Rob Biernacki is my guest today to talk about how injury and physical limitations have led to some of the fastest technical development of his career and the refinement of entirely new techniques like the Roadhouse Choke. Since some form of injury is inevitable there are a LOT of takeaways in this episode.
We also discuss…
- Risk vs reward in your choice of techniques,
- How new techniques and technical refinements get adopted,
- The risks of the buggy choke,
- The barbell strategy for allocating your training time,
- How rule sets drive evolution of the art,
- And more.
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Innovation and Technical Refinement in Jiu-Jitsu – Audio Only
This conversation was also published as episode 400 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. You can also listen to the audio-only format of the episode on your podcast player.
It’s on all major podcast platforms, but here are some of the links to get you started…
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify Podcasts
- And most other podcast players
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