike talks about how we can have "knowledge about" something, and never really gain "knowledge of" that thing, such as watching someone put their hand on a stove. Pain (discomfort) is the ultimate teacher and we want to leverage safe amounts of it to iteratively develop skills over time.
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Learning Tips from Someone Who Doesn't Like to Study | HoG 25
Mike talks about getting your ego involved as much as possible in the learning process in order to save time and not have to study later.
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HoG 24: Habit Stacking and Making Time for Things
Mike discusses his recent schedule optimizations and looks to figure out how to further improve and enjoy the things he does every day.
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HoG 23: One Year of Ecological Jiu-Jitsu
Mike talks your ear off yet again about Ecological Jiu-Jitsu, how it applies to everything, and how he's seen hints of this methodology throughout his life. He reflects on his 1.5 years of thinking about and applying the methodology to varying degrees in training.
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HoG 22: Take Care of Your Mental Health
Mike returns to talk about his personal struggles with mental health and how he has more or less overcome them.
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HoG 21: Hedging Against Black Swans in Jiu-Jitsu and Life
After reading 37 whole pages of "The Black Swan" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, I try to apply it to my life and go down a 3 hour dividend ETF rabbit hole. I reexamine my life for instances of "Mediocristan" and "Extremistan" and how I can set myself up to take advantage of the positives of both…
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HoG 20: Ecological Randomness
Look at that, a whole year of doing this podcast, only active for 6 months though. Well, I'm back and the only way this is going to be consistent is that it's going to be me rambling about once a week on topics that I'm churning over in my head and relating them to Jiu-Jitsu. I go off here on...
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A White Belt Experience x Humans of Grappling collab!
This was a fun one! Gabe turned the tables on me and interviewed me for his Youtube series, "A White Belt Experience". We run the gamut of talking about my journey to ADCC Trials round of 16, how I've conceptualized and learned Jiu-Jitsu, how I relate it to Software Development, and of course my...
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HoG 19: Chad Lyman - "Police Jiu-Jitsu"
Chad Lyman is a Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) Defensive Tactics coach, 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt and head coach of Xtreme Couture. We talk about his journey with Jiu-Jitsu and how he's been trying to get LEOs to train since the early 2000's. He has gone on to teach thousands of LEOs through his...
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HoG 18: Heather Woods - "How to be a Professional in Jiu-Jitsu"
Heather Woods is a Black Belt under Andre Galvao from Atos HQ. She is a Masters world champ in the gi, 2nd in nogi worlds masters division. We talk about her time training at Atos HQ and the army of training partners she had there. Heather has traveled, lived, and trained all around the world....
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HoG 17: Jimmy House - "Second Chance at Grappling"
Jimmy House is a multi-sport athlete: Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, powerlifter, bodybuilder, professional wrestler, and possibly more! We talk about lifting for grappling, wrestling, finding Jiu-Jitsu, lightweight vs heavyweight, Nicky Rod claiming natty, and more. Jimmy can be found @jhouse182 on IG…
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HoG 16: Ryan Scialoia - "Mechanics, Memes, and Meaning"
Returning guest BJJ Fanatics instructor Ryan Scialoia comes back to talk about what he's been excited to learn and teach about in Jiu-Jitsu, content creation, ChatGPT, meaning, etc. It was fun and we got pretty "in the pocket" in this one. Ryan's links Instagram @ryanscialoia YouTube...
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HoG 15: Greg Souders - "Ecological Jiu-Jitsu or: How I Learned to Stop Drilling and Love Games"
Coach Greg Souders is the head coach of Standard Jiu-Jitsu. He teaches a 100% nogi program that takes an Ecological approach to training. This takes the form of strategically planned "games" similar to situational sparring in order to develop robust grappling skill without drilling. Greg is...
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HoG 14: Martin Lopez - "MMA Economics"
Martin Lopez is an MMA economist, grappling competitor, and overall BAMF. We talk about our recent match against each other at High Rollerz, his passion for MMA, why he loves Jiu-Jitsu, our shared training history, and more. Martin's links: https://wartape.com/...
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HoG 13: Phill Schwartz - "Community-Centric Jiu-Jitsu"
Phill Schwartz is one of the owners of 10th Planet Portland and he also runs No Gi Summit (https://www.nogisummit.com/). We talk about how his study of military history applies to his training and teaching style, how to see the way broadly, and how he supports his gym member's goals. This episode...
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HoG 12: Jonathan Fuentes - "Jiu-Jitsu is a ritual for knowing oneself"
We talked about: Jon's experience as a bodyworker / biomechanics enjoyoor, how he prepares and maintains himself training jiu-jitsu, different training modalities he's tried and how he learns something new from each. Jon has a subscription-based IG page called @biomech_wars Jon trains with Ryan...
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HoG 11: Mike Lady - "Gentlemen's Agreement"
I talk about the stakes of grappling competitions and how the incentives of "professional" paid and unpaid shows do not necessarily align with the best interests of the competitors, particularly in the realm of injuries sustained during competitions. To put it more straightforward: there should…
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HoG 10: Adrian and Hannah Jimenez - "Science is f***ing around and finding out"
Adrian and Hannah Jimenez are the owners and operators of Herbal Hannah Wellness, a clean, natural, handcrafted skincare line of soaps, deodorants, lip balms, and more. Hannah is a chemist, which means she's wicked smaht, and Adrian is hilarious. Together they are chasing their dreams both on and...
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HoG 9: Jordan Wirth - "Looking into it"
We “look into it” in this episode. We talked about Turkish oil wrestling technique, the early controversy of leglocks, William Randolph Hearst, aikido, samurai, and what our personal goals are. You can check out Jordan on instagram @jordanwearsnogi and his sponsors @jardin_lasvegas and Synergy…
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HoG 8: Katie Schultz - "Genetic Predisposition to Kick Ass"
We talked about Katie's science career and interest in genetics, how jiu-jitsu provided an outlet for her goal-oriented personality, and how further research needs to be done in the field of "giving a shit". Katie is a lab equipment field engineer and white belt at 10th Planet Las Vegas. She can…
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HoG 7: Rudy Plaza - "The Art and Science of Photography"
We talk about what a picture means to Rudy, going all-in on his dream, and how jiu-jitsu has significantly improved his mental and physical health. Rudy Plaza is a professional photographer + videographer and a 10th Planet Las Vegas Purple Belt. He can be found on instagram @oodlesofroodles This...
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HoG 6: Doug and Kyle Mccaslin - "Family (Collar) Ties"
We talk about how Doug and Kyle found jiu-jitsu, training differences between father and son, Kyle’s competitive success, and how Doug hopes that Kyle sees the lessons learned from jiu-jitsu can be applied to everything in life. Doug is a database administrator and 10th Planet Las Vegas Purple…
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HoG 5: Ali Minaian - "Martial, Musical, and Digital Artist"
Ali Minaian is a 3D digital artist by day and a DJ / music producer by night. We talk about Ali's journey to finding his passions in traditional and martial arts. Check Ali's music out at @saint_rigal on Instagram. His linktree is https://linktr.ee/SaintRigal *note I forgot to hit record on Ali’s...
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HoG 4: Rashad Satterwhite - "Chipping Away to Get to the Diamond"
Rashad is an up and coming MMA fighter training in Las Vegas. We talk about training, his varied martial arts background, and how he's looking forward to showing the world his exciting, well-rounded skills. You can find him at @satterwhitetakeover This episode was sponsored by @ikuzoathletics,...
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HoG 3: Ryan Scialoia - "Malleable Purpose"
Mike sits down with BJJ Fanatics instructor Ryan Scialoia to discuss jiu-jitsu giving life meaning and purpose, but also facing down the possibility of finding purpose without it. Ryan's links https://www.instagram.com/ryanscialoia https://gofund.me/1e2ccce6...
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HoG 2: Pocholo Cruz - "Verbal Judo"
Mike sits down with Pocholo Cruz of Pankration Philosophy. Pocholo views his profession as a salesman through the lens of an ever-improving martial artist. He uses "verbal judo" to navigate the flow of the sale to close deals. Check out Pocholo's links below https://www.patreon.com/pankration...
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HoG 1: Mike Lady
Mike Lady is a 10th Planet Las Vegas Purple Belt and software developer. He enjoys mapping concepts between grappling and software development as a means of exploring how humans learn. This episode was sponsored by @ikuzoathletics, check them out for clean, simple rashies and shorts. Ikuzo……
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