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