Channel: Stephan Kesting

Category: Sports

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Description: Jeff Shaw runs Bellingham BJJ and despite coming to jiu-jitsu late in life fell in love with competition and eventually competed 8 divisions in a single tournament with pretty good results. I particularly love his pre-match psych up routine which you'll learn all about in this episode! 00:45 - Covid Check-in at Bellingham BJJ 13:58 - Starting competitive jiu-jitsu at age 35 17:44 - Should newcomers spar on day one? 23:30 - Competition strategies and their applicability to self defense 40:52 - The value of competing under different rulesets 49:06 - What's a featherweight doing in the absolute division? 55:02 - Training for jiu-jitsu 58:50 - Jeff's pre-competition psych up 1:01:45 - How to contact Jeff and Bellingham BJJ This was episode 337 of The Strenuous Life Podcast (grapplearts.com/podcast). If you'd like to subscribe to audio-only form this podcast please find it at the links below: The Strenuous Life on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/strenuous-life-podcast-stephan-kesting-grapplearts/id320705565?mt=2 The Strenuous Life on Google Podcasts: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2tlc3RpbmcubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M= The Strenuous Life on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5NTGdrtMZv8JcxpUBcdREx The Strenuous Life on Stitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/stephan-kesting/grapplearts-radio-podcast Cheers, Stephan Kesting