Episodes
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Damian Gaston is a jiu-jitsu competitor rising through the ranks at Mortalis. With only 3-years of training under his belt, Damian has been able to make substantial strides in his technical progression and he is starting to gain a reputation amongst the grappling community as a game competitor. In this episode, we speak with Damian about his approach to training, his mindset when approaching competitions, and his goals of reaching the highest level in grappling.
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Danny "Soul" is a fitness entrepreneur, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt, and a one of the top fitness coaches in the South Florida area. In this episode, Danny provides his insight into athletic fitness as it pertains to grappling, his point-of-view on the similarities between the CrossFit and Jiu-Jitsu communities, and the importance of instilling a fitness program that caters to the individual athlete or hobbyist
Danny is the owner of Team Soul which has two locations – one in Miami and the other in Ft. Lauderdale. Danny’s intention when opening Team Soul was to steer away from the norm of overpacked classes and run-of-the-mill fitness programs. As such, he decided to focus his efforts on ensuring the highest quality in the programs offered, efficient class sizes, and developing a unique brand that encompasses the friendly and welcoming environment that is fortified by a knowledgeable staff of coaches and competitors.
Danny is constantly seeking to provide a complete approach to health & fitness, and he goes above and beyond to ensure that anyone's fitness needs can be allocated within the walls of Team Soul's two locations. Whether you're a professional athlete, an enthusiast, or someone simply looking to better yourself, Danny and his team have a program that suits your needs and goals.
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Karina Anguiano is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt, competitor, podcaster, and the owner of Guardian Grappling & Jiu-Jitsu in Homestead, Florida. In this episode Karina shares personal anecdotes, her approach to training while pregnant, teaching methodologies, and competitions. Karina's honesty, and overall capabilities to move forward - regardless of the obstacle - is inspiring. She is a force to be reckoned with.
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Lyle McCombs is a personal trainer and competitive grappler under the Ground Game Theory banner. That being said, Lyle brings another level of tenacity, work ethic, and discipline he cultivated as an elite-level football player who still holds collegiate records as a running back.
In this episode, we speak to Lyle about the transferrable skills he brought over from football, his development as a grappler, and the training methods he implements that apply to jiu-jitsu. -
In this episode of Roll Science we sit down with Steven Perez. Steven Perez is brown belt out of Mortalis Jiu-Jitsu that is pursuing competitive grappling full-time. Steven shares his training regime and his thoughts on approaching competition.
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There are those who gain recognition using their extroverted predisposition - leveraging their hypothetical colorful feathers to peacock their best attributes - leaving spectators in awe with whimsical admiration.
There are others, however, that do not seek recognition, but rather focus on the process and dive full-heartedly into their work. They stoically seek the difficulties that will lead to improvement, knowing that that discipline will lead to the results they are seeking to achieve - not stopping until the goal is met - no excuses, no interruptions, just hard work, discipline, and results.
That is the sentiment felt when you enter Mortalis. David and Melo lead a squad of grapplers, that do not believe in forfeiture. They live under the notion that persistent hard work will inevitably lead to the results they are seeking.
In this episode, we sit down with the Co-owners of Mortalis and catch a glimpse into their perspective on the sport of grappling and teaching. -
Gabriel Mees in Carlson Gracie Black Belt un Michel "Buiu" Pereira. He started Brazilian jiu-jitsu at 15 and has been on the mats ever since. Recently, he started teaching and sharing his knowledge with others. Gabriel is known for the dichotomy between his quiet, humble personality and his ruthlessly relentless grappling style. In this episode we cover Gabriel grappling journey, teaching, and his goals for the future.
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Our social media feed is consistently bombarded with new types of guards, submissions, and snippets of grappling instructional narrated with an exaggerated amount of Japanese terms, all regurgitated in some version of a thick American accent.
Most grapplers would agree - partly thanks to the growth of social media and technology- that grappling is in a constant state of evolution, and keeping your finger on the pulse of a plethora of techniques can be a daunting and seemingly unattainable task.
Some, however, grow alongside the rapid, constant evolutionary trajectory -filtering through the nonsense and creatively building upon what is genuinely applicable under the chaos of high-level competition.
In this episode, we jump into the mind of Keanoush & Carmichael, two individuals who live at the point of the evolutionary spear of the grappling game. These are the co-owners and founders of Ground Game Theory - one of Miami's premier grappling gyms.
Ground Game Theory is tucked away behind a door within an elite CrossFit gym in the Suburbs of Miami, Florida. On those mats, Carmichael and Keanoush systematically dissect and reconstruct the art and science of no-gi submission grappling into the digestible format, which they then pass on to a room of game students and competitors.
Regardless of the technical aptitude, no one leaves their mats without knowing that they have become better - in one way or another
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In this episode, we speak with Mauro Ruiz - a competitive blue belt under the Ground Game Theory Banner. He discusses his point of view on differences between modern grappling and traditional jiu-jitsu, Gordon Ryan's antics, and what it is like to compete in the adult division after coming up the kid's ranks.