Sticky Hooks

With Masters Worlds and Jiu Jitsu Con coming up in September the Dan and Andy discuss their competition plans and the beginning of their first official training camp at Gracie Barra Livonia. This podcast can serve as an outline for how to structure competition preparation. Not only comp prep, but simply a manual for how to improve in BJJ. Some of the speed drill referenced in the podcast can been seen on the Sticky Hooks BJJ Youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/sN_FKZ4L_dY
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The sticky hooks crew returns to celebrate and praise the future of our sport, and the kids programs that are building the future champions. Lot of discussion on the best ways to coach your kids, be supportive and structure a kids program. Funny stories about the shit kids say. How to not be an overbearing parent. Leave us a review and thanks for the support!
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The Sticky Hooks crew returns from their road trip to Kissimmee Florida Pan Ams. In this podcast they recap the experience of competing in one of the major BJJ tournaments. They discuss the new lessons from competition this time around, and some observations from watching the best black belts in the world perform. As always Dan and Andy reflect on the benefits of competition and discuss their greater goals for building a competition team. Many good laughs and stories from training BJJ in an RV park too. AND still preparing for the next big challenge with their pro grappling debut on www.grappleinthetemple.com this Friday April 15th at 5:00 Eastern Time. Tickets are still available to watch them live in Detroit, or on FloGrappling. Use the promo codes "Leith" or "Slackta" to support the Sticky Hooks duo.

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This week on the podcast the guys discuss the evolution of the leg lock game in modern jiu jitsu. They offer some insight on the value of training legs locks, and also at what point in your Jiu Jitsu journey you should begin incorporating them into your game. As usual many topics are touched and stories shared.
Behind the scenes the guys are preparing for Pan Ams, and the Indianapolis open this weekend. Additionally, Dan has a super fight on the main card of the Grapple In The Temple event on April 15th on flograppling, please check that out and come show your support in person if possible. Tickets are available at http://grappleinthetemple.com use the promo code "Leith" to support dan! Thanks for all the support on the podcast as well, leave a review if you enjoy the show! A deep and sincere thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen.

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Taking a quick break from exploring the technical side of jiu jitsu, Dan and Andy talk about how to build a meaningful Jiu Jitsu culture in your academy. Coming into the two year anniversary of the opening of Gracie Barra Livonia gives occasion to pause and reflect on the type of culture that has been developed there, and how much of it was intentionally created. The guys discuss how corporations and organizations place a great deal of effort into engineering a culture of collaboration, teamwork and a sense of belonging by using methods that are already intrinsic to the nature of training BJJ. Dan reflects on how the military influenced his thinking on the role of leadership and how that has affected his approach to running an academy. A large part of the conversation is hinged on how grateful they both are to be part of such a wonderful community, as well as showing thanks you to everyone who has played a role in building and maintaining such a great culture at GB Livonia. This is a podcast to play to anyone who is curious why Jiu Jitsu is such a great vehicle for bringing meaning to ones life; Why it's more that just grappling. Its unfortunate that many people view bjj as just a service that they pay for, and a membership as an opportunity cost. Dan and Andy hope that this discussion will shed some light on how its possible for a jiu jitsu academy, with the right culture, to offer much more than just a place to learn Jiu Jitsu.

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