Sean Applegate is a 10th Planet Brown Belt and the owner/ head instructor of 10th Planet Gulf Shores in Gulf Shores, AL. He is quickly becoming one of the most popular sources for leg lock seminars and he competes on a regular basis. Click “Read More” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- His origins
- His amazing first exposure to Jiu-Jitsu
- How he stumbled into teaching Jiu-Jitsu
- Eddie Bravo as a teacher and mentor
- Why he feels the 10th Planet system is best for him
- His career goals before he found Jiu-Jitsu
- His old death metal band
- Surfing / Ryan’s fear of sharks
- Stupid people get all the publicity
- How the leg lock game became his base style
- Why a guy with one specialty is more dangerous than a guy with a wide spread game
- Unreasonable fears about heel hooks / How to learn them safely
- Why he feels it is our responsibility to share Jiu-Jitsu
- How to deal with negative people who come into the gym
- His most recent crazy person to come to the gym
- Having patience with difficult people / Nobody is perfect
- The White Belt Super Fights
- How he approaches his seminars
- The Real Talk with Yelvo Podcast