🥋 In this episode, Dave Meyer sits down with Professor Bob Bass—the SECOND non-Brazilian to ever receive a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (1995) making him one of the BJJ Dirty Dozen, and one of the first non-Brazilians to be awarded the prestigious Coral Belt (7th degree black belt) (2024), making him one of the elite “BJJ Gang of Eight”. Bob shares stories from the earliest days of BJJ in America, including: • His first encounter with Rickson Gracie and Royce Gracie in a garage in 1985...
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🥋 In this episode, Dave Meyer sits down with Professor Bob Bass—the SECOND non-Brazilian to ever receive a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (1995) making him one of the BJJ Dirty Dozen, and one of the first non-Brazilians to be awarded the prestigious Coral Belt (7th degree black belt) (2024), making him one of the elite “BJJ Gang of Eight”. Bob shares stories from the earliest days of BJJ in America, including: • His first encounter with Rickson Gracie and Royce Gracie in a garage in 1985...
BJJ BONUS: From Karate Black Belt to BJJ Trailblazer: How One Seminar Changed Everything | Melissa Will | Ep. 19
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BJJ BONUS: From Karate Black Belt to BJJ Trailblazer: How One Seminar Changed Everything | Melissa Will | Ep. 19
In this BJJ Bonus episode, I sit down with Melissa Will—one of the true pioneers of women's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With nearly 36 years on the mats, Melissa has been training longer than any other non-Brazilian woman in the world. Melissa shares her incredible journey from being a 2nd-degree karate black belt to discovering BJJ at a seminar taught by John Will (who would later become her husband). She describes the moment she realized her karate was "useless" when pinned on the ground—and how l...
The Ageless Warrior Lab
🥋 In this episode, Dave Meyer sits down with Professor Bob Bass—the SECOND non-Brazilian to ever receive a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (1995) making him one of the BJJ Dirty Dozen, and one of the first non-Brazilians to be awarded the prestigious Coral Belt (7th degree black belt) (2024), making him one of the elite “BJJ Gang of Eight”. Bob shares stories from the earliest days of BJJ in America, including: • His first encounter with Rickson Gracie and Royce Gracie in a garage in 1985...
