Welcome to the Jiu Jitsu Lou Podcast, the show in which I discuss the challenges and successes from the best in the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
So, to inspire you, and make you feel more confident in starting or continuing with your jiu jitsu journey, I will be chatting with those personalities and brands we may have heard of before, but don't really know what goes on before they get to the mats!
It takes someone like you to even think about starting in this sport, so come and follow my personal journey to success!
Lou
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Welcome to the Jiu Jitsu Lou Podcast, the show in which I discuss the challenges and successes from the best in the world of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
So, to inspire you, and make you feel more confident in starting or continuing with your jiu jitsu journey, I will be chatting with those personalities and brands we may have heard of before, but don't really know what goes on before they get to the mats!
It takes someone like you to even think about starting in this sport, so come and follow my personal journey to success!
Lou
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Gavin Stewart is a Black Belt at 10th Planet Banbury, and at the time of recording has come back with yet another NAGA Belt! He shares his experience, where he gets the action going in the Directors category with 4 minute rounds. Clinch-based systems, and sub hunting is very much part of the 10th Planet learning.
Training Jiu Jitsu to get better, avoiding injury during this contact sport to train for longer in life is the priority. Jiu Jitsu and music are two of the things that Gavin has sustained over his years, over and above other activities, so there must be something in this sport.
Gavin has a vision for Grapple Worlds that goes above and beyond other invitationals, tune in to find out!
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Grapple Worlds: https://www.instagram.com/grapple_worlds/
Gavin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gavin_stewart10p/
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Titus Burton, Brown Belt and Kerry Davidson, Blue Belt join from their new Jiu Jitsu school Core Jiu Jitsu. This is Kerry's second appearance on the show, having appeared back on Episode 34 over a year ago as a White Belt. They both share their own unique journeys through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Having jiu jitsu mats in the kitchen when you're a jiu jitsu couple sounds like it is something really great! Both Kerry and Titus have supported each other's progress, and truly value having someone there to ask and practice with. Especially when big group learning can be quite intimidating for any of us that struggle to break through our own comfort zones.
Kerry and Titus are the founders of Core Jiu Jitsu, and want to attract people that have a core belief and curiosity for starting, or coming back to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. They now have a welcoming and nurturing space based over in Higham, Kent that has been created with the utmost attention to detail. Go and check them out!
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CORE JIU JITSU https://www.instagram.com/core_jiu_jitsu_/
Titus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tee_bjj/
Kerry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry_jiujitsu/
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Andrej Tasev shares his enthusiasm, as well as his anger growing up, and how he has channeled all of this into his success in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Since we recorded this episode, Andrej has been promoted to Purple Belt, which is a long way from his orange Karate Belt as a 10 year old starting his BJJ journey. He is very grateful to have this opportunity, and to train with Coach Nat at Grow Jiu Jitsu.
Heightened emotions are something that happens when growing up, or even growing into a new phase of life. Learning how to focus that energy to be a World Champion is something that is part of Andrej's Jiu Jitsu journey. Listen and enjoy!
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Andrej on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrejtasev_jj/
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Codi Steele is a Yellow and White Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and is joined by her Dad, Derek. She has been training for three and a half years, is a Young Subs Ambassador and helps to promote their brand. Codi has a passion to learn, and gain experience from competing as much as she can.
Perspective on winning or losing is something that Codi is very good at. She shares how she deals with the losses, and how her mindset and resilience has developed over her competing experience. Derek supports Codi by travelling out from inverness in Scotland, covering thousands of miles regularly to England, and elsewhere around the world.
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Danni Thomas-Watson - Brown Belt and Karen McGurran - Purple Belt join me from Nossa BJJ after meeting me at the Her Fight Network Heretics I invitational event in London last year. Danni has a fun approach to training, and applies more commitment and intensity to competing, however doesn't like it as much as Karen, who really enjoys the whole experience. They set up Nossa BJJ as an open space that is welcoming and supportive.
Danni and Karen also host Women's Open Mats and events in Northern Ireland. and have built a growing community of women. They both travel, attend BJJ camps and train all over Europe. They have both recently been promoted and worked really hard on their own jiu jitsu as well as the growth of their Jiu jitsu school.
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Nossa BJJ: https://www.instagram.com/nossabjj/
Danni on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannitw89/
Karen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vineyard_karen_/
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Paddy Webber is one of the four Black Belts running Rising Tide Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Weston-Super-Mare having started his martial arts journey during his childhood with Traditional Jiu Jitsu, thinking that it was 'the real deal' back in the day. Paddy shares his story of being inspired by a 'cool guy', namely Ian Rossiter, now one of his fellow Black Belts at Rising Tide.
Balancing family life, running a Jiu Jitsu business as well as having a full-time job as a Grounds Keeper is now Paddy's priority. However, in the past he prioritised himself as a Jiu Jitsu Athlete, and appreciates that time now he has progressed through his career. We relate Paddy's previous trade/art of Joinery to Jiu Jitsu, and he talks of his new profession that allows him time to balance all of life. Eating well is the first step Paddy takes to accomplish his goal of achieving a Gold Medal at every belt. Rising Tide BJJ beautifully balances the drive for competitors to succeed, as well as the whole family to train together. Go check them out!
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Rising Tide Brazilian Jiu jitsu: https://www.instagram.com/rising.tide.bjj/
Paddy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paddywebberbjj/
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Corey Pickard, better known as 'BigRed' has recently returned from training with 10th Planet, and getting engaged to his beautiful fiancé Lucie in Las Vegas. He shares his story and how he managed being romantic, and training BJJ on the same holiday!
Corey has appeared on a few Invitationals, and has now been bumped up to Main Card, with the other Corey in the Battle of The Corey's in the upcoming Grapple Worlds. Back in his Blue Belt days he began to fall out of love with Jiu Jitsu until he stated training at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA in Thailand, and returned to the UK to discover a new energy for the sport.
We talk about learning styles and finding the best way that works for each of us, especially in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu where it might involve trying a number of different clubs to find the right one for you. Congratulations on the recent engagement Corey, and all the best wishes for Grapple Worlds.
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Grapple Worlds: https://www.instagram.com/grapple_worlds/
Grapple Worlds LIVE STREAM: https://www.glistrr.com/events/e/grapple-worlds-1-3537-7
Corey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigred.bjj/
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Kevin Johnson is a Brown Belt based out of Tennessee, and started out in martial arts with his brother after watching the UFC legend Royce Gracie. Due to lack of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu schools back then, they started MMA, which later lead onto BJJ. Kevin shares his experience of working in Law Enforcement and having a Jiu Jitsu mindset. Growing up as one of six siblings, Kevin shares his experience, and now as a family man, juggling life, teaching and training Jiu Jitsu.
Facing adversity is part of many of our lives. We talk about the mental health benefits of training Jiu Jitsu and move onto the funny side of the sport, with online content creation. Encouraging those individuals that have temporarily paused Jiu Jitsu, back on to the mats is the goal of any gym owners, Kevin shares how he helps those White and Blue Belts back to his gym.
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Ivy Jiu Jitsu: https://www.instagram.com/ivyjiujitsu/
Kevin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevins_jiujitsu/
Jiu Jitsu Memes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jiujitsu_things/
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Corey is 100% a fan of meeting new people in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, even more so now he has embarked on his BJJ Referee journey. Corey recalls the early days of his Purple Belt promotion, his match losses and not quite feel worthy at that point. He has grown a great deal in Jiu Jitsu, and learnt things like patience and discipline to apply back to the rest of his life.
Corey shares his first experience as a supervised referee after scoring highly on the Level 3 UKBJJA Referee Course, and has found that it has given him more appreciation and respect for the art of refereeing.
There are many upcoming competitions for Corey, some prize pots, some others, and shares that he feels privileged to be appearing on the Main Card at Grapple Worlds on Saturday 5th July 2025. The support Corey gets from family, friends and everyone around him is deeply appreciated, and he hopes to be able to offer seminars, in the not too distant future.
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Grapple Worlds: https://www.instagram.com/grapple_worlds/
Corey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreykent57/
UKBJJA Referee Training: https://www.ukbjja.org/referee-training/
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Kerry is a Purple Belt, a BJJ Coach, a Mum and works full-time. She shares how she is inspired by her daughter, and also shares the horrific experience of being a held hostage at gun point in one of her first jobs in Banking.
Feelings of despair and anxiety can take hold of any of us. Kerry shares overcoming feelings of this type, and doing the hard stuff in life, like training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Building up her resilience helped Kerry have the awareness of behaviours when meeting her biological Mother for the first time, and it was the feelings of anger and frustration in life that set Kerry onto her Jiu Jitsu journey, following the inspiration of her daughter. An emotional listen, and one of inspiration for anybody.
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KAIROS PRO Jiu Jitsu Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/kairos_pro_jiujitsu/
Kerry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.a.poulter/
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Neil Walker is Purple Belt, has been an avid martial arts fan for years, and started with a Yoga based Kung Fu and MMA, before progressing through Traditional and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Neil shares his story of having not just one, but two heart attacks at a young age.
Describing himself as an Enthusiastic Hobbyist is the tone Neil now sets for himself. Being mindful of keeping his heartrate in check and keeping training on the mats for as long as possible. We talk about the importance of Strength and Conditioning as we progress in life, and in Jiu Jitsu. As older grapplers, sometimes our mindset can hold us back in competing, and taking inspiration from our fellow martial artists may well be beneficial.
Neil is also the Founder and creator of Submission Searcher, the largest online database of martial arts submissions. So if you want to find your way around your own game, and increase your knowledge of techniques, go and check it out online.
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Submission Searcher: https://submissionsearcher.com/
Neil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olliebkelly/
Submission Searcher on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/submissionsearcher/
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Dr Jen Case, or Dr Jen Jitsu has an incredible repertoire of academic and sports accolades. Dr Jen set out to solve her own problems in weight cutting and nutrition whilst being an MMA Fighter. She now works with all athletes as a qualified professional. She made a significant change in her attitude, and life experience when a coach noticed her potential and offered her the opportunity to be not just good, but great!
Listen and learn about the complexities of glass blowing, and the parallel relationship to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Dr Jen shares her BJJ story, the challenge of having to fight men in her White and Blue Belt days due to lack of female competitors to being Ranked Number 1 in Worlds.
Thinking about getting rid of uncertainty in training, and for competition is Dr Jen's strategy for success, and focuses on her A-Game. Her advice is that even if you get a bad start, work to get to the start of your A-Game and work to the finish, and ultimately win. There is a lot to learn from this episode, watch before you head to class, or listen on the way to your next open mat or competition!
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INSIO Mental Performance: https://insio.biz/bjj
Dr Jen Jitsu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjenjitsu/
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Ollie Kelly is Purple Belt, and more than that, is fully responsible for me starting my journey in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Ollie has always been a fighting sports fan and took part in Judo and Boxing in his early school life, growing up in France. Having children, and seeing the benefit that Jiu Jitsu brings them, encourages us as adults to also start training.
Progressing through the early white belt days, especially being age thirty or over, brings its's own challenge, not least thinking that one has a little more life experience to bring to the mats. Ollie shares the story of his early days in the sport, through to the growth in mindset and resilience that he demonstrates today.
Ollie is the founder of Matador App, and shares his story as to why he started creating the app bringing seminars to fellow partitioners around the UK and the world, together with up to four in person events every year. With Ollie's tech background, and passion for Jiu Jitsu he is best placed to bring something inspirational for the growth of our sport.
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MATADOR APP: https://matadorapp.io/
Ollie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olliebkelly/
Matador on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matadorapp/
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Christle Guevarra is a White Belt, and was very much a car forum kinda girl with her Subaru back in the 90's, and was encouraged by a now Black Belt to start training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu over 10 years ago. It has taken that amount of time for Christle to decide to giving it a go, and even now she's already competed twice in the last year, with a huge amount of fun and drive for life on the mats.
Christle shares her practice of the solo sport of powerlifting, and the transition through life to Jiu Jitsu., along the way, sharing her pain and emotions, from being overweight, to now with her weight loss and overcoming others opinion and comments on the internet.
We talk about GLP-1 agonists from their initial introduction in 2005, and Christle opens up about her Ozempic journey story and the positives she now draws from it. One additional thing we both feel has improved though, is our own Jiu Jitsu guard games, and we'll leave that to you all to truly decide!
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INSIO Mental Performance: https://insio.biz/bjj
Dr Christle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.christle/
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Graham Hill is a White Belt, and trains at Grow Jiu Jitsu in Bicester having transitioned from running, to focus on developing his strength now with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. His first introduction to martial arts was Muay Thai, which seemed to suit the first transition to growing strength. We talk about mindfulness as a practice to ground in the moment, and also meditation in the form of repeatedly drilling mindfulness, which does resonate with the practice of jiu jitsu.
Using techniques to improve our opportunity to achieve the best in competition, especially as Masters athletes is something that Graham has become an expert in helping others. Graham has a Masters in Performance Psychology and has a business supporting sports people. He talks in detail about training your body, your mind and your skills, however it is the mind that will really help us achieve excellence in any sport. Listen out for the tips to achieve much more in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
We also talk about the challenges of being a parent supporting upcoming jiu jitsu competitors, and the joy of observing the growth in resilience in both our children, as well as ourselves. I hope you'll be inspired to do some hard things in life!
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INSIO Mental Performance: https://insio.biz/bjj
Graham on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/graham_hill/
INSIO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insio.mental.performance/
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Sula-Mae Loewenthal launches straight in to talk about her win at ADCC Trials in 2024. She shares her emotional challenges along the way to her recent Black Belt promotion, and is certainly not shy about being on the big stage. Sula-Mae talks about going from anxiety to pure flow state, and being completely focused to win.
The strategic mindset, and thinking that Sula-Mae shares is something to be admired, in addition to her overwhelming dream sense of winning. Be prepared to immerse yourself in a feeling of fun and flow throughout this episode. Listen out for the soul-taker conversation, it will be worth it. Changing the way you think, as you progress through the belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is something that has helped Sula-Mae get more into flow state, as she reflects on her journey.
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Sula-Mae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sula_maebjj/
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Ange Taylor makes a second appearance on the show, and this time opens up about her competition and life experience in the last year. Taking steps to be independent can be a challenge later in life, and Ange shares how much she has achieved, and overcome.
Dealing with past trauma can be difficult for anyone, Ange shares how resilient she has been and her courage to work through the road of healing. Knowing that Jiu Jitsu is her safe space, gives Ange the ability to breakthrough her deep anxiety, and step outside of her home with ease. She is now able to find more focus, direction, peace and support, not just from the consistent practice of jiu jitsu but also team mates, friends and coaches. Battling with personal issues, has made Ange stronger, in mindset and winning attitude. Thank you for showing up and joining me again, this time to talk through some challenging topics Ange. x
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Ange on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ange.taylor_bjj/
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Andy Chapman is a Black Belt and trains twice a day every day, and this has been the same for the last 10 years. Andy shares his competition mindset, and also the business growth of Team Ryano Limavady in Northern Ireland.
Andy talks with compassion for bringing BJJ hobbyists along with the club, and the importance of making everyone feel the energy where they feel welcome and wish to stay, and continue their own journey for a long time.
Finding similar grade, weight and age competitors to yourself, really offers the opportunity to progress with relative ease. Andy shares some great stories of individuals in his team. We talk of some useful analogies, that may well help with your mindset and thinking.
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Cara Waller is a Purple Belt and talks of her experience in being part of competition team, and the value it brings, not just to her level of competition but also of her mental health and wellbeing. She is very reflective and mindful, observing and aware of her own performance, compassion and fighting spirit. We discuss the self-talk that can affect us as Jiu Jitsu practitioners, and those of us that experience anxiety.
Cara opens up about her growth and awareness around her own ADHD diagnosis, and her driving spirit to support and coach others to be the best they can be. Like many of us, she sees the BJJ gym as her happy place, and somewhere of acceptance, empathy and trust. Being an active individual throughout her life with sports, she now continues her passion with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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Frankie Lee Monaghan is a Yellow Belt, and joins me with her Dad, Kevin. Frankie shares her lack of confidence before starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and the challenges with being bullied. It wasn't until a School Sports Week that Frankie was introduced to Jiu Jitsu, that her life changed for the better.
Kevin her Dad, echoes Frankie's resilience and tenacity for life, as well as the heartbreaking story of noticing Frankie's sadness during the period of bullying at school. Frankie now has high ambition, and big goals for her growth in Jiu Jitsu, travelling the world gaining more medals and achievements at every belt level.
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