Pete “The Greek” Letsos is an American trailblazer in Jiu-Jitsu. He talks about being one of the early Americans to move to Brazil to train, the importance of maintaining a student perspective, his time spent with Master Carlson Gracie and wristlocks! Click “read more” for listening options and show notes!
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SHOW NOTES:
- Origins
- Growing up in Chicago
- Finding Jiu-Jitsu
- Carlson Gracie
- Drilling
- Using other activities to help your Jiu-Jitsu
- His BJJ Fanatics instructional (Coupon Code: GRAPPLINGCENTRAL15)
- Maintaining a student perspective
- The deep waters of modern competition
- Scrambles
- What the hell is a whizzer?
- Sao Paulo and training in Brazil
- Training dummies
- Wristlocks
- His favorite Carlson Gracie story
- BJJ in MMA
- Self defense
- The Pummel
- The growth of his school
- Rebuilding after the fire
- Goals for 2020
