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The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset
by Peter M. Deeley Jr. and Lucas Rubbo
When you improve your Jiujitsu, you improve your life. Lessons on the mat are life lessons.Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.Welcome to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset.
Episodes
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Dead or in Jail — Professor Ryan Brock on Jiu-Jitsu
Pete Deeley sits down with Professor Ryan Brock of Impact Jiu Jitsu in Hood River, Oregon — a coach who says, plainly, that without jiu-jitsu he'd be dead or in jail. They talk about the tough-love mentor he hated and later thanked, why competition is "pick your own poison" and where the art gets…
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Tough Over Strong — Steve Ficca on Grit, Kids & the Jiu-Jitsu That Never Bored Him
Pete Deeley sits down with Professor Steve Ficca of Odin's Halls BJJ in Las Vegas — a coach who found jiu-jitsu after boxing gyms and shuttered wrestling schools and never looked back. They talk about the first thing that never bored him, using the art to drive across the country and see the…
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The Body Grows From Stress | Cameron Shayne on Aging, Movement & the Warrior Mind
Founder of Budokon Cameron Shayne joins Pete Deeley for a deep conversation on the warrior's mind: why a warrior is not an athlete, why the body only grows from stress, how the self-talk of aging quietly holds us back, and how to judge the source of any advice you're given. A masterclass in the...
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Jiu-Jitsu Is the Serenity Prayer | Professor Eli Knight
Professor Eli Knight returns to The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, and this time we build the conversation around the hero's journey — the call, the crisis, the near-quit, the mentor, and the message he'd leave behind. Eli is a Royce Gracie black belt and one of the clearest thinkers working in self-defense...
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Professor Chris Burns: Rickson's "Invisible Jiu-Jitsu" & the Mission of Rickson Gracie United
Host Pete Deeley talks with Professor Chris about preserving Gracie Jiu-Jitsu—specifically Rickson Gracie's interpretation focused on practical self-defense, common-sense solutions to common attacks, and "invisible jiu-jitsu" principles like connection, base, timing, and control rather than...
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Jiu Jitsu Mindsets: Professor Juanta Wolf on Art, Fatherhood, Gym Culture & Competition
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Juanta "Tater" Wolf to discuss building a jiu jitsu life and academy while balancing family and community. Pete shares updates on the My Jiu Jitsu Journey app (including a new weight-loss component) and invites gym owners to carry Submission Coffee. Juanta...
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Change, Initiation, and Jiu Jitsu as a Modern Mystery with Professor Jason Hawkins
Change, Initiation, and Jiu Jitsu as a Modern Mystery with Professor Jason Hawkins The host of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset welcomes Professor Jason Hawkins, promotes the My Jiu Jitsu Journey app's new weight-loss component, and mentions Submission Coffee's wholesale program for gym owners. They discuss...
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Coach Levi Frank (Super Billy Gilly!)| Developing Self-Belief Through Jiu-Jitsu
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Coach Levi Frank to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, shares updates on Submission Coffee sponsoring the Momentum Martial Arts Competition Team and the ad-free My Jiu Jitsu Journey app, then explores how martial arts transformed Levi's life. Levi explains he lacked confidence…
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Professor Kenny Kim on Martial Arts as a Calling, Resilience and Rebuilding
Host Pete Deeley welcomes back Professor Kenny Kim to discuss when martial arts became a lifelong path for him, starting at age four or five and realizing by high school he wanted a future in martial arts. Kim shares how training helped him overcome racism, bullying, and childhood shyness by...
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Damien Blotzke on Martial Arts: Life Pivots, Competitions, and Self-Mastery
Damien Blotzke on Martial Arts as a Life Pivot, Competition, and Self-Mastery Host Pete Deeley opens by promoting the Momentum Martial Arts competition team, joking about "submission coffee" as a performance enhancer, and announcing the ad-free My Jiu-Jitsu Journey app with a small monthly fee.…
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The Might Mocifer! | Professor Mo Gobena on Fear, Community, and Competing: Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, and Life
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Mo Gobena to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, mentions sponsorship of Momentum Martial Arts Competition Team, Subscription Coffee, and the My Jiu-Jitsu Journey app. Mo shares how martial arts evolved for him from overcoming fear as a kid in dangerous 1990s Las Vegas…
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La Cazadora (The Huntress): Cassidy Roblero's Martial Arts Journey
Cassidy Roblero ("La Cazadora") on Martial Arts as an Outlet, Competition Mindset, and Building Confidence On this episode of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, the host shares updates on the My Jiu Jitsu Journey app (a zero-advertising, subscription-based jujitsu-only platform) and Submission Coffee...
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Jiu Jitsu as a Life Pivot: Humility and Persistence | The Splendid Savage Professor Carlos Reyes
Professor Carlos Reyes (Splendid Savage) on Jiu-Jitsu, Humility, Self-Defense, and Life Change Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Carlos Reyes ("Splendid Savage") to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, promotes the My Jiu-Jitsu Journey social app and Submission coffee, and discusses how jiu-jitsu redirected...
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Sensei George Rego on the Martial Arts Mindset: Be Difficult to Harm but Easy to Respect
Host Pete Deeley welcomes listeners back to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, promotes subscription coffee and announces the new app "My Jiu-Jitsu Journey," then interviews Sensei George Rego about his lifelong martial arts path. Rego describes walking into an old, gritty dojo as a child and feeling…
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Flow and Feel: Jiu-Jitsu Wisdom with Professor Darien Cobon
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Darien to discuss how lessons from jiu-jitsu transfer to life and how first principles, efficiency, and environment shape learning. Professor Darien emphasizes concepts over flashy techniques, urging beginners to build fundamentals like posture, base, weight...
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Commitment Without Attachment: Professor Michael Casey's Insights on Jiu-Jitsu
Professor Michael Casey on Playful Learning, Trust, Breath, and Real-World Jiu-Jitsu Host Pete Deeley interviews Professor Michael Casey on why jiu-jitsu learning should start relaxed and playful, noting that fun and visible improvement keep both kids and adults training. Casey describes how he...
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Veterans Breakthrough: How Jiu-Jitsu Helps Veterans Rebuild Purpose, Health, and Community
Veterans Breakthrough: How Jiu-Jitsu Helps Veterans Rebuild Purpose, Health, and Community On The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, Pete Deeley speaks with the founding board of Veterans Breakthrough—Chris (Navy), Kyle Zipf (Marine Corps infantry), and Phillip Marcum (Army 10th Mountain)—about how Brazilian...
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Finding the Way: Ryan Hurst on Martial Arts, Life, and Legacy
Host Pete Deeley interviews Ryan Hurst of GMB Fitness about how martial arts shaped his life and teaching. Hurst began martial arts in high school, visited Japan at 18, and an influential kendo instructor encouraged him to stay; a planned short exchange became 28 years in Japan, including…
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Vini Fonseca on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu: Confidence, Mission-Driven Teaching, and Serving Everyone
Host Pete Deeley welcomes instructor Vini Fonseca to The Jiu Jitsu Mindset to discuss how Gracie Jiu-Jitsu shaped Vini's confidence, boundaries, and identity through a gentle, game-based childhood introduction around the Gracie family, including Rickson, Royler, and Helio. Vini explains he began...
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A Talk with Rodrigo Freitas: Embracing the Jiu-Jitsu Mindset
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Rodrigo Freitas to the Jiu-Jitsu Mindset and discusses how Freitas's life might have differed without jiu-jitsu, noting his background in soccer, swimming, and love of music and travel. Freitas recounts starting jiu-jitsu at 13 in Brazil amid harsh training,...
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Professor Eddie Kone on Finding Jiu-Jitsu, Mentorship, and Preserving a Legacy
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Eddie Kone to the Jiu-Jitsu Mindset where they explore Cohn's 30-year Jiu Jitsu journey beginning March 12, 1996. Kone describes a troubled youth spent in children's homes and periods of homelessness, developing an ego-driven, scrappy mentality that led him...
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Kindness, Discipline, And Harmony with Professor Jason Cruz
Jason Cruz Rickson Gracie Jiujitsu "Pure Bred" Rooted in tradition, Jason's journey began at age seven training on wooden floors and makiwara boards. He earned a Traditional Karate Black Belt and is a Guro in both Pangamot and Lameco Filipino Martial Arts, which along with his experience in Jeet...
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Professor Dave Meyer: When Someone Calls For Help, You Are the Help
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Coral Belt Professor Dave Meyer to The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, noting Meyer's Ageless Warrior Lab podcast and his animal welfare work. Meyer explains he began ujitsu jat age six, making it inseparable from his identity, and says martial arts discipline and strategy improved…
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Trauma to Triumph: Dr. Jason Shields and the Power of Jiu Jitsu
Professor Dr. Jason Shields on Jiu Jitsu, Meditation, Trauma, and Competition Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Dr. Jason Shields to The Jiu Jitsu Mindset. Dr. Shields describes how Jiu Jitsu uniquely taught him resilience through losing, regaining control, and finding a "home" community, plus...
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Crafting a Timeless Path | Rafael Lovato Jr.'s Unstoppable Journey
Rafael Lovato Jr. on Timeless Jiu-Jitsu, Competition, and Overcoming Adversity Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Rafael Lovato Jr. to discuss passion, discipline, and growth through jiu-jitsu. Lovato reflects that, had he not pursued martial arts, he might have followed music or fitness,...
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Professor Steve Maxwell on Old-School Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Challenge Matches, and Training for Longevity
Professor Steve Maxwell on Wrestling, Early Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Challenge Matches, and Training for Longevity Host Pete Deeley interviews Professor Steve Maxwell on Jiujitsu Mindset about how wrestling and strength training shaped his life, his early lifting roots near York Barbell, and how…
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Professor Jack Taufer on Learning, Longevity, Competition & "Invisible" Jiu-Jitsu
Professor Jack Taufer on Jiu-Jitsu Learning, Longevity, and "Invisible" Mechanics Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Jack Taufer to The Jiu Jitsu Mindset and asks how Jiu Jitsu has shaped his life since starting at 15 in 1995, compared with paths like skateboarding, basketball, woodworking...
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Think Street, Train Sport, Practice Art with Professor Chris Haueter
CHRIS HAUETER 6th Degree Black Belt 6th degree Black Belt and member of the dirty dozen (the first 12 non-Brazilian black belts). Chris was the first American to submit a Brazilian in competition, the first American to compete as a black belt at the Mundials in Brazil and he continues to travel…
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Tait Fletcher on Jiu-Jitsu, Truth, Persistence, and Healing
Tait Fletcher on Jiu-Jitsu, Truth, Persistence, and Healing Pete Deeley interviews Professor Tait Fletcher about how combat sports shaped his life and character. Fletcher traces his path from Dog Brothers stick fighting to early Jiu Jitsu training in the 1990s, learning from figures including…
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Professor Scott Burr on Radical Accountability and Training with Rickson Gracie
Host Pete Deeley interviews Professor Scott Burr on how jiu-jitsu shaped his life by enforcing radical accountability, honesty, and responsibility for results. Burr describes coming from a traditional Korean striking art through MMA into Jiu-Jitsu, valuing its endless depth and continuous...
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Jiu-Jitsu as a Force Multiplier: Clay Cox on Ownership, Timing, and Raising Lions
Jiu-Jitsu as a Force Multiplier Ownership, Awareness, and Leadership with Clay Cox, a Black Belt under the legendary Rickson Gracie. Host Pete Deeley opens by recounting being submitted at a well-run Phoenix tournament and promotes JiujitsuMindset.com, Submission Coffee, and the Jiujitsu Mindset...
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"We Can Get Back What They Took From You" — Coach Donavin Britt on Martial Arts, Manhood, and Transformation
Coach Donavin Britt on Building Las Vegas Combat Academy, Mental Toughness, and Protecting Gym Culture Host Pete Deeley interviews Coach Donavin Britt on The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, discussing Britt's path from apprenticing under instructor Roger Donofrio into becoming a Krav Maga and…
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Finding Power in Grappling: Awareness, Perception, and Judgment with Eddie Fyvie
Host Pete Deeley welcomes listeners back to The Jujitsu Mindset, promotes Submission Coffee, the JiujitsuMindset.com store, and a Jiujitsu Mindset Online Academy kids class for ages 7–12, then interviews professor Eddie Fyvie. Fyvie describes growing up in a rough upstate New York neighborhood…
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Kickflips to Kimuras: Jake Johnston's Jiu Jitsu Journey
Jiu Jitsu Journeys: Jake Johnston From Skateboarding to Jiu Jitsu In this episode of Jiu Jitsu Mindsets, host Pete Deeley welcomes Jiu Jitsu expert Jake Johnston for an engaging conversation. They discuss the importance of self-defense in Jiu Jitsu, reflecting on Jake's path from a technically...
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Professor James Driskill: Harnessing and Directing Energy in Life and Jiu Jitsu
In this episode of Jiu Jitsu Mindset, host Pete Deeley interviews Professor James Driskill about the profound impact Jiu-Jitsu has had on his life. They discuss the mutual benefits of martial arts for personal discipline and overcoming life's challenges such as addiction and homelessness.…
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Jiu Jitsu as a Framework for Life with Professor Drew Vogel
The Resilient Jiu-Jitsu Journey with Professor Drew Vogel In this episode of Ju Jitsu Mindset, host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Drew Vogel to discuss the life-changing impact of Jiu-Jitsu. Drew shares personal anecdotes about his transition from smoking and unhealthy habits to focusing on...
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The Tortoise's Journey: Perseverance in Jiu-Jitsu and Life with Jim Dieckman
In this episode of Jiujitsu Mindsets, host Pete Deeley converses with Jim Dieckman about their shared experiences in jiujitsu, particularly focusing on how the art has influenced their lives both on and off the mats. The discussion spans various topics, including the challenges of being older...
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Transformation and Growth through Jiu Jitsu with Chrissie Vogel
The Jiujitsu Mindset: Transformation and Growth with Chrissie Vogel In this episode of The Jiuj Jitsu Mindset, host Pete Deeley shares insights into the journey and experiences of Chrissie Vogel, co-founder, and instructor at Framework BJJ. Vogel discusses her initial interest in Jiujitsu, the...
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Finding Peace Through Combat Sports: An Interview with Coach Adam Duthie
The Transformative Power of Jiu-Jitsu: A Conversation with Adam Duthie In this episode of Juujitsu Mindset, host Pete Deeley navigates the discussion solo and welcomes guest Adam, a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and coach, to explore the transformative power of Jiu-Jitsu. Pete shares personal updates,...
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Proper Alignment in Jiu Jitsu and Life with Professor Craig Sainz
In this episode of 'The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset,' host Pete Deeey interviews Professor Craig Sainz, a dedicated chiropractor, business owner, and jiu-jitsu practitioner. Sainz discusses the profound impact jiu-jitsu has had on his personal and professional life, emphasizing the alignment, structure…
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Professor Gustavo Dantas | Jiu-Jitsu, Personal Growth, and Success
In this episode of the Jiujitsu Mindset, Pete Deeley hosts a conversation with Professor Gustavo Dantas. While sharing personal milestones, Pete announces the birth of his granddaughter and promotes their signature 'Submission Coffee.' The discussion delves into Gustavo's journey from a…
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Chris Burns | The Hero's Journey
In this episode of 'The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset,' the host reunites with Professor Chris Burns for a deeply philosophical and candid conversation. They explore the varied journey of Professor Chris, from his struggles with an early disjointed life to finding solace and passion in Jiu-Jitsu. Chris...
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Strength, Strategy and Empathy: A Conversation with Professor Mikal Abdullah
In this episode of 'The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset,' host Pete Deeley converses with guest Professor Mikal Abdullah about the profound impact Jiu Jitsu has had on his life and career. Starting from a challenge in a stranger's garage to becoming a global Jiu Jitsu instructor, Mikal shares his journey of...
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Waves of Experience: Chris Burns on Jiu Jitsu and Personal Growth
In this episode of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, Pete Deeley sits down with Professor Chris Burns for an insightful conversation. While Professor Lucas Rubbo is unfortunately absent, Chris Burns steps in to share his unique journey and philosophies. Chris discusses his diverse background, from being a...
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Surfer to Sensei: The Journey of Professor Ira Daugherty
In this episode of the Juujitsu Mindset, Pete Deeley speaks with Professor Ira about his incredible journey from a young surfer in Hawaii to becoming a respected Jiu-Jitsu instructor. Professor Daugherty shares his early experiences and background, highlighting his shift from a life of surfing…
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Lessons from Professor Q: Embracing Resilience and Growth
In this episode of 'Jiu Jitsu Mindsets,' Pete chats with Professor Michael Quaintance, also known as Professor Q. They discuss the dedication and commitment required to excel in Jiu Jitsu and how this martial art has helped people transform their lives. Professor Q shares his personal journey,...
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The Jiu Jitsu Journey: Resilience, Redemption, and Triumph with Stephen Owens
In this engaging episode of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset, Pete Deeley takes the helm solo as Professor Lucas is away fulfilling his various roles. Pete welcomes Coach Stephen Owens, a passionate jiu-jitsu practitioner and MMA fighter, to share his compelling life story. Stephen recounts his tumultuous...
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The Intersection of Martial Arts, Business, and Personal Growth with Avery Lorenzato
The Jiujitsu Mindset: Unveiling the Intersection of Martial Arts, Business, and Personal Growth with Avery Lorenzato Avery shares insights on the discipline required to excel in both business and jiu-jitsu, along with his own journey involving seven small businesses. The conversation explores...
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Connecting Martial Arts and Spiritual Healing with Luke Jensen
Pete and Luke explore the profound connections between practicing Jiu Jitsu and embarking on spiritual healing journeys. Luke shares his experiences from training in Juujitsu, starting at age 37, and his work with plant medicine retreats in Peru aimed at healing PTSD and other challenges. They...
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Rolling with a Purpose: Professor Scotty Hammonds on Life, Sales, and Jiujitsu
The Transformative Power of Jiujitsu with Professor Scotty Hammonds In this episode of Jiujitsu Mindset, host Pete Deeley goes solo as Professor Lucas is away. Pete discusses the benefits and personal impact of Jiujitsu, highlighting the unclassified performance enhancer 'Submission Coffee' and…
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When you improve your Jiujitsu, you improve your life. Lessons on the mat are life lessons.Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.Welcome to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset.
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