Kristian Woodmansee is one of Jiu-Jitsu’s most exciting Rooster Weight competitors. He talks about the deep waters of modern BJJ, managing ego, team loyalty and being a smaller competitor. He also weighs in on ref bias and the Keenan Cornelius incident. Click “read more” for show notes! SHOW NOTES:

• Origins
• How he found Jiu-Jitsu
• Keeping up with Jiu-Jitsu’s evolution
• The biggest change he’s seen in BJJ
• The deep waters of modern BJJ
• Are young people easier to teach?
• Wishing you started training earlier
• The power of Jiu-Jitsu
• Managing ego
• Switching teams
• Finding the right instructor
• Bias in competition / The Keenan Cornelius incident
• Can bias in BJJ be minimized?
• More rules, more problems
• The Pummel
• Being smaller in Jiu-Jitsu
• Understand and accept your “character”
• Blaming and making excuses
• Getting tapped in class
• Keeping the journey fun
• His match with Jeff Glover
• What makes a seminar a success?
• How he prefers to train
• His ability to retain information
• Future goals