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The Gi Spot Podcast — 95 episodes

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92. Who's teaching tonight?...... Sure I'd be happy to fill in.

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91. The Comeback Roll: Lisa Returns to the Mats

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90. Guidance vs Resistance: The Roles That Shape Your Game

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89. Cross Training Without Burning Bridges

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88. Story Time with Rach and Kaz.

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87. When Respect Gets Weaponised.

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86. The Gentle Art of Indoctrination!

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85.Injured, Busy, or Just Surviving — How to Keep Your Toe in the Game

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84. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter where you go. It will find you and it will.......

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83. The 3 Juijiteiros......... Ole!

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82. Built Different: Cerys Finch & the Rise of Artemis Grappling

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81. The Husbands Return: 2025 in review & 2026 goals

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80. From World Championships to Community Change with Shantelle Thompson OAM. Part 2

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79. From World Championships to Community Change with Shantelle Thompson OAM. Part 1

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78. Retention Starts with Us: How to Help Newbies Stay.

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77. The Year in Rolls: Gi Spot’s 2025 Recap, (The episode that Spotify didn't want you to hear)

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76. 10 ways to be less dickish!

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75. 10 ways to get the most out of competition.

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74. 10 Ways to get the most out of your Coach.

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73. 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Training Partner

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72. Maximising the Mat: 10 Ways to Get More from Your BJJ

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71. Chokeholds & Change: Building Unbreakable Spaces

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70. To Stripe or not to Stripe...........

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69. Rolling with Authority: The Rise and Fall of the Gym Enforcer

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68. Built in the Lab: PEDs, Protocols & Performance in BJJ

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67. The Quiet Power: Inside James Driskill’s Rickson Lens

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66. From Mats to Minds: Catching Up with Synergy’s Grant & Jenniffer

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65. Get well soon Big Guy. The Dean Lister Episode.

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64. Never Always, Always Sometimes

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63. Safety First… Unless You’re a White Belt

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62. Leaving Ego at the Door (And Other BJJ Myths)

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61. 2025 Australian Nationals Recap.

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60. Sweat, Grit, and Growth: Xavier & Marie Sales Unmasked

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59. Sorry for me! The Origin and Philosophy of Chris "Bones" Burns.

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58. How do you make a Hormone?

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57. From Mat Time to Marital Bliss: Rach Does America

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56. Letting Go, Holding On: The Miranda Pearce Story

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55. Grapple Up: Romi Titanti on Raising the Next Generation

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54.You're Not on Fire: Why Your Coach Wants You to Slow the Hell Down

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53. Grappling with Goodness: Academies That Give a Damn

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52. BJJ, Banter & Barely Holding It Together: The Gi Spot Year One Special

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51. “Grant me the strength" Part 2

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50. Choke Me Like a Girl: Celebrating the Women’s Open Mat

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49. Bend, Don’t Break: John McAleer on Strength, Flexibility & the BJJ Lifestyle

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48. Tapped In, Not Out: BJJ, Mental Health & the Healing Roll, with Producer Matt.

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47. Cross Collar Choke Collab: The Gi Spot x Roll or Die

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46. Welcome to the Cult, Please Sign the Waiver

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45.“Grant me the strength": Coaching in the Age of Instagram Experts with Grant Bradshaw.

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44. What the Creonte? Loyalty in Jiu Jitsu.

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43. TGSP presents special guest, Jayden "NED" Rutherford

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42. From Mat Rats to Role Models: The Unlikely Heroes of Our Journey

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41. Love, War & Mat Burn: Relationships and Training

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Special Bonus Episode, TGSP presents Special Guest Chris Haueter.

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40. TGSP presents special guest, Mike “Doctor_Kickass” Piekarski.

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39. On the Mat and at the Fence: Competing & Supporting with Purpose

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38. What's your excuse? With Special Guests Sean Fong and Karen Naisoro.

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37. TGSP presents Special Guest Josh "The Warmaster" Barnett.

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36. From Mat-Side to Dinner Table: The Realities of a Jiu Jitsu Family

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35. Still Rolling: How Black Belts Keep Their Fire Burning

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34. Fun Facts or TMI? You Decide

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33. Behind the Scenes of Subversion with George Hanlan & Mat Morris

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32. Making your bed in 2025!

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31. From Plateau to Progress: Beating the Mat Blues

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30. From the Mats to Management: Mitch Langman on Jiu Jitsu, Self-Defense, and Leading a Martial Arts Academy

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29. Laughing Through the Pain: Dr. Phil on Patching Up Your Poor Life Choices

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28. Building a Legacy: Luke Beston, Grant Bradshaw, and the Evolution of Jiu Jitsu in Australia

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27. Broken Bones, Belly Laughs, and Black Belts: The Year We Survived

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26. Drill or Be Killed: The Great Sparring Debate

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25. Takedowns and Tan lines!

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24. Breaking Hips, Not Dreams

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23. TGSP welcomes special guest and ultrawoman woman Monique Bortoli Williams

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22. Just a little left of centre.

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22. Just a little left of centre.

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21. Everybody's going to see straight through me.

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20. Gi or No Gi? Yes!

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19. I think I'm in love .......... with Jiu Jitsu.

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18. Why we Black Belt the way we Black Belt.

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17. Lets Get Stabby, with Jerry Wetzel Founder and CEO of Redzone Threat Management

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16. So whats your excuse now?

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15. How to make your kids harder to kill.

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14. It's Producer Matt...on black belt gradings, doing hard things, and making bad decisions.

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13. Special Guest and first Australian ADCC Gold Medalist Adele Fornarino.

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12. Meet Special Guest Savvy Steve Founder and CEO of Savvy Touch

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11. Hello Ladies!

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10. I got an owie on my boo-boo!

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9. BJJ, The B is for Babies!

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8. The Book of 5 Belts.

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7. And thats the hard part done!

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6. Roll with me Daddy!

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5. It's a culture thing, right?

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4. Just rolling with it. Funny Jiu Jitsu Stories.

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3. Gi Spot talks matxiety!

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2. Finding the Balance - Training when your family also trains.

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1. Welcome to the Gi Spot Podcast

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75. 10 ways to get the most out of competition.