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#52 - Mike Piearski AKA Doctor Kickass

Gibran's Place - May 12, 2019 23:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Mike Piekarski is a BJJ Black belt, a veteran of MMA and BJJ competitions, and a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Join us as we talk about his martial arts journey, as well as physical therapy, strength & conditioning, and mobility for martial arts.

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#51 - Manny Rocha

Gibran's Place - April 22, 2019 23:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Chatting with Manny Rocha, owner of Strive Jiu Jitsu Academy in Lodi, California.

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UFC 234 Recap

Gibran's Place - April 16, 2019 05:21 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
UFC 239 Recap: Interim Belts Gastelum X Adesanya Poirer X Holloway Future Matchups

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#48 - Marcos "Yemaso" Torregosa

Gibran's Place - March 15, 2019 20:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Marcos “Yemaso” Torregosa is an American black belt under Cassio Werneck. Intro 3:33 - Drama 5:28 - Cassio X Yemaso 8:00 - Politics out of BJJ 10:15 - Lessons on keeping friends from Joy Pendell 18:00 - Marcos’ knee injury 23:30 - Divorce, isolation, depression 28:29 - Fighting for cu...

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#47 - Randy Spence, Mikey Hothi

Gibran's Place - March 11, 2019 14:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Randy Spence is the head instructor at Nick Diaz Academy in Stockton, CA. Mikey Hothi is a Brown Belt at the Nick Diaz Academy. Join us as we talk about Randy's journey in BJJ and MMA, training with the infamous #Stockton duo the DIAZ BROTHERS and much more! SHOWNOTES: 3:50 - In the early 200...

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#46 - Mitchell Torres

Gibran's Place - March 01, 2019 16:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Mitchell Torres is a purple belt under Cassio Werneck Jiu Jitsu, and host of the Combat Conversation podcast. SHOWNOTES: INTRO 3:56 - My brother wrestled and my dad would put the gloves on me 8:15 - Shout out to Jason Roberts 10:00 - Talking about the students at ESBJJ 
21:49 - White b...

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#45 - Kolo Vida

Gibran's Place - January 24, 2019 22:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
LJJ returns with 🔥Kolo Vida🔥, a black belt of the Ralph Gracie San Francisco lineage, and owner of the newly established, Buena Vida Jiu Jitsu club. Join us as we talk about Kolo's BJJ journey, training with legends like Ralph Gracie, competition, and opening up his own academy.

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#44 - Terry Maxwell, Davin Maxwell

Gibran's Place - January 07, 2019 18:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Terry Maxwell is an American black belt under Cassio Werneck in Sacramento, California. He is widely credited for fostering the development of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Northern California, opening one of the first academies in the region - sacbjj.com . Davin Maxwell is a world class black belt un...

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#43 - Carl Gonsolin & Pedro Silva

Gibran's Place - December 17, 2018 18:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Carl Gonsolin and Pedro Silva join LJJ for a LIVE show. We talk about their journey in Jiu Jitsu, getting their Black Belts, and the friendship they have built over the years. We also take some call-in questions and talk about what is next for each of us. Shownotes Intro 3:38 - The leg lock h...

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#42 - Yeppie Tomasian

Gibran's Place - December 10, 2018 08:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Yeppie Tomasian, an Armenian-American brown belt fighting out of Inside BJJ Academy in Lodi, CA. Shownotes 
Intro 
 4:34 - BJJ affiliation drama 
8:00 - Changing the culture of grappling and how it is taught
 12:00 - Talking about the new studio & Setup
 18:00 - Recapping Yeppie’s latest v...

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#41 - Amir Kazemi

Gibran's Place - November 01, 2018 23:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Amir Kazemi is a professional MMA fighter out of Team Alpha Male and a purple belt in BJJ. This episode is more Life than Jiu Jitsu. We talk about coming to America from Iran, the issues between Iranian's and the Saudi's, we look up his old hometown on google maps, talk a little bit of American ...

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#40 - White belt panel

Gibran's Place - October 22, 2018 21:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
We revisit the white belt panel concept with Jeremy Oestrich and Ashwin Arab, two white belts from coach & host Gibran Maciel's academy East Sac BJJ. We talk balancing BJJ with other aspects of life like professional and social obligations, getting started at the age of 44, and next steps to imp...

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#39 - Mikey Hothi, Quintet 3 & UFC 229 Post-fight

Gibran's Place - October 13, 2018 21:51 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Mikey Hothi is an American Brown Belt under Gracie Fighter gym in Lodi, CA where he trains with Nick & Nate Diaz. We discuss Quintet 3, UFC 229 and talk about jits. Shownotes 2:00 - Talking Quintet 3 4:30 - Faber x Saku 11:00 - Consolidating brackets, NAGA vs. IBJJF & other tournaments 2...

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#38 - Rob Bishop

Gibran's Place - October 01, 2018 21:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Rob Bishop is an Australian Anesthesiologist on loan to UC Davis Medical Center and a blue belt at Team Alpha Male. We discuss how Australian doctors are trained to respond to emergencies in the outback, talk about his journey in Jiu-Jitsu, and discuss best practices for training, nutrition, rec...

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#37 - Michael Quigley

Gibran's Place - September 18, 2018 17:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Michael Quigley is an American Brown Belt & the owner of Nova Geração Davis Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy. Shownotes 1:00 - Brown Belt Gym Owners 2:00 - BARUM JIU-JITSU & BJJ Revolution Team Pacific Beach / Rodrigo Medeiros BJJ 21:00 - David Mitchell 34:00 - Michael’s never been smashed 41:...

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#36 - The Purple Belt Panel

Gibran's Place - August 27, 2018 21:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
The Purple Belt Panel with Anthony Mercado, Alysia Michal Ortega & Yeppie Tomasian. We discuss why they started training BJJ, next steps in their development, BJJ for women, for self defense, the state of "flow" and what they need to do to improve their game. Shownotes Intro 2:00 - Where do ...

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#35 - Joy Ann Pendell

Gibran's Place - August 20, 2018 22:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Joy Ann Pendell is a commercial queen-bee breeder. The Pendell Apiaries commercial operation - and her family ranch - was recently threatened by the Mendocino Complex Fires, which they were thankfully spared from. Despite mandatory evacuation orders, Joy dodged the barricades and went towards t...

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#34 - Terry Maxwell

Gibran's Place - August 07, 2018 22:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Terry Maxwell is an American black belt under Cassio Werneck. He started training in 1992 in order to build on his passion and interest in fighting. He is a crucial figure in the development of #BJJ in the Sacramento region, as he helped to arrange Cassio Werneck's arrival to the area. He curre...

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#33 - Gibran Maciel, Host Interview

Gibran's Place - July 05, 2018 23:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
The tables are turned as the host is interviewed by a listener of the podcast. Gibran Maciel is an American Brown Belt in Jiu Jitsu under Dustin Akbari at Team Alpha Male. He is also a public affairs consultant, podcaster, and he recently opened East Sac BJJ. Intro These are just some of the ...

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#32 - Max "Pain" Griffin

Gibran's Place - June 22, 2018 23:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
UFC welterweight contender Max Griffin / Max 'Pain' Griffin drops by the studio to talk about the landscape at 170lbs, his upcoming fight on July 7th, beating up Platinum Mike Perry, Darren Till MMA, his thoughts on Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley, and looks back on his fight with Colby Covington.

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BEST OF: Ep. 10 - 20

Gibran's Place - June 14, 2018 17:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Best of episodes 10-20, featuring favorite moments from our earlier episodes. **SHOWNOTES ** 1:00 - Mikey Hothi 3:20 - Salaiman Ahmadyar 10:00 - The beginners panel 18:31 - Tyler Brey 22:37 - Mikhail Venikov 30:00 - Chris Campbell, Silver Medalist, Wrestling, Barcelona 1992 43:40 - P...

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#31 - Elizabeth Katherine Mitrović

Gibran's Place - June 05, 2018 23:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Elizabeth Katherine Foster Mitriovic is the newly crowned Brown Belt female super-heavyweight world champion at 2018 IBJJF Gi Worlds. She is also an entomologist by trainer and a dedicated gamer for Warhammer 40k. We talk all things jiu jitsu, competition, dedication to her craft, and a bit of s...

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BONUS: Shooting the Sh*t w/ Mansher "Pop" Khera

Gibran's Place - May 17, 2018 17:57 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Shooting the sh*t with Mansher before shooting Ep. 27.

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#30 - Sara McMann & Chad Bingham

Gibran's Place - April 30, 2018 23:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Sara McMann is the first American woman to win a silver medal in wrestling at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She is also a UFC fighter in the Bantamweight division, a perennial top 5 contender in her division. Chad Bingham is a black belt from Alliance Jiu Jitsu, and has medalled or won at multipl...

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#29 - Seth Daniels

Gibran's Place - April 20, 2018 19:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Seth Daniels is the CEO and founder of Fight to Win Promotions. He is also a black belt in Judo and Jiu Jitsu.

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#28 - Marcos "Yemaso" Torregosa

Gibran's Place - April 10, 2018 14:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
LJJ # 28 - Marcos “Yemaso” Torregosa is an American Black belt in Jiu Jitsu. He is the owner of Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a frequent competitor on the IBJJ and super-fight stage, husband, father, and family man. He is a dedicated coach and competitor and manages the day to day administration o...

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#27 - Dustin Akbari & Mansher "Pop" Khera

Gibran's Place - April 02, 2018 16:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Dustin Akbari is the head of the BJJ and grappling program at Team Alpha Male and Mansher Khera is a Marcelo Garcia Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who has recently arrived in Sacramento to begin training for his MMA debut under the TAM banner. Join us as we talk about Mansher's transition from BJJ to MM...

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#26 - The Blue Belt Panel

Gibran's Place - March 22, 2018 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Three blue belts from different walks of life talk about everything training, competing, and living the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle. The panel includes Mitchell Torres and Nsima Inyang of Cassio Werneck Jiu Jitsu, as well as Katie Dees of Ralph Gracie Sacramento. INTRO 6:20 - How do you make jits wor...

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#25 - Christella Garcia, 2016 Paralympic Judo Bronze Medalist (USA)

Gibran's Place - March 09, 2018 19:27 ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Christella Garcia is an American Judo player and a two time Paralympian, London 2012 and 2016 Rio Paralympic Games where she earned a bronze medal in Judo. We talk about her journey in Judo and the Paralympics, getting ready for competition, taking losses and enjoying victories ***INTRO *** 1...

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#24 - Eliot Kelly

Gibran's Place - March 05, 2018 07:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Black belt. Gym owner. ADCC veteran. Family man. Eliot Kelly.

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