Rodrigo Antunes joins the show to talk about starting training at a young age, coming up with world class mentors, plateaus in training, teaching kids and managing parents, heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu and his experience training MMA! Click “read more” for show notes! SHOW NOTES:
- Origins
- Exposure to Judo and Jiu-Jitsu at a young age
- Having world class mentors
- Not creating duplicates as an instructor
- Cross training
- Plateaus in training
- Teaching kids
- His curriculum
- Teaching culture to students
- Managing overzealous parents
- How his game changed over time with his physical growth
- Heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu
- Classic matches from the early days of Brazil
- The Pummel
- The region of the world he was surprised to find high level Jiu-Jitsu
- His Russian mob experience
- Learning from Gene Lebell and Gokor Chivichyan
- Modern Jiu-Jitsu rules
- Future goals