It’s great to have Keith Gavin on the podcast with Mike Wilkins and Me, Warren Stout.  Keith has turned around Pittsburgh University’s wrestling program making them a nationally competitive division one team.  Last season Pitt had it’s first national champion...

  Brady Joling and his Father Michael join us for this podcast episode.  Brady is part of the first generation of jiu jitsu practitioners who moved to a successful wrestling career.  Me, your host, Warren Stout  was part of some...

In this wide ranging interview/ conversation Zack Esposito and I talk about his wrestling journey from starting as a youth in NJ and at Blair academy, to being a standout competitor, NCAA DI champion, and on to his coaching career....

John Swisher is the co-founder and leader of Ronin Adverstising, a successful marketing national marketing agency that has worked for Fortune 500 companies, large charity based organizations such as YMCA groups, and a couple of jiu jitsu schools including mine,...

Warren Stout and Bridget Grace have a conversation after her Pittsburgh Seminar at Stout PGH.  Bridget is the women’s team coach for Renzo Gracie NYC academy, an active competitor, and world silver medalist at adult black belt. She has also...

This is Warren Stout’s jiu jitsu origin story. In this audio only version of a video interview Warren Stout and Rolles Gracie are interviewed by John Swisher of Ronin Advertising.  They discuss how they met in Brazil in 2002 and...

Karel is in his late 50’s and still trains jiu jitsu 7 days per week often with other high level competitive blackbelts.  Karel recently taught a seminar at Stout PGH on armbars.  He has some unique concepts and techniques around...

Daniel Gracie, Shawn Williams, and Warren Stout sit down next to Potrero Beach, Costa Rica to talk about how Jiu Jitsu has changed, MMA training, and the Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp.  Daniel talks about coaching strategy for fighters. He...

  This podcast guest is someone that most people have not heard of.  He isn’t a Jiu Jitsu celebrity or coach.  Rick is an insurance professional in his 50s who is battling cancer.  He has been a long-time supporter of...

Javier is the first Costa Rican Competitor to have success at adult blackbelt division of IBJJF world Jiu Jitsu tournament.  In this podcast he talks about overcoming the mentality that he is from a small country and not supposed to...

In this short podcast my good friend Dan and I talk about what he believes has helped him get success, first in wrestling and later in his brilliant finance and investment career.  We brought up the biblical quote ” those...

In this short podcast my good friend Dan and I talk about what he believes has helped him get success, first in wrestling and later in his brilliant finance and investment career.  We brought up the biblical quote " those that have will be given more, those that have not even what little they have will be taken away."  Dan gives some real world examples of how this quote works.  He also talks about getting through tough times. He discusses why you don't have to be the smartest or most...

In this podcast our guest is Brain researcher, Neuroscientist, and Cell biologist Dr. Randy Stout.  He currently works at the NY Institute of technology. He received his PHD from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and did post doctorate work at Einstein College of Medicine.  Currently he is studying the blood brain barrier and it's interactions concerning brain injuries.  He is a published scientist doing "basic" research which mean he studies the workings of the brain itself at cellular...

Garry Tonon talks to Warren Stout about how to develop a loose, aggressive, and risk-taking jiu jitsu style.  He discusses stylistic differences between he and his team mates Gordon Ryan and Eddie Cummings.  He also talks about his upcoming MMA fight and what he learned from George St. Pierre.  Garry discusses teaching BJJ and what he thinks is the most important aspect of being a good teacher. He also gives some practical advice on training that all levels can benefit from. This podcast was...

  Pat Santoro is currently the head wrestling coach at Lehigh University.  He's had good success both as a head and as an assistant coach in all of the college programs he has been involved in.  In addition to this he was a 2 X NCAA DI wrestling champion, and had an excellent freestyle / international wrestling career.  He loves wrestling maybe more than anyone else I've ever met.  He is more than just a teacher but has been a mentor to me and many others on and off the mats.   Pat has...

  You might have caught a glimpse of Thad on the Black List hit TV show but what he does in real life is more amazing than fiction.  He was a decorated Navy SEAL.  He has worked with some elite college wrestling teams as well as coaching a state championship high school team.  He has worked with other athletes and top CEO's and business owners.  In this podcast he talks about training wrestler to use conditioning as a weapon.  He gives some tips on the mental aspect of fitness and how...

In this episode  Daniel Gracie gives great advice for BJJ competitors and practitioners on building a personal game.  He gets into the controversial subject of team loyalty and why it is important for students to reach their potential in Jiu Jitsu.  Daniel gives some training tips about having fun and being competitive with your training partners. We talk a little about the Pura Vida Jiu Jitsu camp  2017 that was just concluded at the time of the interview, that Daniel helped instruct.  The...

"There is never a good time to do the wrong thing and there is never a wrong time to do the right thing" - David Reese talking about some life/training lessons from some of his teachers. http://media.blubrry.com/sorry_were_open/content.blubrry.com/sorry_were_open/sorry_we_re_open_podcast_7_-_11_3_16_11.48_AM.mp3 In this interview Kru David Reese talks about how he spent 7 years fighting out of a Thai training cam in Thailand.  He gives some training and learning advice.  One...

"If fighting (MMA) is anywhere in your future plans don't worry too much about winning gi tournaments" "It is good that there are different rule sets, its good for jiu jitsu"   "The people that say submission only is the pure jiu jitsu the original jiu jitsu, I have news for you, the original jiu jitsu had fighting.  It included strikes" These quotes are from the podcast.  They are out of context!  To see what shawn was talking about listen to this podcast.  We focus on how...

This interview was recorded at Edge Hoboken 9/14/2016. Dave Esposito discusses topics relating to teaching wrestling for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athletes and MMA fighters. Dave is a two time all American NCAA wrestler and one of the best takedown artists during his college career. He has since coached wrestling at all levels including high school state champions, ncaa champions, and olympians. He currently teaches at one of the top wrestling clubs for high school in the country ( The Edge). He...

In this podcast we talk about nuances of IBJJF rules and  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition strategy.   Alexandre Oliviera is an IBJJF referee.  He's also an active competitor on the IBJJF circuit at Brown Belt. In the past two years he has won and placed in many brown belt opens including the Houston open, the Chicago Open, Pan, and the Boston open.    He teaches and trains at Stout Training Pittsburgh - Team Renzo Gracie. He is from Rio de Janeiro and GF Team.  Warren hosts the podcast. He is...

In this Podcast we discuss Belt Rank and Belt Promotions in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. A short bio of some of the people speaking are: Warren Stout Former DI wrestler at Lehigh U., Renzo Gracie Black Belt, former competitor in amateur MMA and black belt adult IBJJF Jiu Jitsu competitions, head jiu jitsu instructor at Stout Training Pittsburgh -Team Renzo Gracie. Mike Wilkins Former highschool wrestling coach, MMA Fighter (7-2 amateur, 7-2 pro as of 2016), brown belt in BJJ. Andy...